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Clara Barton National Historic Site
(Encyclopedia)Clara Barton National Historic Site: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Barton, Clara
(Encyclopedia)Barton, Clara, 1821–1912, American humanitarian, organizer of the American Red Cross, b. North Oxford (now Oxford), Mass. She taught school (1839–54) and clerked in the U.S. Patent Office before t...Oxford, cities, United States
(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. 2...Santa Clara, city, United States
(Encyclopedia)Santa Clara sănˈtə klârˈə [key], city (1990 pop. 93,613), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1852. Part of the Silicon Valley high-technology manufacturing complex, the city produces a variety of e...Kent, Maid of
(Encyclopedia)Kent, Maid of: see Barton, Elizabeth. ...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...Santa Clara, pueblo, United States
(Encyclopedia)Santa Clara sänˌtä kläˈrä [key], pueblo (1990 pop. 1,156), N N.Mex., on the Rio Grande. Its inhabitants are Pueblo of the Tanoan linguistic family. Having their own elected government, the resid...Campbell, city, United States
(Encyclopedia)Campbell, city (2020 pop. 43,959), Santa Clara co., W Calif., in the fertile Santa Clara valley; founded 1885, inc. 1952. The city's economy, formerly t...Red Cross
(Encyclopedia)Red Cross, international organization concerned with the alleviation of human suffering and the promotion of public health; the world-recognized symbols of mercy and absolute neutrality are the Red Cr...Reeve, Clara
(Encyclopedia)Reeve, Clara rēv [key], 1729–1807, English novelist. Her most famous work, The Champion of Virtue: A Gothic Story (1777), was written in imitation of Walpole's Castle of Otranto. After the first ed...Browse by Subject
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