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North West Company

(Encyclopedia) North West Company, fur-trading organization in North America in the late 18th and early 19th cent.; it was composed of Montreal trading firms and fur traders. After 1810 the rivalry…

Sackville-West, Vita

(Encyclopedia) Sackville-West, Vita (Victoria Mary Sackville-West), 1892–1962, English writer; wife of Sir Harold Nicolson and granddaughter of the 2d Baron Sackville. Both she and Nicolson were…

West Carroll Parish, LA Census Data

People QuickFactsWest Carroll ParishLouisianaPopulation, 2005 estimate 11,8064,523,628Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 -4.1%1.2%Population, 2000 12,3144,468,…

West Feliciana Parish, LA Census Data

People QuickFactsWest Feliciana ParishLouisianaPopulation, 2005 estimate 15,1994,523,628Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 0.6%1.2%Population, 2000 15,1114,468,…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Ode to the West Wind

by Percy Bysshe Shelley Ode to HeavenAn ExhortationOde to the West Wind (This poem was conceived and chiefly written in a wood that skirts the Arno, near Florence, and on a day when that tempestuous…

West Palm Beach, FL Census Data

People QuickFactsWest Palm BeachFloridaPopulation, 2003 estimate 88,93217,019,068Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 8.0%6.5%Population, 2000 82,10315,982,378Population,…