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(Encyclopedia)Waterville, city (1990 pop. 17,173), Kennebec co., S Maine, at the falls of the Kennebec River; settled 1754, inc. as a city 1888. It is the trade and medical center of a lake resort area, with textil...Commerce, United States Department of
(Encyclopedia)Commerce, United States Department of, federal executive department charged with promoting U.S. economic development and technological advancement. In Feb., 1903, the Congress established a Department...Holocaust Memorial Museum, United States
(Encyclopedia)Holocaust Memorial Museum, United States, in Washington, D.C. on the National Mall, memorial to the victims of the Holocaust. Designed by architect James Ingo Freed, it opened in 1993. Using a stark, ...International Trade Commission, United States
(Encyclopedia)International Trade Commission, United States, independent agency of the U.S. government established in 1916 as the Tariff Commission; renamed International Trade Commission in 1975. It is charged wit...Kennebunk
(Encyclopedia)Kennebunk kĕnəbŭngkˈ [key], town (1990 pop. 8,004), York co., S Maine, adjacent to Kennebunkport; inc. 1820. The first settlement (c.1650) grew as a trading and, later, a shipbuilding and shipping...Kittery
(Encyclopedia)Kittery kĭtˈərē [key], town (1990 pop. 9,372), York co., extreme SW Maine, at the mouth of the Piscataqua River opposite Portsmouth, N.H.; inc. 1647. Its economy centers around tourism and the Por...Rasles, Sébastien
(Encyclopedia)Rasles, Sébastien sābästyăNˈ räl [key], 1657?–1724, French Jesuit missionary in North America. Arriving in present-day Maine in 1689, he spent two years with the Abnaki in Acadia. He then beca...Chicago, city, United States
(Encyclopedia)Chicago shĭkäˈgō, shĭkôˈgō [key], city (2020 pop. 2,746,388), seat of Cook co...Agriculture, United States Department of
(Encyclopedia)Agriculture, United States Department of, federal executive department established in 1862, whose head was made a cabinet member in 1889. The department administers federal programs related to food pr...Cholet
(Encyclopedia)Cholet shôlāˈ [key], city, Maine-et-Loire dept., W France, in Poitou, on the Maine River. ...Browse by Subject
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