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Starved Rock
(Encyclopedia) Starved Rock, cliff, 140 ft (43 m) high, overlooking the Illinois River between La Salle and Ottawa, N Ill. Legend says that in the 18th cent. the Ottawas drove a band of Illinois onto…Saint Vincent, Cape
(Encyclopedia) Saint Vincent, Cape, Port. Cabo de São Vicente, high and rocky promontory at the southwestern extremity of Portugal. Several historic sea battles were fought nearby, the most notable…Paardeberg
(Encyclopedia) PaardebergPaardebergpärˈdəbərg, –bĕrk [key], historic location, Free State prov., South Africa. In Feb., 1900, during the South African War, Gen. Piet Cronje and his Boer (Afrikaner)…Courland
(Encyclopedia) Courland or KurlandCourlandboth: kûrˈlănd, Ger. k&oomacr;rˈlänt [key], Latvian Kurzeme, historic region and former duchy, in Latvia, between the Baltic Sea and the Western Dvina…Chełmno
(Encyclopedia) Chełmno Chełmno khĕlmˈnô [key], Ger. Kulm, city, Kujawsko-Pomorskie prov., N…Fort Beauséjour
(Encyclopedia) Fort BeauséjourFort Beauséjourbōsāzh&oomacr;rˈ [key], N.B., Canada, near Amherst, N.S. Built by the French between 1751 and 1755 to command Chignecto isthmus between Nova Scotia…White Sulphur Springs
(Encyclopedia) White Sulphur Springs, city (1990 pop. 2,779), Greenbrier co., SE W.Va., in the Allegheny Mts. near the Virginia border; settled c.1750. A mineral springs health resort since early…Towson
(Encyclopedia) TowsonTowsontouˈsən [key], uninc. city (1990 pop. 49,445), seat of Baltimore co., N Md., a residential and industrial suburb of Baltimore; settled c.1750. An important suburban…Creusot, Le
(Encyclopedia) Creusot, Le Creusot, Le lə krözōˈ [key], city, Saône-et-Loire dept., E central France, in Burgundy…Fort Walton Beach
(Encyclopedia) Fort Walton Beach, city (2020 pop. 20,922), Okaloosa co., NW Fla., on the Gulf of Mexico; inc. 1941. It is a year-round beach and…Trending
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