Gallatin
Americannoun
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Albert, 1761–1849, U.S. statesman: Secretary of the Treasury 1801–13.
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a town in N Tennessee.
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a river in NW Wyoming and SW Montana, flowing NW to join the Jefferson and Madison rivers in forming the Missouri River. 120 miles (193 km) long.
Example Sentences
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Treasury Secretary Albert Gallatin observed in 1815 that the people “are more Americans; they feel and act more as a nation; and I hope that the permanency of the Union is thereby better secured.”
Near Gallatin Road, not everyone agrees.
From Los Angeles Times
Jurors in Middlesex County deliberated for five hours before acquitting Timothy Puskas of all charges Wednesday in the 2014 death of 22-year-old former Rutgers student William McCaw of Gallatin, Tennessee.
From Seattle Times
He was shaken up but not hurt, and by the next morning, details of his misadventure were posted online as yet another cautionary tale by the Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center, one of many organizations working around the U.S. to forecast avalanche conditions and try to prevent accidents that kill about 30 people a year on average.
From Seattle Times
That dangerous condition is likely to persist for months, said Doug Chabot, director of the Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center.
From Seattle Times
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