Word: mountaineer
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...afternoon the President addressed the American Federation of Labor (see p. 14), left immediately thereafter on a 20-hour through journey to Kings Mountain, N. C. whence he motored over into South Carolina to deliver his fourth speech at the 150th anniversary of the battle of Kings Mountain (see p. 14).* After that he was through with speech-making for some time...
...William Campbell led 900 Colonial backwoodsmen up Kings Mountain to rout the entrenched "Loyalist" forces of Col. Patrick Ferguson. Significance: this victory turned the tide of the Revolution in the South toward Yorktown and ultimate success...
...study of species is complicated in this and the succeeding zone, where the highest mountains of Guatemala are located, by reason of the changes in fauna which occur, not only as one ascends or descends a mountain peak through various levels in its 13,000 or 14,000 feet. In this arid subtropical plateau there are peaks which have birds of the tropical desert at their base, of the arid subtropical plateau upon their slopes, and of the temperate regions on their summits. All this complicates the task of a cataloguer. It is necessary to state at what altitude...
...further complication is found, particularly in the neighborhood of Lake Atitian, a mountain lake surrounded by peaks which tower 2500 feet above it Here live relief species of birds not found in the rest of the country, and Griscom reports a species of "grebe" or "hell diver" found nowhere else in the world. He searched, also, for nine days in order to find a peculiar genus of fly catcher, of which only two other specimens are known to exist in the world's museums. Here, too, he not only found this bird but rediscovered another species of fly catcher...
...respectively)?President Hoover's speeches before: the American Bankers' Association in Cleveland; the American Legion and American Federation of Labor in Boston; the sesquicentennial celebration of the Battle of Kings Mountain, at Kings Mountain...