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Churchill, town, Canada
(Encyclopedia) Churchill, town, NE Manitoba, Canada, a remote port on Hudson Bay at the mouth of the Churchill River. The northern terminus of the…Annapolis Royal
(Encyclopedia) Annapolis Royal, town, W N.S., Canada, on the Annapolis River. Founded as Port Royal by the sieur de Monts in 1605, the settlement was destroyed (1613) by English colonists under…Boonesboro
(Encyclopedia) BoonesboroBoonesborob&oomacr;nzˈbərə, –bûrō [key], former settlement, central Ky., on the Kentucky River. It was named for Daniel Boone, who in 1775 built a small fort there under…Thunder Bay
(Encyclopedia) Thunder Bay, city (1991 pop. 113,946), SW Ont., Canada, on Thunder Bay inlet of Lake Superior. The city was created in 1970 by the amalgamation of the twin cities of Fort William and…Snow-White and Rose-Red
Snow-White and Rose-Red There was once a poor widow who lived in a lonely cottage. In front of the cottage was a garden wherein stood two rose-trees, one of which bore white and the other red…Lewis & Clark: The Expedition Subdivided
by NoahBrooks Crossing the Bitter Root MountainsAdventures on the YellowstoneThe Expedition Subdivided On the third of July, accordingly, Captain Lewis, with nine of his…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Clark, October 17, 1804
Day 353 Day 355 Clark, October 17, 1804 17th October Wednesday Set out early a fine morning the wind from the N W. after brackfast I walked on Shore with the Indian Chief &…Morganton
(Encyclopedia) Morganton, town (1990 pop. 15,085), seat of Burke co., W N.C., on the Catawba River in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mts.; founded 1784, inc. 1885. A lake resort town, it also has…silt
(Encyclopedia) silt, predominantly quartz mineral particles that are between sand size and clay size, i.e., between 1&fslsh;16 and 1&fslsh;256 mm (1&fslsh;406 –1&fslsh;6502 in.) in…rhyolite
(Encyclopedia) rhyolite, fine-grained light-colored acidic volcanic rock. Rhyolite is chemically the equivalent of granite, and is thus composed primarily of quartz and orthoclase feldspar with…Trending
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