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Alvord, Henry Elijah
(Encyclopedia) Alvord, Henry Elijah, 1844–1904, American agriculturist, educator, and specialist in dairy husbandry, b. Greenfield, Mass. He pioneered in developing the cooperative creamery system…Elkhart
(Encyclopedia) Elkhart, city (2020 pop. 53,923), Elkhart co., N Ind., at the confluence of the Elkhart and St. Joseph rivers; settled 1824, inc. 1877.…Grand-Mère
(Encyclopedia) Grand-Mère Grand-Mère gräNmĕrˈ [key], city, S Que., Canada, on the St. Maurice River, N of Trois…Inkster
(Encyclopedia) Inkster, city (2020 pop. 26,088), Wayne co., SE Mich., a suburb of Dearborn, on the Rouge River; settled 1825 as Moulin Rouge, renamed…Magnolia, city, United States
(Encyclopedia) MagnoliaMagnoliamăgnōˈlyə [key], city (1990 pop. 11,151), seat of Columbia co., SW Ark.; inc. 1855. Its oil industry has been important since 1938. Metal products, apparel, chemicals,…Attleboro
(Encyclopedia) Attleboro Attleboro ătˈəlbərə [key], industrial city (2020 pop. 46,461), Bristol co., SE Mass., near the R.I. line; settled 1634, inc. as a city 1914. Its…Mazaruni
(Encyclopedia) MazaruniMazarunimäzər&oomacr;ˈnē [key], river, c.350 mi (560 km) long, rising in the Guiana Highlands, NW Guyana, and flowing generally E to the Essequibo River at Bartica. The…Mississippi State University
(Encyclopedia) Mississippi State University, at Mississippi State, near Starkville; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1878 as an agricultural and mechanical college, opened…Chiltern Hills
(Encyclopedia) Chiltern Hills, range of chalk hills, c.45 mi (70 km) long and 15 to 20 mi (24–32 km) wide, S England, NW of London, extending NE from Goring Gap. Its highest elevation is Coombe Hill…Costa del Sol
(Encyclopedia) Costa del SolCosta del Solkōˈstä ᵺĕl sōlˈ [key], a strip of coastline, S. Spain, in Andalusia, extending from Motril to Estepona The area has become famous as a Mediterranean coastal…Trending
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