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Camp Laurence

Camp LaurenceBeth was postmistress, for, being most at home, she could attend to it regularly, and dearly liked the daily task of unlocking the little door and distributing the mail. One…

Carol Moseley-Braun Biography

Carol Moseley-Braun lawyer and former U.S. senatorBorn: 8/16/1947Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois   Moseley-Braun made history in 1992 when she was elected to the U.S. Senate, becoming the first…

Truth or Consequences, N.M.

Director: Kiefer SutherlandWriter: Brad MirmanDirector of Photography:Ric WaiteEditor:Lawrence JordanMusic:Jude ColeProduction Designer:Anne StuhlerProducers:J. Paul Higgins, Kevin J. Messick…

BUTLER, William, Congress, SC (1759-1821)

BUTLER William , a Representative from South Carolina; born in Prince William County, Va., December 17, 1759; attended grammar schools; moved to South Carolina; served in the Snow campaign…

George Evan HOWELL, Congress, IL (1905-1980)

HOWELL George Evan , a Representative from Illinois; born in Marion, Williamson County, Ill., September 21, 1905; attended the public schools at Villa Grove, Douglas County, Ill.; graduated from…

Susanna Wilkerson Dickinson Biography

Susanna Wilkerson Dickinson Susannahsurvivor of the AlamoBorn: circa 1814Birthplace: possibly Williamson County, Tenn. Dickinson grew up poor and illiterate. When she was 15, she married…

Scary Movie

Director:Keenan Ivory WayansWriters:Shawn and Marlon Wayans, Buddy JohnsonDimension Films; R; 88 minutesRelease:7/00Cast:Jon Abrahams, Carmen Electra, Marlon Wayans Keenan Ivory Wayans' Don't…

Robert Potter HILL, Congress, OK (1874-1937)

HILL Robert Potter , a Representative from Illinois and from Oklahoma; born near Ewing, Franklin County, Ill., April 18, 1874; attended the public schools and Ewing College in 1889; taught…

William Joshua ALLEN, Congress, IL (1829-1901)

ALLEN William Joshua , a Representative from Illinois; born in Wilson County, Tenn., June 9, 1829; moved with his father to Franklin (now Williamson) County, Ill., about 1830, and in 1839 settled…

Henry Frazier REAMS, Congress, OH (1897-1971)

REAMS Henry Frazier , a Representative from Ohio; born in Franklin, Williamson County, Tenn., January 15, 1897; attended the public schools of Tennessee; during First World War enlisted as a…