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Pontiac was an Ottawa chief, born on the Ottawa River, in Canada, about 1720. While yet a young man he became the principal chief of the ...

 

Henry Dangerfield, was a kinsman of Gov. Holmes, came to the Mississippi territory after the latter's appointment, and was appointed sec...

 SHERMAN’S ARMY WAGONS GOING THROUGH ZANESVILLE IN 1865

George Hendrick Houghton was American Protestant Episcopal clergyman: b. Deerfield, Mass., 1820; d. 1897. He was graduated at New York Unive...

Grenada Collegiate Institute. This institution is located in the city of Grenada and is a private secondary school for girls, owned by the M...

 

 

 

Robert Wilson Patterson .D., LL.D., clergyman, was born in Blount County, Tenn., Jan. 21, 1814; came to Bond County, Ill., with his parents ...

 

BARD OF TOWER HALL”—Pen-name of Lewis Dela, who was a clothing salesman in the store of Colonel Joseph M. Bennett at 518 Market Street, whic...

  Simo Häyhä was a Finnish farmer who took part in hunting and target practice from a young age. In 1939, the Soviet Union invaded Finland. ...

When Albert Einstein met Charlie Chaplin in 1931, Einstein said, "What I admire most about your art is its universality. You do not say...

Capernaum, a city of ancient Palestine, on the west or northwest side of the Sea of Tiberias. This place is famous in Christian history, bec...