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Ballinger, Richard Achilles
(Encyclopedia)Ballinger, Richard Achilles bălˈĭnjər [key], 1858–1922, U.S. Secretary of the Interior (1909–11), b. Boonesboro (now in Boone), Iowa. He was mayor of Seattle (1904–6) and commissioner of the...National Petroleum Reserve
(Encyclopedia)National Petroleum Reserve, area, c.23 million acres (9.32 million hectares), Alaska North Slope, situated W of Prudhoe Bay and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The reserve, which is the largest r...curlew
(Encyclopedia)curlew kûrˈlo͞o [key], common name for large shore birds of both hemispheres, generally brown and buff in color and with decurved bills. There are eight species, belonging to the genus Numenius. Th...Wrangell–Saint Elias National Park and Preserve
(Encyclopedia)Wrangell–Saint Elias National Park and Preserve, at the convergence of the Chugach, Wrangell, and St. Elias mts., SW Alaska. The park (8,323,618 acres/3,369,856 hectares) contains Mt. Saint Elias (1...Isahaya
(Encyclopedia)Isahaya ēsäˈhäyä [key], city, Nagasaki prefecture, W Kyushu, Japan. An agricultural center ...Bartow
(Encyclopedia)Bartow, city (2020 pop. 19,309), seat of Polk co., central Fla.; inc. 1882. The economy is based on the production of phosphate and the raising of citru...Fergus Falls
(Encyclopedia)Fergus Falls, city (2020 pop. 13,718), seat of Otter Tail co., W central Minn., on the Otter Tail River; inc. 1872. Agriculture is central to the econom...Guadalupe, city, Mexico
(Encyclopedia)Guadalupe gwäᵺälo͞oˈpā [key], city, Nuevo León state, NE Mexico, on the Santa Catalina ...Winfield
(Encyclopedia)Winfield, city (1990 pop. 11,931), seat of Cowley co., S central Kans., on the Walnut River; inc. 1873. The economy is based on agriculture and oil and gas wells. Among Winfield's manufactures are pla...Normal
(Encyclopedia)Normal, town (1990 pop. 40,023), McLean co., central Ill.; inc. 1865. It is the center of a productive farming region. Motor vehicles are manufactured in Normal. The town originally grew around Illino...Browse by Subject
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