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Mount Oread, the Glossary

Mount Oread is a hill in Lawrence, Kansas, upon which the University of Kansas, and parts of the city of Lawrence, Kansas, are located.^[1]

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29 relations: Address geocoding, American Civil War, Bleeding Kansas, Border ruffian, Carboniferous, Charles L. Robinson, Drainage divide, Escarpment, Harper's Weekly, Jim Lane (politician), Kansas River, Lawrence Massacre, Lawrence, Kansas, Mount Oread Civil War posts, Oread, Oread Institute, Oread Limestone, Sea level, Spooner Hall, Topography, Type locality (geology), United States, United States Geological Survey, University of Kansas, University of Kansas Natural History Museum, Wagon train, Wakarusa River, William Quantrill, Worcester, Massachusetts.
Drainage divides
Hills of Kansas
Kansas in the American Civil War

Address geocoding

Address geocoding, or simply geocoding, is the process of taking a text-based description of a location, such as an address or the name of a place, and returning geographic coordinates, frequently latitude/longitude pair, to identify a location on the Earth's surface.

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American Civil War

The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.

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Bleeding Kansas

Bleeding Kansas, Bloody Kansas, or the Border War was a series of violent civil confrontations in Kansas Territory, and to a lesser extent in western Missouri, between 1854 and 1859. Mount Oread and Bleeding Kansas are Kansas in the American Civil War.

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Border ruffian

Border ruffians were proslavery raiders who crossed into the Kansas Territory from Missouri during the mid-19th century to help ensure the territory entered the United States as a slave state. Mount Oread and Border ruffian are Bleeding Kansas.

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Carboniferous

The Carboniferous is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic that spans 60 million years from the end of the Devonian Period Ma (million years ago) to the beginning of the Permian Period, Ma.

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Charles L. Robinson

Charles Lawrence Robinson (July 21, 1818 – August 17, 1894) was an American politician who served in the California State Assembly from 1851 to 1852, and later as the first Governor of Kansas from 1861 until 1863. Mount Oread and Charles L. Robinson are Bleeding Kansas.

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Drainage divide

A drainage divide, water divide, ridgeline, watershed, water parting or height of land is elevated terrain that separates neighboring drainage basins. Mount Oread and drainage divide are drainage divides and hydrology.

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Escarpment

An escarpment is a steep slope or long cliff that forms as a result of faulting or erosion and separates two relatively level areas having different elevations.

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Harper's Weekly

Harper's Weekly, A Journal of Civilization was an American political magazine based in New York City.

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Jim Lane (politician)

Brigadier-General James Henry Lane (June 22, 1814 – July 11, 1866) was an American politician and military officer who was a leader of the Jayhawkers in the Bleeding Kansas period that immediately preceded the American Civil War.

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Kansas River

The Kansas River, also known as the Kaw, is a meandering river in northeastern Kansas in the United States.

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Lawrence Massacre

The Lawrence Massacre (also known as Quantrill's Raid) was an attack during the American Civil War (186165) by Quantrill's Raiders, a Confederate guerrilla group led by William Quantrill, on the Unionist town of Lawrence, Kansas, killing around 150 unarmed men and boys.

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Lawrence, Kansas

Lawrence is a city in and the county seat of Douglas County, Kansas, United States, and the sixth-largest city in the state. Mount Oread and Lawrence, Kansas are Bleeding Kansas and Oregon Trail.

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Mount Oread Civil War posts

Lawrence, Kansas was not well defended in the early part of the Civil War.

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Oread

In Greek mythology, an Oread (Oreiás, stem label, Oreas/Oread-, from label; Oréade) or Orestiad (label) is a mountain nymph.

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Oread Institute

The Oread Institute was a women's college founded in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1849 by Eli Thayer.

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Oread Limestone

The Oread Limestone is a geologic unit of formation rank within the Shawnee Group throughout much of its extent.

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Sea level

Mean sea level (MSL, often shortened to sea level) is an average surface level of one or more among Earth's coastal bodies of water from which heights such as elevation may be measured.

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Spooner Hall

Spooner Hall was built in 1893–94 as the University of Kansas' first library building.

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Topography

Topography is the study of the forms and features of land surfaces.

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Type locality (geology)

Type locality, also called type area, is the locality where a particular rock type, stratigraphic unit or mineral species is first identified.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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United States Geological Survey

The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the United States government whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology.

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University of Kansas

The University of Kansas (KU) is a public and research university with its main campus in Lawrence, Kansas, United States.

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University of Kansas Natural History Museum

The University of Kansas Natural History Museum is part of the University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute, a KU designated research center dedicated to the study of the life of the planet.

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Wagon train

A wagon train is a group of wagons traveling together.

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Wakarusa River

The Wakarusa River is a tributary of the Kansas River, approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey.

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William Quantrill

William Clarke Quantrill (July 31, 1837 – June 6, 1865) was a Confederate guerrilla leader during the American Civil War. Mount Oread and William Quantrill are Bleeding Kansas.

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Worcester, Massachusetts

Worcester is the 2nd most populous city in the U.S. state of Massachusetts and the 114th most populous city in the United States.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Oread

Also known as Mt. Oread.