11) Armstrong, John, 1758-1843, American army officer. The Columbia
Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...army officer, 1758-1843, American army officer, U.S. Secretary of War (1813-14), b. Carlisle, Pa.; son of John Armstrong, "hero of Kittanning." In the American Revolution...
12) Paley, William. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...philosophy at Christ's College, Cambridge. Made a prebendary of the cathedral church of Carlisle (1780), he became archdeacon of the diocese (1782), and chancellor...
13) Thorpe, Jim. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...has ever produced. His mother, a Sac, named him Bright Path, and in 1907 he entered the Carlisle Indian School at Carlisle, Pa. He joined (1908) the Carlisle football...
14) Armstrong, John, 1717?-1795, American pioneer. The Columbia Encyclopedia,
Sixth Edition. 2001
...known as the "hero of Kittanning," b. Co. Fermanagh, Ireland. He laid out the town of Carlisle, Pa. In 1756 he led the expedition that destroyed Kittanning, a town...
15) Eden, rivers, England and Scotland. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth
Edition. 2001
...Scotland. The principal one rises in Cumbria, N England, and flows 65 mi (105 km) NW past Carlisle, into Solway Firth. The Vale of Eden is a rich farming region....
16) vending machine. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...accept paper money or credit cards. The first vending machine was invented by Richard Carlisle, English publisher and bookshop owner, for selling books. Until 1926...
17) Cumbria. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...of volcanic rock and slate mountain peaks and lake-filled valleys. It also includes the Carlisle plain and the Eden and Kent river valleys. The county is divided...
18) Cumberland Valley. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...W Md. and S Pa. It is a fertile farming area that is becoming urbanized. Chambersburg and Carlisle, Pa., and Hagerstown, Md., are in the valley....
19) Percy, Sir Henry. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...the Scots; he was captured but later ransomed, and he returned to his post of warden of Carlisle and the West Marches. He went to Calais in 1391 and served (c.1393-95)...
20) Warner, Glenn Scobey. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...an undefeated, untied team in 1896. He later coached at Cornell (1897-98, 1904-6) and at the Carlisle Indian School (1899-1903, 1907-14), where he developed several...
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