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(Encyclopedia) Cleveland.
1 City (2020 pop. 372,674), seat of Cuyahoga co., NE Ohio, on
Lake Erie at the mouth of the Cuyahoga River; laid out (1796) by Moses
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(Encyclopedia) Cleveland, Grover (Stephen Grover Cleveland), 1837–1908, 22d (1885–89) and 24th (1893–97) President of the United States, b. Caldwell, N.J.; son of a Presbyterian clergyman. Cleveland's independ...
(Encyclopedia) Abbe, Cleveland ăbˈē [key], 1838–1916, American meteorologist, b. New York City; brother of Robert Abbe. He was the first official daily weather forecaster in the United States. Abbe studied astr...
(Encyclopedia) Cleveland Orchestra, one of the foremost orchestras in the United States. It gave its first performance in 1918 under Nikolai Sokoloff, who was conductor until 1933. In 1931, the orchestra moved from ...
(Encyclopedia) Bedford.
1 City (2020 pop. 13,068), seat of Lawrence co., S Ind.; inc.
1889. Bedford limestone, quarried there and shipped all over the world, was
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(Encyclopedia) Ottawa. 1 City (1990 pop. 17,451), seat of La Salle co., N central Ill., at the confluence of the Fox and Illinois rivers, in a fertile farm area; inc. as a city 1853. The city has diversified agricul...
(Encyclopedia) Cleveland, James, 1931–91, African-American gospel singer, composer, and arranger, b. Chicago. Known as the King of Gospel, he was renowned for his rough baritone voice. He revolutionized gospel mus...
(Encyclopedia) Oxford. 1 Town (1990 pop. 12,588), Worcester co., S Mass.; settled 1687 by French Protestants, inc. 1693. It is chiefly residential, with some light manufacturing. Clara Barton was born in the town.
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(Encyclopedia) Brunswick.
1 City (2020 pop. 15,210), seat of Glynn co., SE Ga., on St.
Simon's Sound near the Atlantic coast; laid out 1771–72, inc. 1856.
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(Encyclopedia) Bristol.
1 Industrial city (2020 pop. 60,833), Hartford co., central
Conn., on the Pequabuck River; settled 1727, inc. 1785. Its clock-making
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