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Chicago is the region's most populous city and largest metropolitan area. According to the 2010 American Community Survey , 49.1% of the residents were male and 50.9% were female. Approximately 24.0% of the population were under 18 years of age, and 13.4% were over 65 years of age, and the median age for the region was 39.2.
The first recorded use of the term Midwestern to refer to a region of the central U.S. occurred in 1886; Midwest appeared in 1894, and Midwesterner in 1916. [125] [126] One of the earliest late-19th-century uses of Midwest was in reference to Kansas and Nebraska to indicate that they were the civilized areas of the west. [10]
In 1854, a church and convent were built by Father Peter La Cour near the town's present site. The town began forming in 1878 when Charles Lander Cleveland, a local judge, donated 63.6 acres (257,000 m 2) of land to the Houston East & West Texas Railway (now part of the Union Pacific Railroad) for use as a stop, requesting that the town be named for him.
The Cleveland Orchestra is widely considered one of the world's finest orchestras, and often referred to as the finest in the nation. [181] It is one of the "Big Five" major orchestras in the U.S. [182] The orchestra plays at Severance Hall in University Circle during the winter and at Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls during the summer. [183]
A country club is a privately-owned club, [1] often with a membership quota and admittance by invitation or sponsorship, that generally offers both a variety of recreational sports and facilities for dining and entertaining.
The new movie "The Long Game" tells the true story of the winning San Felipe High School golf team in Del Rio, Texas and the Mexican American educator and war veteran who was denied entry in a ...
Midwest, USWCA 1948 Club site; home of the American Curling History Museum. Exmoor Curling Club Highland Park: Illinois Dedicated 4 yes Midwest, USWCA 1938 Club site: Northwestern (Univ.) Curling Club Evanston: Illinois Dedicated (rented) 4 no Midwest 2005 College club plays at Chicago CC; listed in Midwest association but not USCA directory
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