Sitting Bull
Known as Jumping Badger and Hunkesni, he was a Native American clergyman and leader of the Hunkpapa…
Frank Hatton
Hatton was an American politician and served under the Arthur administation as U. S. Postmaster General.
Mary Anderson
American actress who published two autobiographies, A Few Memories and A Few More Memories.
Captain W. L. Couch
Leader of the "Oklahoma Boomers," Couch and his group explored the west and Native American territory.
Henry Bergh
Bergh founded the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) in 1866.
John James Ingalls
American senator from Kansas and member of the Wyandotte constitutional convention.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Famous writer and poet, best known for Old Ironsides and The Autocrat of the Breakfast…
American Dipper
A bird that spends most of its time in the water. It has a thick body; very short tail of 12 rectrices…
Clara Louisa Kellogg
Ms. Kellogg was a famous American singer known for her operas and soprano voice.
Henry L. Dawes
(1816-1903) U.S. Senator from Massachusetts and editor of the Gazette and the Transcript.
John Henninger Reagan
(1818-1905) Representative and Senator from Texas. He served in the cabinet of Jefferson Davis as Postmaster…
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (September 17, 1825 – January 23, 1893) was an American politician…
William Maxwell Evarts
(1818-1901) US Secretary of State, US Attorney General and Senator from New York.
Richard J. Oglesby
Known as "Uncle Dick," an American politician. Served as governor and senator from Illinois.
Native Americans Hunting
"The American buffalo, or more properly bison, is an object of great importance to the hunters…
Whippoorwill
An American bird, allied to the nighthawk and nightjar, so called from its note, or the sounds of its…
Savart wheel
"The Savart wheel consists of a heavy metal toothed wheel that may be put in rapid revolution by pulling…
John Jacob Astor
"This enterprising merchant, founder of the American Fur Company, was born in a village near Heidelberg,…
Edward Everette
"This distinguished American was born in 1794, at Dorchester, near Boston, Massachusetts, entered Harvard…
James Fenimore Cooper
"The celebrated novelist, James Fenimore Cooper, was born at Burlington, New Jersey, September 15, 1789.…
Washington Irving
"This distinguished American author was born in the city of New York, April 3, 1783." —The Popular…
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
"The subject of this sketch was the most popular of American poets." —The Popular Cyclopedia,…
Carriole and Pony
"The carrioles are little carts not unlike our American sulkies, save that each carriole has a seat…
Montserrat
Expedition of Montserrat. In 1782, during the American Revolutionary War, France briefly captured Montserrat…
Edmund Burke
Chiefly remembered for his support of the American colonies in the struggle against King George III…
