Robert Gray (1755-1806) was the first American to circumnavigate the globe. He discovered the Columbia River while exploring the coastline of the Oregon country. Robert Gray was born in Tiverton, R.I., on May 10, 1755. He served in a privateer during...

1755-1806 American navigator who explored the northwest coast of North America and in 1792 discovered the Columbia River, which he named after his ship. Gray also circumnavigated the globe twice, becoming in 1790 the first American to lead a ship...

Robert Gray might refer to: Robert Gray (bishop) (1809–1872), first Anglican Bishop of Cape Town Robert Gray (sea-captain) (1755–1806), American merchant sea-captain and explorer Robert Gray (poet) (b. 1945), Australian poet Robert Gray (Australian...

Robert A. Gray PAID OBITUARIES Robert A. Gray passed away at Moravian Manor on February 22, 2006 at the age of 90. He was born in Waynesboro, Mississippi in 1915 to the late Edmond Gray and Ella McRee Gray. After graduating from high school...

At first glance, Robert Emmett Rodes would seem to be a biographer's perfect subject. A graduate of the Virginia Military Institute and later a civilian engineer, he rose from captain of a militia company in 1861 to major general two years later at age...

Washington now has an official amphibian _ the Pacific chorus frog _ a lighthearted addition to a growing list of "official" things that now includes a state vegetable, ship, folk song and even grass, though not the funny kind.Gov. Chris Gregoire, wearing a toy frog...

Michael Ruettgers' office credenza was stacked high with checks to pay off bills his company, EMC EMC, owed. But the new executive wasn't rushing to the post office. It was the late 1980s, and his computer storage company was running low on borrowed money."Periodically, my...