Astor, John Jacob
Astor, John Jacob (1763–1848) US fur trader and financier. He entered the American fur trade and by 1800 had established the beginnings of a commercial empire, with chartered ships plying both the Atlantic and the Pacific. His American Fur Company, formed in 1808, dominated the fur trade in the prairies and mountains within a decade. In 1834 he sold his interest in the fur trade and spent his remaining years managing his highly profitable property holdings.
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Symphony Supporters: Don't Push Cliff Dwellers from Nest
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 11/4/1994; 652 words
; ...Orchestra: I am a member of the Cliff Dwellers, a club that has...nod to the original cliff dwellers of the American southwest...the 85 years that the Cliff Dwellers have met, lunched, dined...intention to evict the Cliff Dwellers to make the space available...Arts ...
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Cliffhanger getaway: Cave offers luxuries `Cliff dweller' turns New Mexico formation into a bed and breakfast
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 6/5/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...to gouge anyone," Black says. But cliff dwellers only, please. "I like to think of myself as a cliff dweller, not a caveman," says Black, a 60...geologist. Black bought this 350-foot cliff, part of a 15-acre parcel, in 1980...
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Cliff Dwellers Was Birthplace For a Generation of Leaders
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 9/17/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...and cultural significance of the Cliff Dwellers Club, which is in negotiations...donors to the orchestra. The Cliff Dwellers' directors were optimistic at...planned new complex for both the Cliff Dwellers and a Donor's Room to co-exist...
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NORTH ARLINGTON'S CLIFF DWELLERS
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 3/6/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...03-06-2000 NORTH ARLINGTON'S CLIFF DWELLERS -- A STUNNING VISTA - BEYOND THE...NEIGHBORHOODS: NORTH ARLINGTON'S CLIFF DWELLERS Sandra Rodo was out house...are sometimes referred to as the Cliff Dwellers, living alongside the garbage...
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CSO pushes Cliff Dwellers club to the edge
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 5/3/1990; ; 610 words
; ...Chicago Symphony Orchestra has told the Cliff Dwellers, in so many words, to take a leap...square foot than it receives from the Cliff Dwellers, which pays about $50...really don't have a choice." The Cliff Dwellers fear that if the club is...
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Bolivian Cliff Dwellers Fear Rains
News Wire article from: AP Online; 2/23/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...0000 Title: Bolivian Cliff Dwellers Fear Rains [image omitted...adobe house perched on a cliff outside Bolivia' s mountain...the mountainsides and cliffs ringing La Paz are a...reasons not to build on the cliffs are many. The soil is...offers no permits to the cliff dwellers. ...
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A yearlong tribute to the cliff dwellers
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 4/2/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...2006 A yearlong tribute to the cliff dwellers By BETH J. HARPAZ, THE ASSOCIATED...made wonders — ancient cliff dwellings, made from sandstone...spectacular site, the 150-room Cliff Palace, in 1888. Mesa Verde National...
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Cliff dwellers in Bolivia's capital fear deadly rains
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 2/23/2002; ; 627 words
; ...live on the mountainsides and cliffs ringing La Paz are a disaster...a good idea to build on the cliffs around La Paz, which sits...reasons not to build on the cliffs are many. The soil is unstable...and offers no permits to the cliff dwellers. But some taxes are paid...
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`Cliff Dwellers' Appeal to Save Club
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 11/17/1994; ; 539 words
; ...increasingly nasty battle over Chicago's fabled Cliff Dwellers Club spilled into the Landmarks Commission on Wednesday...dispute between the Orchestral Association . . . and the Cliff Dwellers." Orchestral Association executive director Henry...
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Cliff Dwellers.(poem)(Poem)
Magazine article from: Cobblestone; 9/1/2001; 449 words
; Cliff dwellers lived long, long ago. Beans, squash, and corn are foods they would grow. There was much sorrow because the land was dry...
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cliff dwellers
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
cliff dwellers Native Americans of the Anasazi...were builders of the ancient cliff dwellings found in the canyons...the mesas. Access to the cliffs was very difficult and thus...tribes such as the Navajo. The cliff dwellers were sedentary agriculturists...
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Cave
Book article from: World of Earth Science
...American Indians known as Cliff Dwellers. Sea caves are formed by waves continually crashing against cliffs or steep walls. Often these...usually form in sandstone cliffs as wind-blown sand abrades the cliff face. They are found in desert...
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Mesa Verde
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History
...the Anasazi Indians (also called Cliff Dwellers) built their dwellings into the...and best known of the ruins is the Cliff Palace, which contains more than...from underground pit houses to the cliff dwellings. Over hundreds of years...
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Montezuma Castle National Monument
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...room dwelling perched high in the cavity of a cliff. It was named by early settlers who believed it...table). In the region are other well-preserved cliff dwellings of prehistoric Native American groups (see cliff dwellers ).
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Utah
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...national forests and a number of Native American reservations. Capitol Reef National Park contains ancient cliff dwellings (see cliff dwellers ), glyphs, and other prehistoric artifacts. Salt Lake City is the capital and largest city; it is also...
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