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(Encyclopedia) Sault Sainte Marie, city (1990 pop. 14,689), seat of Chippewa co., N Mich., Upper Peninsula, a port of entry on the St. Marys River opposite Sault Ste Marie, Ont.; inc. as a city 1887. A variety of li...
(Encyclopedia) Alexandria.
1 City (2020 pop. 45,275), seat of Rapides parish, central La., on the Red River;
inc. 1818. It is a trade, rail, and medical center for a rich agricultural and timber area.
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(Encyclopedia) Cheyenne, city (2020 pop. 65,132),
alt. 6,062 ft (1,848 m), state capital and seat of Laramie co., SE Wyo.,
near the Colo. and Nebr. lines; inc. 1868. I...
(Encyclopedia) Newport. 1 City (1990 pop. 18,871), seat of Campbell co., N Ky., on the Ohio River opposite Cincinnati and on the east bank of the Licking River opposite Covington; laid out 1791, inc. as a city 1835....
(Encyclopedia) United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), a specialized fund of the United Nations. It was established in 1946 as the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, and became a permanent part...
(Encyclopedia) West, Jessamyn, 1907–84, American novelist, b. Indiana. A Quaker herself, her most famous novel is The Friendly Persuasion (1945), about the conflicts felt by a Quaker farm family during the Civil W...
(Encyclopedia) East Chicago, city (2020 pop.
26,370), Lake co., extreme NW Ind., on Lake Michigan, in the industrialized
Calumet region,
ad...
(Encyclopedia) Gatling, Richard Jordan, 1818–1903, American inventor, b. Winton, N.C. He invented agricultural implements, which he manufactured in St. Louis, and then studied medicine in Indiana and Ohio, but he ...
(Encyclopedia) United Zion Church: see River Brethren.
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(Encyclopedia) First State National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table).
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