1) Macon. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Macon, (maŽkn, maŽkon) (KEY) , city (1990 pop. 106,612), seat of Bibb co., central Ga., at the head of navigation on the Ocmulgee River; inc. 1823. It is the industrial,...
2) Randolph-Macon College. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Randolph-Macon College, at Ashland, Va.; United Methodist; chartered 1830, opened 1832 at Boydton, Va., moved 1868; named for John Randolph and Nathaniel Macon. Originally...
3) Randolph-Macon Woman's College. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.
2001
...Randolph-Macon Woman s College, at Lynchburg, Va.; United Methodist; for women; est. 1891, opened 1893. Until 1953 it had a shared administration with Randolph-Macon...
4) Macon. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...has foundries and plants that manufacture motorcycles, electrical equipment, and clothing. Macon was acquired by the French crown in 1238, passed to Burgundy by the...
5) Macon, Nathaniel. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Macon, Nathaniel, (maŽkn) (KEY) , 1758-1837, American political leader, b. near the present Warrenton, N.C. He served in the American Revolution and later became...
6) Macon, Bayou. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Macon, Bayou, (biŽo maŽkn, maŽkon) (KEY) , c.145 mi (230 km) long, rising in SE Ark. and flowing S into NE La. to the Tensas River. It was used as a rendezvous by...
7) Wesleyan College. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Wesleyan College, at Macon, Ga.; United Methodist; for women; chartered 1836 as Georgia Female College. The present form of the name was adopted in 1919. Wesleyan...
8) Little Richard. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Little Richard, 1935-, American musician and singer, b. Macon, Ga., as Richard Wayne Penniman. One of the first rock musicians in the 1950s, he recorded "Tutti Frutti,"...
9) Tuskegee. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Tuskegee, (tskeŽge) (KEY) , city (1990 pop. 12,257), seat of Macon co., SE Ala., in a cotton, corn, and dairy region; settled before 1763, inc. 1843. It has gristmills...
10) Lanier, Sidney. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Lanier, Sidney, (lnerŽ) (KEY) , 1842-81, American poet and musician, b. Macon, Ga., grad. Oglethorpe College 1860. His first work, the novel Tiger-Lilies (1867),...
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