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| | Jackson, Travis -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | Travis was also a popular singer and writer of hits in the late 1940s and early 1950s. |
 | | Jackson is located on the Pearl River, with New Orleans, La., 171 miles (275 kilometers) to the south and Vicksburg 41 miles (66 kilometers) to the west. |
 | | A singer, songwriter, and dancer, Michael Joseph Jackson was born on Aug. 29, 1958, in Gary, Ind., the seventh of nine children in a musical family. |
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