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Watkins, Carleton Eugene
(Encyclopedia) Watkins, Carleton Eugene, 1829–1916, America's premier 19th-century landscape photographer, b. Oneonta, N.Y. Watkins created images that helped define the American West for his…Council Bluffs
(Encyclopedia) Council Bluffs, city (2020 pop. 62,799), seat of Pottawattamie co., SW Iowa, on and below bluffs overlooking the Missouri River,…Mangas Coloradas
(Encyclopedia) Mangas ColoradasMangas Coloradasmängˈgäs kōlōräˈᵺäs [key] [Span.,=red sleeves], c.1797–1863, chief of the Mimbrenos group of Apache of SW New Mexico. Many of the Mimbrenos were…Boise, city, United States
(Encyclopedia) Boise Boise boiˈsē, –zē [key], city (2020 pop. 235,684), state…San Juan del Norte
(Encyclopedia) San Juan del NorteSan Juan del Nortesän hwän dĕl nôrˈtā [key], small town, SE Nicaragua, on the Caribbean Sea. Small quantities of bananas and hardwoods are exported. Also called…Stockton
(Encyclopedia) Stockton, city (1990 pop. 210,943), seat of San Joaquin co., central Calif., on the San Joaquin River; inc. 1850. One of the fastest-growing U.S. cities during the late 20th cent.,…Yukon, river, Canada and the United States
(Encyclopedia) YukonYukony&oomacr;ˈkŏn [key], river, c.2,000 mi (3,220 km) long, rising in Atlin Lake, NW British Columbia, Canada, and receiving numerous headwater streams; one of the longest…Panama, city, Panama
(Encyclopedia) Panama, city (1990 pop. 584,803), central Panama, capital and largest city of Panama, on the Gulf of Panama. Founded in 1519 by Pedro Arias de Ávila, the city flourished in early…Fargo, William George
(Encyclopedia) Fargo, William George, 1818–81, American pioneer expressman, b. Pompey, N.Y. He had been successively a postrider, freight agent, messenger, and resident agent (1843) for an express…Fort Smith, city, United States
(Encyclopedia) Fort Smith, city (2020 pop. 89,142), seat of Sebastian co., NW Ark., at the Okla. line where the Arkansas and Poteau rivers join; inc.…Trending
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