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Theodore Dehone Judah
Theodore Dehone Judah 1826-63, American railroad builder, b. Bridgeport, Conn. He built the Niagara Gorge RR and did canal work before going (1854) to lay out a railroad near Sacramento, Calif. There he promoted the idea of a railroad across the mountains eastward from the Central Valley and... Read more |
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Union Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific Railroad transportation company chartered (1862) by Congress to build part of the nation's first transcontinental railroad line. Under terms of the Pacific Railroads Act, the Union Pacific was authorized to build a line westward from Omaha, Nebr., to the California-Nevada line, where... Read more |
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Alamogordo
Alamogordo , city (1990 pop. 27,596), seat of Otero co., S N.Mex., near the Sacramento Mts.; inc. 1912. Holloman Air Force Base, home to U.S. stealth aircraft, is there, and the White Sands Missile Range is nearby. The city, founded in 1898 with the arrival of the Southern Pacific RR, became a... Read more |
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Redding
Redding city (1990 pop. 66,462), seat of Shasta co., N central Calif., on the Sacramento River; inc. 1872. A principal tourist center for a mountain and lake region, it also has lumbering, food-processing, and diverse manufacturing. Redding is one of the fastest-growing U.S. cities. Simpson Univ.... Read more |
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Hurtado v. California
HURTADO V. CALIFORNIA An 1884 decision of the Supreme Court, Hurtado v. California, 110 U.S. 516, 4 S. Ct. 111, 28 L. Ed. 232, held that states are not required to comply with the fifth amendment provision that a criminal prosecution be initiated by an indictment by a grand jury. The constitution... Read more |
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George Hearst
George Hearst George Hearst (1820-1891), American publisher and U.S. senator, began as a prospector and acquired vast claims in gold and copper mines. George Hearst was born on Sept. 3, 1820, in Franklin County, Mo. His boyhood work in the Missouri lead mines induced him to enroll in the... Read more |
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Collis Potter Huntington
Collis Potter Huntington Collis Potter Huntington (1821-1900), American railroad builder, was a promoter and manager of the Central Pacific Railway and was prominent later in the Southern Pacific Company. Collis P. Huntington was born on Oct. 22, 1821, at Harwinton, Conn. His early life was... Read more |
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McClatchy Newspapers Inc
McClatchy Newspapers, Inc. 2100 Q StreetSacramento, California 95816U.S.A.(916) 321-1846Fax: (916) 321-1996Web site: http://www.mcclatchy.com Public CompanyIncorporated: 1930Employees: 7,590Sales: $641.9 million (1997)Stock Exchanges: New York Midwest PacificSICs: 2711 Newspapers:... Read more |
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Sacramento
Sacramento , city (1990 pop. 369,365), state capital and seat of Sacramento co., central Calif., on the Sacramento River at its confluence with the American River; settled 1839, inc. 1850. A deepwater port via a 43-mi (69-km) channel to Suisun Bay (opened 1963), it is the shipping, rail, processing,... Read more |
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California
California , most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). Facts and Figures Area, 158,693 sq mi (411,015 sq km). Pop. (2000) 33,871,648, a 13.8% increase since... Read more |
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Profile: US Army Corps of Engineers wants to release billions of gallons of...
00-00-0000 Profile: US Army Corps of Engineers wants to release billions...Siegel. The US Army Corps of Engineers wants to...and came from Spain. Company officials say the only...artificial lakes, and the Corps of Engineers believes... |
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Adding more birds: enhancing the use of GPS survey systems.(Miller Triplett...
...and Miller Engineers (MTM) has...the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as an intelligence...assistant project engineer and division office engineer. Following...years, MTM Engineers has logged...with the company. I delivered...and utility companies. Within... |
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Garver firm grows to survive: state's largest engineering firm planning to...
...has hired--engineer graduates from...also keeps the company current on the...the larger companies are also getting...because the company depends on municipal...said Garver Engineers is an "unknown...engineering, the company offers aviation...of towns and companies have used ... |
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Low-profile company key to Corps bridge construction.
...Tremont-based company works on many rivers...company keeps a low profile, it's the second...Foundation, a company of 100 people...for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, mostly for lock...years because the Corps of Engineers... |
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TEAM IN AFGHANISTAN NAMED BEST PROJECT DEVELOPMENT TEAM IN U.S. ARMY CORPS OF...
...by the U.S. Army-Middle East...U.S. Army Corps of Engineers...Afghanistan. The Corps of Engineers...U.S. Army Corps of Engineers...Construction Company/Prime Projects...program managers, engineers, lawyers and...the Afghanistan Engineer ... |
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Shaw's Charles M. Hess Honored in U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Gallery of...
...into the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters...positions at the Corps and currently with...awarded by the Corps - the approximately...since joining the company in 2005 to lead...response in high-profile roles for the U... |
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Shaw Group's Charles Hess Inducted in U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Gallery...
...into the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters...positions at the Corps and currently with...a release, the company said that in his...awarded by the Corps - the approximately...response in high- profile roles for the U... |
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Water cases could ripple across area.
...The higher-profile wetlands lawsuit...whether the Army Corps of Engineers should be able...lakes. The two companies' lakes pool...representatives said the companies cooperate with...Asked if the company would seek...Walls said the company would evaluate... |
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After breach, Condit Dam reservoirs behavior murky
...an hour, instead of in the six hours the company had predicted. There was a lot of uncertainty...navigational purposes, required by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and studying the current profile of the former reservoir. Those studies will... |
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Army Corps sets hearings on plan for LNG dredging.
...Fall River, the Army Corps of Engineers has scheduled two...to discuss the company's proposal to...support the energy company's plan, despite...on-site, the company now hopes to dump...several high-profile opponents arguing... |