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Cumberland Gap

(Encyclopedia) Cumberland Gap, natural passage through the Cumberland Mts., near the point where Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee meet. The gap was formed by the erosive action of a stream that once…

Macon

(Encyclopedia) MaconMaconmāˈkən, māˈkŏn [key], city (1990 pop. 106,612), seat of Bibb co., central Ga., at the head of navigation on the Ocmulgee River; inc. 1823. It is the industrial, processing,…

Brigham City

(Encyclopedia) Brigham City, city (2020 pop. 19,650), seat of Box Elder co., N Utah; inc. 1869. It is the center of a large farm area served by the…

Fort Moultrie

(Encyclopedia) Fort MoultrieFort Moultriem&oomacr;lˈtrē [key], on Sullivans Island at the entrance to the harbor of Charleston, S.C.; originally called Fort Sullivan. Constructed by Col. William…

Appomattox

(Encyclopedia) Appomattox Appomattox ăpəmătˈəks [key], town (2020 pop. 16,119), seat of Appomattox co., central Va.; inc. 1925. Confederate general Robert E. Lee…

Valley Forge

(Encyclopedia) Valley Forge, on the Schuylkill River, SE Pa., NW of Philadelphia. There, during the American Revolution, the main camp of the Continental Army was established (Dec., 1777–June, 1778)…

Charlestown, former city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Charlestown, former city, now part of Boston, Middlesex co., E Mass., on Boston Harbor, between the Mystic and the Charles rivers; settled 1629, included in Boston 1874. The oldest…

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal

(Encyclopedia) Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, former waterway, c.185 mi (300 km) long, from Washington, D.C., to Cumberland, Md., running along the north bank of the Potomac River. A successor to the…

San Juan Islands

(Encyclopedia) San Juan IslandsSan Juan Islandssăn wän [key], archipelago of 172 islands constituting San Juan co., NW Wash., E of Vancouver Island. The islands were visited and named c.1790 by…

Saratoga Springs

(Encyclopedia) Saratoga Springs, resort and residential city (1990 pop. 25,001), Saratoga co., E N.Y.; inc. as a village 1826, as a city 1915. Skidmore College is the largest source of employment,…