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(Encyclopedia) Beatrice Beatrice bēăˈtrĭs [key], city (2020 pop. 12,261), seat of Gage co., SE Nebr., on the Big…Brewer's: Trail
The trail of the serpent is over them all. Sin has set his mark on all. (Thomas Moore: Paradise and the Peri.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Traitors'…Independence
(Encyclopedia) Independence. 1 City (2020 pop. 6,064), seat of Buchanan co., NE Iowa; founded 1847. Located on the Wapsipinicon River, the town's grist…Casper
(Encyclopedia) Casper, city (2020 pop. 59,038), alt. 5,123 ft (1,561 m), seat of Natrona co., E central Wyo., on the North Platte River; inc. 1889. It…Bonneville, Benjamin Louis Eulalie de
(Encyclopedia) Bonneville, Benjamin Louis Eulalie deBonneville, Benjamin Louis Eulalie debŏnˈvĭl [key], 1796–1878, American army officer and trader who blazed portions of the Oregon Trail, b. France…The Dalles
(Encyclopedia) The DallesThe Dallesdălz [key], city (1990 pop. 11,060), seat of Wasco co., N Oreg., on the Columbia River; inc. 1857. It is a busy inland port; ships passing through the locks at…Astoria
(Encyclopedia) AstoriaAstoriaăstôrˈēə [key]. 1 Commercial, industrial, and residential section of NW Queens borough of New York City, SE N.Y.; settled in the 17th cent. as Hallet's Cove. It was…Great Migration
(Encyclopedia) Great Migration, in U.S. history. 1 The migration of Puritans to New England from England, 1620–40, prior to the English civil war. As a result of the increasingly tyrannical rule of…National Historic Trails<sup class="fnr" >1</sup>
Name and location Total mileageAla Kahakai (Hawaii)175California (Mo., Kans., Nebr., Colo., Wyo., Idaho, Utah, Nev., Ore., Calif.)5,500El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro (N.M.)404Juan Bautista…Oregon, state, United States
(Encyclopedia) CE5 OregonOregonŏrˈĭgən, –gŏn [key], state in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. It is bordered by Washington, largely across the Columbia River (N), Idaho, partially…