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Oswego, city, United States
(Encyclopedia) OswegoOswegoŏswēˈgō [key], city (1990 pop. 19,195), seat of Oswego co., N central N.Y., on Lake Ontario and the Oswego River; founded 1722, inc. as a city 1848. The largest U.S. port…Fort Union
(Encyclopedia) Fort Union, trading post of the American Fur Company, erected in 1828 near the confluence of the Yellowstone and Missouri rivers, on the Mont.-N.Dak. line; it controlled converging…Poems by Emily Dickinson: Life's Trades
VII IX Life's Trades It's such a little thing to weep, So short a thing to sigh; And yet by trades the size of these We men and women die! Contents VII IXBrewer's: Two of a Trade never agree
The French say, Fin contre fin n'est bon à faire doublure - i.e. Two materials of the same nature never unite well together. Een a beggar sees with woe A beggar to the house-door go.…Guatemala Signs Several Trade Agreements
Director:Abel FerraraWriter:Nicholas St. JohnDirector of Photography:Ken KelschEditors:Bill Pankow and Mayin LoMusic:Joe DeliaProduction Designer:Charles LagolaProducer:Mary KaneOctober Films…Selkirk, Thomas Douglas, 5th earl of
(Encyclopedia) Selkirk, Thomas Douglas, 5th earl of, 1771–1820, Scottish philanthropist, founder of the Red River Settlement. Emigration to America seemed to him the best solution for the poverty of…Champlain, Samuel de
(Encyclopedia) Champlain, Samuel deChamplain, Samuel deshămplānˈ, Fr. sämüĕlˈ də shäNplăNˈ [key], 1567–1635, French explorer, the chief founder of New France. After serving in France under Henry of…James, Thomas, American fur trader and pioneer
(Encyclopedia) James, Thomas, 1782–1847, American fur trader and pioneer, b. Maryland. He accompanied the 1809 expedition of the Missouri Fur Company up the Missouri River. He left the expedition at…Churchill, rivers, Canada
(Encyclopedia) Churchill. 1 River, c.600 mi (970 km) long, issuing as the Ashuanipi River from Ashuanipi Lake, SW Labrador, N.L., Canada, and flowing in an arc north, then southeast through a series…gooseflesh
(Encyclopedia) gooseflesh, temporary rumpling of the skin into tiny bumps, also called goose bumps and goose pimples, and technically known as cutis ansirina. In response to cold or certain emotional…Trending
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