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California National Historic Trail

(Encyclopedia) California National Historic Trail: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Florida National Scenic Trail

(Encyclopedia) Florida National Scenic Trail: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Santa Clara, city, Cuba

(Encyclopedia) Santa Clara sänˈtä kläˈrä [key], city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. It is a communications and commercial center located on major rail and highway junctio...

Rogers, Henry Huttleston

(Encyclopedia) Rogers, Henry Huttleston, 1840–1909, American financier, b. Fairhaven, Mass. After he moved (1860) to Pennsylvania, he entered the oil business, experimented in the refining of petroleum, and, in pa...

Northern Pacific Railway

(Encyclopedia) Northern Pacific Railway, former American rail line, following the northern route from Duluth and St. Paul, Minn., to Seattle, Wash., and Portland, Oreg. The Northern Pacific RR Company was chartered ...

Santa Cruz, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Santa Cruz sănˈtə kro͞oz [key], city (1990 pop. 49,040), seat of Santa Cruz co., W Calif., on the north shore of Monterey Bay; inc. 1866. Surrounded by hills and redwoods, the city is a seaside ci...

Santa Ana, pueblo, United States

(Encyclopedia) Santa Ana sänˌtä äˈnä [key], pueblo, central N.Mex., on the Jemez River. The inhabitants are Pueblo of the Keresan linguistic stock. Their church, Santa Ana de Alamillo, dates from 1692. ...

Santa Ana, city, El Salvador

(Encyclopedia) Santa Ana sänˌtä äˈnä [key], city (1993 pop. 129,873), W El Salvador. It is the second largest city in the country and the commercial and processing center for a sugarcane, coffee, and cattle re...
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