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Budd Boetticher Biography

Budd BoetticherOscar Boetticher Jr.film directorBorn: 7/29/1916Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois director who helmed several low-budget but highly regarded Westerns in the 1950s and '60s.…

Thomas Peck OCHILTREE, Congress, TX (1837-1902)

OCHILTREE Thomas Peck , a Representative from Texas; born in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Tex., October 26, 1837; attended the public schools; volunteered in 1854 as a private in Capt. John G…

Patrisia Gonzales Biography

Patrisia GonzalesjournalistBorn: 6/1959Birthplace: Ft. Worth, Tex. Gonzales earned a bachelor of journalism degree from the University of Texas in Austin in 1981. She also attended the…

Toby MORRIS, Congress, OK (1899-1973)

MORRIS Toby , a Representative from Oklahoma; born in Granbury, Hood County, Tex., February 28, 1899; moved to what was then Comanche County, Okla., in 1906 and to Walters, Cotton County, Okla.,…

San Antonio

(Encyclopedia) San AntonioSan Antoniosăn ăntōˈnēō, əntōnˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 935,933), seat of Bexar co., S central Tex., at the source of the San Antonio River; inc. 1837. The third largest city…

Cheyenne, indigenous people of North America

(Encyclopedia) CheyenneCheyenneshīănˈ, –ĕnˈ [key], indigenous people of North America whose language belongs to the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American…

Carson, Kit

(Encyclopedia) Carson, Kit (Christopher Houston Carson), 1809–68, American frontiersman and guide, b. Madison co., Ky. In 1811 he moved with his family to the Missouri frontier. After his father's…

Largest Nuclear Power Plants in the U.S.

In 2012, a significant power upgrade boosted Grand Gulf 1 in Mississippi to the top of the list as the largest single-unit nuclear power plant in the country and fifth largest in…

Native American Nations & Tribes

Information about select nations and groups There are over 500 different Native American nations recognized by the United States.  Related Links Biographies of Notable American Indians…