Alexander Robertson Curtis was born on 21 September 1871, in Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. He married Genevieve Belle Raine on 28 June 1900, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. He immigrated to United States in 1880 and lived in United States in 1949 and Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1950. He died on 22 January 1966, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 94, and was buried in Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
Weber comes from John Henry Weber, an early fur trader. The university opened for students on January 7, 1889. By the late 1920's, the college was in financial difficulty and the Utah Legislature passed a law allowing the purchase of both Weber College and Snow College from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In 1954 the college moved from downtown Ogden the southeast bench area of the city where it resides currently.
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
English: nickname for a refined person, sometimes perhaps given ironically, from Middle English, Old French courteis, courtois, curtis ‘courtly, refined, urbane’ (derivative of Old French court; see Court 1).
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Possible Related NamesExcerpt from the Application to National Registry of Historic Places for the James McGhie/Alex Curtis Home in Sugar House Utah (See Source for complete description and photos of the land and home, on …
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