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(Encyclopedia)Horton, river, c.275 mi (440 km) long, rising in a lake N of Great Bear Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada, and flowing NW to Franklin Bay, a part of the Beaufort Sea. ...Mars, Franklin Clarence
(Encyclopedia)Mars, Franklin Clarence: see under Mars, family of American food manufacturers. ...Bowdoin College
(Encyclopedia)Bowdoin College, at Brunswick, Maine; coeducational; chartered 1794, opened 1802, named for James Bowdoin. One of the nation's older colleges, its alumni include Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry Wadsworth L...Greeneville
(Encyclopedia)Greeneville, town (2020 pop. 15,479), seat of Greene co., NE Tenn., in a tobacco, dairy, and cattle area; founded 1783, inc. 1875. It is a leading tobac...Westerville
(Encyclopedia)Westerville, city (1990 pop. 30,269), Delaware and Franklin counties, central Ohio; inc. 1858. Seed and grain cleaners, fabricated steel, and dairy products are made. Otterbein College is there. Hoove...Gahanna
(Encyclopedia)Gahanna gəhănˈə [key], city (2020 pop. 35,726), Franklin co., central Ohio, a growing, re...Great Bear Lake
(Encyclopedia)Great Bear Lake, largest lake of Canada and fourth largest of North America, c.12,275 sq mi (31,800 sq km), c.190 mi (310 km) long and from 25 to 110 mi (40–177 km) wide, Northwest Territories, on t...Reynoldsburg
(Encyclopedia)Reynoldsburg rĕnˈəlzbûrgˌ [key], city (1990 pop. 25,748), Franklin and Licking counties, central Ohio; inc. 1839, as a city 1961. It is a residential suburb of Columbus. ...Gordon
(Encyclopedia)Gordon, river in W Tasmania, Australia, 125 mi (200 km) long. Flowing from mountains to the W coast, its main tributaries are the Franklin and Denison from the N, and Serpentine and Olga to the S. In ...King William Island
(Encyclopedia)King William Island, part of the Arctic Archipelago, in the Arctic Ocean, Nunavut Territory, Canada, between Boothia Peninsula and Victoria Island. The northern coast of the island was explored (1831)...Browse by Subject
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