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Wauwatosa

(Encyclopedia) WauwatosaWauwatosawôwətōˈsə [key], city (1990 pop. 49,366), Milwaukee co., SE Wis., a suburb of Milwaukee, on the Menominee River; settled 1835, inc. as a city 1897. Electroplating and…

Powers, Hiram

(Encyclopedia) Powers, Hiram, 1805–73, American sculptor, b. Woodstock, Vt. Having moved to Ohio, he made wax models for a Cincinnati museum. In 1835 he began his career as a sculptor, spending some…

Yankton, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Yankton, city (1990 pop. 12,703), seat of Yankton co., extreme SE S.Dak., on the Missouri River; inc. 1869. A railroad and trade center in an agricultural region, it has grain…

Volk, Leonard Wells

(Encyclopedia) Volk, Leonard Wells, 1828–95, American sculptor, b. Wellstown (now Wells), N.Y. In 1848 he went to St. Louis, where he studied drawing and worked at funerary sculpture. With the aid of…

Wisconsin NPR Member Stations

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U.S. State Flags: Alabama – Louisiana

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U.S. State Flags: Maine – Oklahoma

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2017’s Best & Worst States for Teen Drivers

As summer rolls around, more and more teenagers will be obtaining their licenses and hitting the road. One of the main things parents worry about when their teens finally begin to drive is their…

Brewer's: Connecticut

U.S. America, is the Indian Quin—neh—tuk—qut, meaning “land of the long tidal river.” Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Connubialis de Mulcibre fecit…

Brewer's: Nebraska

U.S. A word of Indian origin, meaning the “shallow river.” Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894NebuchadnezzarNebo A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P…