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1) Kearny. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Kearny, (karīne) (KEY) , town (1990 pop. 34,874), Hudson co., NE N.J.; inc. 1899. The town is the site of shipyards (greatly enlarged in 1941) and dry docks. Manufactures...

2) Kearny, Philip. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Kearny, Philip, 1814-62, Union general in the American Civil War, b. New York City; nephew of Stephen Watts Kearny. After studying law he joined (1837) the army....

3) Kearny, Lawrence. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Kearny, Lawrence, (karīne) (KEY) , 1789-1868, American naval officer, b. Perth Amboy, N.J.; cousin of Stephen Watts Kearny. He became a midshipman in 1807, served...

4) Kearny, Stephen Watts. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Kearny, Stephen Watts, 1794-1848, American general in the Mexican War, b. Newark, N.J. At the beginning of the Mexican War he was made commander of the Army of the...

5) Beale, Edward Fitzgerald. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...of Columbia. During the Mexican War, Beale was in California, where he aided Stephen W. Kearny in the battle of San Pasqual by crawling through the lines with Kit...

6) Kearney. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...metal products, machinery, and transportation equipment are among its manufactures. Fort Kearny (named for Gen. Stephen W. Kearny), established nearby in 1848 to...

7) Bent, William. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...of the most widely known and highly respected traders in the West. He scouted for Stephen W. Kearny and Sterling Price in the Mexican War. In 1849 he destroyed the...

8) Hackensack, river, United States. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...development on the nearby Passaic River. It is navigable by oceangoing vessels to Kearny, N.J., and by tugs and barges to Hackensack, N.J. The river's upper course...

9) Doniphan, Alexander William. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...War he organized a mounted regiment of Missouri volunteers that formed part of Stephen W. Kearny's force in his march on Santa Fe. When Kearny continued to California,...

10) Sheridan. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...College and a historical museum are in the city. Nearby are a reproduction of Fort Phil Kearny (a post in the 1860s); and the Brinton Memorial Ranch, which commemorates...

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