Robert Gray
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...
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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.,...
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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 gra...
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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 ...
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