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(Encyclopedia) Burlington.
1 City (2020 pop. 23,982), seat of Des Moines co., SE Iowa, on
four hills overlooking the Mississippi (spanned there by rail and highway
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(Encyclopedia) Pecos pāˈkəs [key], city (1990 pop. 12,069), seat of Reeves co., W Tex., on the Pecos River; inc. 1903. It is a railroad and highway junction and the market for an extensive ranch and irrigated far...
(Encyclopedia) Menominee mənŏmˈənē [key], city (1990 pop. 9,398), seat of Menominee co., N Mich., W Upper Peninsula, on Green Bay at the mouth of the Menominee River; inc. 1883. It is a distribution center for ...
(Encyclopedia) Irvine
ûrˈvīn
[key], city (2020 pop. 307,670), Orange co., SW Calif.; inc. 1971. Its
indus...
(Encyclopedia) Sheffield, industrial city (1990 pop. 10,380), Colbert co., NW Ala., on the Tennessee River near Muscle Shoals, in an iron and coal area; inc. 1885. Its varied manufactures include aluminum products, ...
(Encyclopedia) Dothan
dōˈthən
[key], city (2020 pop. 71,072), seat of Houston co., SE Ala., near the
Fla....
(Encyclopedia) Keene, Laura, c.1826–1873, Anglo-American actress-manager, b. England. She played with Mme Vestris at the Lyceum, London. She emigrated to the United States in 1852 and became manager (1855) of Laur...
(Encyclopedia) African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Methodist denomination. It was founded in 1796 by black members of the Methodist Episcopal Church in New York City and was organized as a national body in 1821...
(Encyclopedia) Rewald, John rēˈwôld [key], 1912–94, American art historian, b. Berlin. Rewald emigrated to the United States in 1941. He was recognized as a foremost authority on late 19th-century art. His book...
(Encyclopedia) Tiffany, Charles Lewis tĭfˈənē [key], 1812–1902, American merchant, b. Killingly, Conn. He founded the famous jewelry firm of Tiffany and Company, New York City. His improvements in styles of si...