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(Encyclopedia) Fort Lauderdale Fort Lauderdale lôˈdərdāl [key], residential, commercial, and resort city (2020 pop.…Fort Pulaski
(Encyclopedia) Fort PulaskiFort Pulaskipəlăsˈkē [key], brick fortification on Cockspur Island, SE Ga., at the mouth of the Savannah River; built 1829–47 by the U.S. government and named for Casimir…Fort Wayne
(Encyclopedia) Fort Wayne, city (2020 pop. 263,886), seat of Allen co., NE Ind., where the St. Joseph and St. Marys rivers join to form the Maumee…Alton
(Encyclopedia) Alton Alton ôlˈtən [key], city, Madison co., SW Ill., on bluffs of the Mississippi River 5 mi (8.1 km) above its confluence with the Missouri; inc. 1837.…MacDiarmid, Alan Graham
(Encyclopedia) MacDiarmid, Alan Graham, 1927–2007, American chemist, b. Masterton, New Zealand, Ph.D. Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, 1953, Ph.D. Cambridge, 1955. MacDiarmid was on the faculty at the…MacKaye, Steele
(Encyclopedia) MacKaye, Steele (James Morrison Steele MacKaye), 1842–94, American dramatist and inventor in theatrical scene design. After studying in Europe he went to the United States (c.1872) and…Parkhurst, Charles Henry
(Encyclopedia) Parkhurst, Charles Henry, 1842–1933, American clergyman and reformer, b. Framingham, Mass., grad. Amherst 1866, and studied theology at Halle and Leipzig. He was pastor of the…Mackinaw City
(Encyclopedia) Mackinaw CityMackinaw Citymăkˈənôˌ [key], resort village (1990 pop. 875), Cheboygan and Emmet counties, N Mich., on the south shore of the Straits of Mackinac; settled 1681, inc. 1882…Fort Leavenworth
(Encyclopedia) Fort LeavenworthFort Leavenworthlĕvˈənwûrthˌ [key], U.S. military post, 6,000 acres (2,430 hectares), on the Missouri River, NE Kans., NW of Leavenworth; est. 1827 by Col. Henry…Fort Collins
(Encyclopedia) Fort Collins, city (2020 pop. 169,810), seat of Larimer co., N Colo., on the Cache la Poudre River, at the foot of the Rocky Mts., inc.…