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Adams Sherman Hill (30 January 1833 – 25 December 1910) was an American newspaper journalist and rhetorician. As Boylston Professor of Rhetoric at Harvard University from 1876 to 1904, Hill oversaw and implemented curriculum that came to effect first-year composition in classrooms across the United States.
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Sherman Hill may refer to: Sherman L. Hill (1911–1984), American politician; Sherman Hill Historic District, Des Moines, Iowa, US; Sherman Hill Summit, a mountain ...
Sherman Summit or Sherman Hill Summit, elevation 8,640 ft (2,630 m), [9] is a mountain pass about 7.5 miles (12.1 km) north-northwest of the ghost town of Sherman at While not a particularly rugged mountain crossing, it is the highest point of the transcontinental Interstate 80 . [ 10 ]
Sherman L. Hill (December 4, 1911 – March 8, 1984) [1] was a former Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. [2] Hill was born in Manor Township, Lancaster County, PA. He graduated from Penn Manor High School, Millersville State College, and Temple University.
James Schoolcraft Sherman (October 24, 1855 – October 30, 1912) was the 27th vice president of the United States, serving from 1909 until his death in 1912, under President William Howard Taft. A member of the Republican Party , Sherman was previously a United States representative from New York from 1887 to 1891 and 1893 to 1909.
Dale Creek Crossing was a railway bridge located in present-day Wyoming. The 650-foot (200 m) bridge, completed in 1868 in the southeastern Wyoming Territory, presented engineers of the United States' first transcontinental railroad one of their most difficult challenges. [2]
When the General Sherman ran aground on a mud-bank near Pyongyang, the Koreans saw their opportunity and attacked. The crew held off the attackers for two days. Eventually, the Koreans launched a burning boat, which set the General Sherman on fire. Among the crew, 14 were shot and killed (including one who had been shot to death two days before ...