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Peterborough, city, Canada

(Encyclopedia) Peterborough, city (1991 pop. 68,371), SE Ont., Canada, NE of Toronto. It is at the falls of the Otonabee River, which connects, through the Trent Canal, with lakes Ontario and Huron.…

Paysandú

(Encyclopedia) PaysandúPaysandúpīsänd&oomacr;ˈ [key], city (1996 pop. 84,172), capital of Paysandú dept., W Uruguay, a port on the Uruguay River. It is Uruguay's third largest city and the…

Sheboygan

(Encyclopedia) SheboyganSheboyganshĭboiˈgən [key], city (1990 pop. 49,676), seat of Sheboygan co., E Wis., a port of entry on Lake Michigan at the mouth of the Sheboygan River; inc. 1853. Plastics,…

Natick

(Encyclopedia) NatickNaticknāˈtĭk [key], town (1990 pop. 30,510), Middlesex co., E Mass., a residential and industrial suburb of Boston, on Lake Cochituate; founded as a Native American village by…

Arizona

Colorado State Information Capital: Phoenix, AZ 85007 Official Name: State of Arizona Organized as a territory/republic: February 24, 1863 Entered Union (rank): February 14, 1912 (48th) Present…

gambling

(Encyclopedia) gambling or gaming, betting of money or valuables on, and often participation in, games of chance (some involving degrees of skill). In England and in the United States, gambling was…

Famous African American Scientists

Percy L. Julian, Aprille Ericsson, and other exceptional scientists by Ann Marie Imbornoni   Charles Henry Turner Related Links Black History Month Features…

Know-Nothing movement

(Encyclopedia) Know-Nothing movement, in U.S. history. The increasing rate of immigration in the 1840s encouraged nativism. In Eastern cities where Roman Catholic immigrants especially had…

Baker, Ray Stannard

(Encyclopedia) Baker, Ray Stannard, pseud. David Grayson, 1870–1946, American author, b. Lansing, Mich., grad. Michigan State College (now Michigan State Univ.), 1889. At first a Chicago newspaper…