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Morro Castle
(Encyclopedia) Morro CastleMorro Castlemôrˈō [key], fort at the entrance to the harbor of Havana, Cuba. It was erected by the Spanish in 1589 to protect the city from buccaneers. The fort was also…Fort Pillow
(Encyclopedia) Fort Pillow, fortification on the Mississippi River, N of Memphis, Tenn.; built by Confederate Gen. Gideon Pillow in 1862. Evacuated by the Confederates after the fall of Island No. 10…Hays
(Encyclopedia) Hays, city (2020 pop. 21,116), seat of Ellis co., W central Kans.; inc. 1885. It is a rail, trade, and medical center in a grain, cattle…The Dead Sea Scrolls
The first of the Dead Sea Scroll discoveries occurred in 1947 in Qumran, a village situated about twenty miles east of Jerusalem on the northwest shore of the Dead Sea. A young Bedouin shepherd,…Jasper, William
(Encyclopedia) Jasper, William, c.1750–79, American Revolutionary soldier, b. South Carolina (possibly near Georgetown). He joined William Moultrie's regiment early in the Revolution (1775), was made…slate
(Encyclopedia) slate, fine-grained rock formed when sedimentary rocks such as shale are metamorphosed by great pressure. Slate splits into perfectly cleaved, broad thin layers; this…Fort Sill
(Encyclopedia) Fort Sill, U.S. military reservation, Comanche co., SW Okla., 4 mi (6.4 km) N of Lawton; est. 1869 by Gen. Philip Sheridan. A 95,000-acre (38,445-hectare) field artillery and missile…William Shakespeare: Cymbeline, Act III, Scene III
Scene IIIWales: a mountainous country with a caveEnter, from the cave, Belarius; Guiderius, and Arviragus followingBelariusA goodly day not to keep house, with such Whose roof's as low as…Jiujiang
(Encyclopedia) JiujiangJiujiangjy&oomacr;-jyäng [key] or Kiukiang, city (1994 est. pop. 322,300), N Jiangxi prov., China, on the Chang River, near Poyang Lake. A major river port, it is connected…Bowling Green
(Encyclopedia) Bowling Green. 1 City (2020 pop. 181,616), seat of Warren co., S Ky., on the Barren River; inc. 1812. It is a shipping and marketing…Trending
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