Word: rivers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...petition was refused. Independence was declared. Sam Houston was chosen Commander-in-chief of the Texan Army. On "San Jacinto Day" (April 21) Texans still celebrate the final victory of his 743 raw troopers over the 1600 soldiers of General Santa Anna on the banks of the San Jacinto River near the site where Houston City later rose. Sam Houston was the first and only president of the Republic of Texas (1836-1845). He was U. S. Senator from Texas from 1846 to 1859. Elected Governor, he refused to swear allegiance to the Confederacy, was deposed...
...facing each other only 30 miles east of the city wall. To the south Tooyin of Zemao has declared his independence and has called all the pirates to his assistance. Nevertheless I am going quietly ahead with arrangements for the expedition to the northwest. The bridge across the Hsiangtung river has been taken away and there is no connection between Cheatung and Yunnanfu...
Turning the conversation to Greco Roman cities, he said that the excavations on the east side of the Jordan River, 60 miles from Jerusalem, were very illuminating. The whole city of Gerasa is being uncovered. Architecturally beautiful Corinthean columns of temples, sidewalks on the main street, and a public drinking fountain are well preserved. Among the ruins of an early Christian church a marble head representing a "Man of Sorrows" was found. The resemblance of this piece of sculpture to familiar representations of Christ in medieval France brings up important questions...
...inauguration occurred at Ahwaz, on the bank of the Karum river, opposite Moin's Garden...
Beginning the next afternon practice will be held at Newell Boathouse for the upper-class men and in Weld Boathouse for the Freshman. The men will work on the machines in both boathouses and in the tank at Newell until regular practice can start on the river...