Cullen Bryant; back helped drive Rams to Super Bowl Oct 17, 2009
William Cullen Bryant spent his high school years in Colorado Springs and played college football at Colorado before entering the NFL.. In recent years, Mr. Bryant, who was divorced, largely kept to himself, except for spending time with his two adult sons, William Cullen Jr. and Brandon, and his 13-year-old daughter, Brianna, his sister-in-law said. (Boston Globe)
Former L.A. Rams running back Bryant dies at 58 Oct 17, 2009
Born William Cullen Bryant on May 20, 1951, in Fort Sill, Okla. Bryant attended high school in Colorado Springs and played football at Colorado University, where he received consensus All-American recognition. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- NFL)
Abe vs. Big Apple Oct 10, 2009
Among the treasures: the pre-Twitter telegram Lincoln sent his son Robert, who'd gone missing during the city's draft riots ("Why do I hear no news of you?"), and the Cooper Union lectern where, after an introduction from New York Evening Post editor William Cullen Bryant, Lincoln launched his candidacy ... Among the treasures: the pre-Twitter telegram Lincoln sent his son Robert, who'd gone missing during the city's draft riots ("Why do I hear no news of you?"), and the Cooper Union lectern... (New York Post -- Entertainment)
It might be a cold winter, or not Sep 11, 2009
-- William Cullen Bryant. The Old Farmer's Almanac is out, and it predicts a cold (and snowy) winter for the Southeast. (The Augusta Chronicle)
poets ranked by beard weight May 9, 2009
William Cullen Bryant (1794 1878)Beard type: Van WinkleTypical opus: To a WaterfowlGravity (UPI rating): 43. John Greenleaf Whittier (1807 1892)Beard type: Full VelutinousTypical opus: Snow-boundGravity (UPI rating): 38. (Harper's Magazine)
USA's Yesterdays: Henry Wheeler Shaw: Otherwise known as 'Josh Billings' May 3, 2009
Shaw was a gregarious soul, and among his notable acquaintances were Mark Twain, James Whitcombe Riley, David Ross Locke and William Cullen Bryant. Shaw s writings appeared in several forms, one of which was the affurism (aphorism), a statement pithy, but wise. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
A-G Famous American Literature Mar 27, 2009
The fireside poets are thought to comprise the nineteenth century work of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, William Cullen Bryant, John Greenleaf Whittier, James Russell Lowell, and Oliver Wendell Holmes. G Ira Gershwin. (Suite101.com)
Franklin County Veterans Hall of Honor: The War With Mexico Feb 8, 2009
" William Cullen Bryant said it was one of the most famous marches of which any mention is made in all time, and there was but one that can even be compared with it in all history. It was mustered in at Fort Leavenworth June 27, 1846 and mustered out at New Orleans June 24, 1847. During this year the regiment marched more than 6,000 miles through practically an unknown country and received no pay and no word from home, not even an order from the government, or any superior officer whatever, and... (Missourian Publishing, MO)
