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1,203 words, approx. 4 pages Simon Fraser Born 1776, Bennington, Vermont Died April 19, 1862, St. Andrew’s, Ontario In the early nineteenth century both Great Britain and the United States competed for rights to the Pacific Northwest. In 1804, Americans Meriwether Lewis...
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77 words, approx. 1 pages 1776-1862 American-born Canadian fur trader and explorer best known for his harrowing exploration of a trade route from Canada's far west to the Pacific Ocean in 1808. His path west followed along an unknown river, now known as the Fraser River...
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 Simon Fraser (20 May 1776–18 August 1862) was a fur trader and an explorer who charted much of what is now the Canadian province of British Columbia. Fraser was employed by the Montreal-based North West Company. By 1805, he had been put in charge...




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Iraqi doctor denied visit to Seattle medical conference
4/21/2007: 263 words, approx. 1 pages An Iraqi doctor who found that more civilians had died in the war than has been officially reported cannot attend a Seattle medical conference because the U.S. State Department did not approve his visa, according to a news report.A state department official told The Seattle...
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Researcher seeks food chain toxin tests
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5/12/2007: 758 words, approx. 3 pages Charley AneLOS ANGELES (AP) _ Charley Ane, a standout tackle for Southern California in the early 1950s and then an All-Pro lineman for the Detroit Lions, died Wednesday. He was 76.And died in Honolulu of pneumonia following a long illness.Ane graduated from Punahou High in...


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