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Ethan Allen Hitchcock 1835-1909, U.S. Secretary of the Interior (1898-1907), b. Mobile, Ala. He was appointed minister to Russia in 1897 but was called into McKinley's cabinet the next year. Under Presidents McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt, Hitchcock prosecuted a vigorous program for the conservation of natural resources and reorganized the administration of Native American affairs.
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Lone Wolf v Hitchcock: Treaty Rights & Indian Law at the end of the
Newspaper article from: News From Indian Country D.L. Birchfield November 30, 1995 700+ words ...the. 19th Century Lone Wolf v Hitchcock: Treaty Rights & Indian...Court decision, Lone Wolf vs. Hitchcock, might not make any sense...court against Interior Secretary Ethan Allen Hitchcock to prevent the allotment and... |
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HITCHCOCK, CHARLOTTE W.(CAPITAL REGION)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) July 8, 2000 700+ words ...natural causes. Mrs. Hitchcock was the wife of the late Professor Arthur Hitchcock, SUNY at Albany. She is survived by two sons, Allen Hitchcock of Mt. Gretna, PA and...both of Brooklyn and Ethan Hitchcock-Healy of Mt... |
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Government investment in 1905 made irrigating Valley possible
Newspaper article from: Yakima Herald-Republic David Lester December 11, 2005 700+ words ...For the record, his name was Ethan Allen Hitchcock, a descendent of a Revolutionary...While it is unclear whether Hitchcock ever visited the Yakima Valley...the Valley what it is today. Hitchcock didn't do it alone. Many residents... |
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The Atlanta Journal and Constitution Real Estate Column.(Knight Ridder/Tribune...
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Harte, Susan September 29, 2000 700+ words ...in 1998 from Wayne and Catherine Hill, who bought it in 1984 from the Hitchcock-Nicholls family. Gen. Ethan Allen Hitchcock, grandson of Revolutionary War hero Ethan Allen, purchased the house and 840 acres for $10,500 in 1867 from its... |
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The Esoteric Origins of the American Renaissance.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Church History Lardas, John March 1, 2005 700+ words ...Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allen Poe, Bronson Alcott, Walt Whitman...lesser known players, including Ethan Allen Hitchcock, Poe's instructor at West Point...engaged with esoteric traditions. Hitchcock and Greaves pursued esotericism... |
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Reclaiming for recreation: for 100 years, the federal Bureau of Reclamation has...
Magazine article from: Parks & Recreation September 1, 2002 700+ words ...because he believed in homemaking. In July 1902, in accordance with the Reclamation Act, Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock established the U.S. Reclamation Service within the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The new Reclamation... |
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EDT broadcasts a satellite program on coronary heart disease from Florence,...
PR Newswire October 24, 1986 700+ words ...438-2481; (in Pennsylvania, 717-761-2272). In New York City, this broadcast can be seen at: WNET Ethan Allen Hitchcock Center, Conference Room, second floor, 356 West 58 St. If you would like to attend in New York, RSVP to Diane... |
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Indian humor belies the stoic stereotype
Newspaper article from: Indian Country Today (Lakota Times) Trahant, Mark November 22, 2000 700+ words ...characters, such as Teddy Roosevelt - he called him President Rooster Feather - and Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock. Posey renamed the secretary "It's Cocked," because he hated making difficult decisions. These days, Northwest... |
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PR Newswire Metro Daybook for Aug. 11.
PR Newswire August 10, 1988 700+ words ...Second International Study of Infarct Survival). Live from London. Refreshments at 10:30 a.m. LOCATION: Ethan Allen Hitchcock Center, 2nd Floor, WNET-TV, 356 W. 58th St. (between 8th and 9th Avenues) CONTACT: Veronica Thomas... |
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Houlton tries grants to lure N.J. firm
Newspaper article from: Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME WAYNE L. BROWN; OF THE NEWS STAFF December 11, 2002 700+ words ...since 1961. The company makes hardwood legs, arms, back posts and spindles for chairs for such companies as Ethan Allen, Hitchcock Chairs, Childcraft and Brooks Furniture. Company officials blamed the factory's demise on foreign competition... |
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Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military Hitchcock, Ethan Allen (1798–1870) Union army officer, born in Mobile, Alabama. Hitchcock directed the exchange and return of captives during the Civil War . Hitchcock had earlier seen service in the Second... |
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Reclamation
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...or fewer and that the settlers repay within ten years the costs of constructing the irrigation dams and canals. Ethan Allen Hitchcock, the secretary of the interior, did not delay implementation of the act. He created the Reclamation Service... |
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reclamation of land
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...the irrigation works over a period of 10 years. The program was vigorously pushed by Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock. Among the many projects started then were the Truckee-Carson project (see Newlands project ) and the Salt... |
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Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Ed Wallace); Foreign Correspondent (Hitchcock) (as Johnny Jones) 1941 Reaching for...The Great Man's Lady (Wellman) (as Ethan Hoyt); The Palm Beach Story (Sturges...W. T. G. Morton) 1945 The Unseen (Allen) (as David Fielding) 1946 The Virginian... |
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