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USS Prairie Bird was a steamship commissioned by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She served the Union navy fleet as a gunboat during operations...

USS Marmora was a sternwheel steamer that served in the Union Navy from 1862 to 1865, during the American Civil War. Built in 1862 at Monongahela, Pennsylvania...

USS Powhatan (1850, 1861, 1898, ID-3013, YT-128/YTM-128, T-ATF-166) USS Prairie (AD-5, AD-15) USS Prairie Bird (1862) USS Prairie State (IX-15) USS Pratt...

USS Romeo was a sternwheel steamer that saw service as a tinclad warship during the American Civil War. Completed in August 1862 for civilian trade on...

the Civil War: Union Light-Draught Gunboat Operations on Western Waters, 1862–1865. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-3579-1...

defense, including: USS Richard B. Anderson USS Cochrane USS Kirk USS Gurke USS Rowan USS Cook USS Bausell The USS Enterprise and USS Coral Sea carrier...

self-scouring steel plow by Illinoisan John Deere turned the state's rich prairie into some of the world's most productive and valuable farmland, attracting...

threatened plants include western prairie fringed orchid, eastern prairie fringed orchid, Mead's milkweed, prairie bush clover, and northern wild monkshood...

Wisconsin is named for Black Hawk. The athletic teams of Prairie du Chien High School in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin are nicknamed the Blackhawks in his...

numerous mountain ranges, while the eastern half is characterized by western prairie terrain and badlands, with smaller mountain ranges found throughout the...

protect their interests. Long time ago, Utes always had plenty. On the prairie, antelope and buffalo, so many Ouray couldn't count. In the mountains,...

North Dakota. Two United States Navy ships have been named USS Wahneta and one has been named USS Waneta in honor of Waneta. Waneta Hall, a residence hall...

soldiers, following a previous decree by President Jefferson Davis in December 1862 that neither black soldiers nor their white officers would be exchanged....

sought refuge in Thailand while two O-1s landed on USS Midway. Ambassador Martin was flown out to the USS Blue Ridge, where he pleaded for helicopters to...

of Pea Ridge, and Battle of Prairie Grove. Union general Samuel Curtis swept across the state to Helena in the Delta in 1862. Little Rock was captured the...

desert cottontail, mountain cottontail, and coyote. The prairies are home to black-tailed prairie dog, the endangered swift fox, American badger, and white-tailed...

massacre Pottawatomie Rifles Pound Cake speech Powell v. Alabama Prairie Mission Prairie View A&M University Prayer kettle Preacher's Kid (film) The Preacher's...

Fresno, California. Drennan, William R. (August 21, 2008). Death in a Prairie House: Frank Lloyd Wright and the Taliesin Murders. University of Wisconsin...

1641/0006-3568(2001)051[0933:TEOTWA]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0006-3568. "Zone Hardiness Map through Prairie Frontier". Prairiefrontier.com. Archived from the original on February...

At the beginning of the American Civil War, annuity payments owed in June 1862 to the Dakota by treaty were late, causing acute hunger among the Dakota...