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Jolliet, Louis
(Encyclopedia) Jolliet or Joliet, LouisJolliet or Joliet, Louisboth: jōˈlēĕtˌ, jōˌlēĕtˈ, Fr. lwē zhôlyāˈ [key], 1645–1700, French explorer, joint discoverer with Jacques Marquette of the upper…Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe
(Encyclopedia) Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe, 1793–1864, American ethnologist, b. near Albany, N.Y. He gave enormous impetus to the study of Native American culture and may be regarded as the foremost…Ghent, Treaty of
(Encyclopedia) Ghent, Treaty of, 1814, agreement ending the War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain. It was signed at Ghent, Belgium, on Dec. 24, 1814, and ratified by the U.S. Senate…Wisconsin, University of
(Encyclopedia) Wisconsin, University of, main campus at Madison; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1848, opened 1849. Its history was disturbed by storms over the policies of…Mound Builders
(Encyclopedia) Mound Builders, in North American archaeology, name given to those people who built mounds in a large area from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico and from the Mississippi River to…Montreal
(Encyclopedia) MontrealMontrealmŏnˌtrēôlˈ [key], Fr. MontréalMontrealmôNrāälˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 1,017,666), S Que., Canada, on Montreal island, surrounded by St. Lawrence River and Rivière des…Non-Native Species: Aquatic Animals
by Mark Hughes Prev Next Round Goby Native to Eurasia, it arrived in the Great Lakes via ballast water. The round goby is known for competing with and preying on…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Clark, July 23, 1806
Day 1554 Day 1556 Clark, July 23, 1806 Speech for Yellowstone Indians Children. The Great Spirit has given a fair and bright day for us to meet together in his View that he may inspect us…lamprey
(Encyclopedia) lamprey, name for several primitive marine and freshwater jawless fishes of the order Petromyzontiformes. As in the other jawless fish, the hagfish, the adult lamprey retains the…Erie Railroad
(Encyclopedia) Erie Railroad, rail transportation line designed to connect the mouth of the Hudson River with the Great Lakes region. The New York and Erie RR Company was enfranchised and…Trending
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