Learn About The 50 States
Carl Hayden (1877)close
Carl Hayden was born in Hayden's Ferry, Arizona Territory, and served as a US Representative and Senator from Arizona. He was largely responsible for Arizona's rapid growth from a sparsely settled, arid frontier territory to a modern urban state. Working with President Dwight Eisenhower, Hayden developed the funding formula for the federal highway system, which resulted in further settlement throughout the Western states of the US.
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This page presents short biographies of more than 200 famous Americans drawn from our unit, "The 50 States." These personalities are arranged by theme.
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African Americans:
Artists:
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National "Characters":
| Phineas Taylor "P.T." Barnum | Clyde Barrow | John Wilkes Booth |
| Butch Cassidy | William "Buffalo Bill" Cody | Davy Crockett |
| Jesse James | Evel Knievel | Harland David "Colonel" Sanders |
| Jefferson R. "Soapy" Smith |
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