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Chilkoot Pass
(Encyclopedia) Chilkoot PassChilkoot Passchĭlˈk&oomacr;t [key], alt. c.3,500 ft (1,070 m), in the Coast Mts., on the British Columbia–Alaska line. The Chilkoot people long used it to pass between…Taunton, city, United States
(Encyclopedia) TauntonTauntontănˈtən, tŏn– [key], industrial city (1990 pop. 49,832), a seat of Bristol co., SE Mass., on the Taunton River; settled 1638, inc. as a city 1864. It has been a center of…Bendigo
(Encyclopedia) Bendigo Bendigo bĕnˈdĭgō [key], city, Victoria, SE Australia, since 1994 amalgamated with…Bouaké
(Encyclopedia) Bouaké or Bwake Bwake bwäˈkā, bwäkāˈ [key], town, central Côte d'Ivoire. It…Sutton Hoo
(Encyclopedia) Sutton HooSutton Hoosŭtˈən h&oomacr; [key], archaeological site near Woodbridge, SE Suffolk, E England, containing 11 barrows. Excavations here in 1938–39 revealed remains of a…roentgenium
(Encyclopedia) roentgenium, artificially produced radioactive chemical element; symbol Rg; at. no. 111; mass number of most stable isotope 280; m.p., b.p., sp. gr., and valence unknown. Situated in…Fraser, river, Canada
(Encyclopedia) Fraser, chief river of British Columbia, Canada, c.850 mi (1,370 km) long. It rises in the Rocky Mts., at Yellowhead Pass, near the British Columbia–Alta. line and flows northwest…Butte, city, United States
(Encyclopedia) Butte Butte by&oomacr;t [key], city (2020 pop. 34,494), seat of Silver Bow co., SW Mont.; inc…tellurium
(Encyclopedia) telluriumtelluriumtĕl&oobreve;rˈēəm [key] [Lat.,=earth], semimetallic chemical element; symbol Te; at. no. 52; at. wt. 127.60; m.p. 450℃; b.p. 990℃; sp. gr. 6.24 at 20℃; valence −2…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…Trending
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