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First Mississippi Corp
First Mississippi Corporation P.O. Box 1249Jackson, Mississipp. 39215 Read more |
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Iowa
Iowa , midwestern state in the N central United States. It is bounded by the Mississippi R., across which lie Wisconsin and Illinois (E); Missouri (S); Nebraska and South Dakota, from which it is separated by the Missouri and the Big Sioux rivers, respectively (W); and Minnesota (N). Facts and... Read more |
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Pinckneys Treaty
Pinckney's Treaty (1795).During the Revolutionary War, Spain reconquered Florida from Great Britain. Contrary to the border agreed to by the British and Americans (31° north latitude), Spain claimed that Florida extended into the Ohio valley. By this border claim, Spain sought to keep the... Read more |
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Illinois
Illinois State in n central USA, on the e bank of the Mississippi River; the capital is Springfield. Illinois was explored first by the French in 1673. Ceded to the British in 1763, it was occupied by American troops during the American Revolution. Illinois became a state of the Union in 1818. The... Read more |
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Houma
HOUMA HOUMA. The Houmas (Ouma) are an American Indian tribe of the Muskogean language family first encountered in 1682 by René-Robert Cavalier de la Salle on the east bank of the Mississippi River, opposite from the mouth of the Red River. Their population in 1699 was estimated at about 700... Read more |
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Pearl River
Pearl River, China, USA 1. China (Guangdong): also known as the Zhū River from zhū ‘pearl’.2. USA: besides cities in Louisiana and New York, the Pearl River flows through Louisiana and Mississippi. The Native American name was Tallahatchie which the French translated as... Read more |
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Mississippi State University for Women
Mississippi State University for Women at Columbus; the first state-supported women's college; chartered 1884, opened 1885 as Mississippi Industrial Institute and College, renamed Mississippi State College for Women 1920, achieved university status 1974. It has graduate programs in education and... Read more |
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Mississippi State University
Mississippi State University at Mississippi State, near Starkville; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1878 as an agricultural and mechanical college, opened 1880. From 1932 to 1958 it was known as Mississippi State College. It has programs in arts and sciences, architecture,... Read more |
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Mississippi Burning
MISSISSIPPI BURNING A Summer of Hope In June 1964 the Council of Federated Organizations, a combination of four civil rights groups and the National Conference of Churches, organized what it called the Mississippi Summer Project. The project's purpose was to send northern... Read more |
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panic
panic crisis in financial and economic conditions, marked by public loss of confidence in the financial structure. Panics are characterized by a general rush of investors to convert their assets into cash, with runs on banks and a rapid fall of the securities market. Bank failures and bankruptcies... Read more |
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