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(Encyclopedia)Chorley chôrˈlē [key], town and district, Lancashire, NW England. Chorley's manufactures i...Eatontown
(Encyclopedia)Eatontown, borough (2020 pop. 13,597), Monmouth co., E central N.J.; inc. 1926. A residential borough, it is named for Thomas Eaton, who built a gristmi...Corner Brook
(Encyclopedia)Corner Brook, city, W Newfoundland, N.L., Canada, on the Humber River. It is Newfoundland's second largest city and has a large pulp and paper mill. Oth...Prattville
(Encyclopedia)Prattville, city (1990 pop. 19,587), seat of Autauga co., central Ala.; inc. 1872. It has textile and related industries, lumber, and a paper mill. Automotive parts are manufactured, and cotton gins h...Hart, John
(Encyclopedia)Hart, John, 1711?–1779, political leader in the American Revolution, signer of the Declaration of Independence, b. Hopewell Township, N.J. A prosperous farm and mill owner, he was a member of the pr...Tamalpais, Mount
(Encyclopedia)Tamalpais, Mount tămˈəlpīəsˌ [key], peak, 2,604 ft (794 m) high, W Calif., across the Golden Gate from San Francisco. The mountain is a game preserve and a resort. The city of Mill Valley and Mu...Weyburn
(Encyclopedia)Weyburn wāˈbərn [key], city (1991 pop. 9,673), SE Sask., Canada, SE of Regina. A trade center for a wheat-growing and oil-producing region, it has grain elevators and a feed mill. Power-line and tr...Burlington, cities, United States
(Encyclopedia)Burlington. 1 City (2020 pop. 23,982), seat of Des Moines co., SE Iowa, on four hills overlooking the Mississippi (spanned there by rail and highway ...Hobbema, Meindert
(Encyclopedia)Hobbema, Meindert mīnˈdərt hôbˈəmä [key], 1638–1709, Dutch landscape painter. In landscape art Hobbema was second only to his contemporary Jacob van Ruisdael, with whom he may have studied. M...Bethlehem, city, United States
(Encyclopedia)Bethlehem, city (2020 pop. 75,781), Northampton and Lehigh counties, E Pa., on the Lehigh R. near Allentown and Easton; inc. as a city 1917. Local manuf...Browse by Subject
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