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Roanoke, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) RoanokeRoanokerōˈənōk [key], city (1990 pop. 96,397), independent and in no co., SW Va., on the Roanoke River; settled c.1740, inc. 1882, as a city, 1884. It is situated between the…

Camrose

(Encyclopedia) Camrose, city, central Alta., Canada. It is in a mixed farming area and is a railroad center. Camrose Lutheran College is there.

Villard, Henry

(Encyclopedia) Villard, HenryVillard, Henryvĭlärdˈ [key], 1835–1900, American journalist and financier, b. Germany. His first name was originally Hilgard. He attended universities in Germany, and…

Long Eaton

(Encyclopedia) Long Eaton, town (1991 pop. 42,285), Derbyshire, central England. A number of products are manufactured, including synthetics, electrical equipment, and railroad carriages.

Holbrook

(Encyclopedia) Holbrook. <1> City (2020 pop. 4,858), seat of Navaho co., NE Ariz.; founded c. 1881; inc. 1917. The town was established with the…

Changchun

(Encyclopedia) Changchun Changchun chängˈch&oobreve;nˈ [key], city, capital of Jilin prov., China, on the railroad…

Chesapeake & Ohio Railway

(Encyclopedia) Chesapeake & Ohio Railway (C&O), former U.S. transportation company with railroad lines in eight states, Washington, D.C., and Ontario, Canada. Founded as the Louisa RR Company…

Boyd, Alan Stephenson

(Encyclopedia) Boyd, Alan Stephenson, 1922–2020, U.S. government official, first secretary of transportation (1967–69), b. Jacksonville, Fla. After serving in the Army Air Forces in World War II, he…

Boone

(Encyclopedia) Boone. 1 City (2020 pop. 12,242), seat of Boone co., central Iowa, on the Des Moines River; inc. 1865. It is a railroad and industrial…