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Val Verde County, TX Housing Statistics

Val verde county texas dp 4 profile of selected housing characteristics SubjectNumberPercent Total housing units16,288100.0UNITS IN STRUCTURE1-unit, detached10,64565.41-unit,…

L'Amour, Louis

(Encyclopedia) L'Amour, Louis, 1908–88, American writer of western fiction, b. Jamestown, N.Dak., as Louis Dearborn LaMoore. He began writing in the 1940s, contributing stories to magazines under the…

Fort Bliss

(Encyclopedia) Fort Bliss, U.S. army post, 1,122,500 acres (454,300 hectares), W Tex., E of El Paso; est. 1849 and named for Col. William Bliss, Gen. Zachary Taylor's adjutant in the Mexican War.…

Vieira, João Bernardo

(Encyclopedia) Vieira, João BernardoVieira, João BernardozhwouN bârnärˈdō vēâˈrə [key], 1939–2009, Guinean political leader, president of Guinea-Bissau (1994–99, 2005–9), b. Bissau. He joined the…

Salt River valley

(Encyclopedia) Salt River valley, irrigated region around the lower course of the Salt River, which rises in mountain streams near the Mogollon Rim of the Mogollon Plateau and flows southwest to join…

Los Alamos

(Encyclopedia) Los AlamosLos Alamoslôs ălˈəmōsˌ, lŏs [key], uninc. town (1990 pop. 11,455), seat of Los Alamos co., N central N.Mex. It is on a long mesa extending from the Jemez Mts. The U.S.…