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Bemis, Samuel Flagg

(Encyclopedia)Bemis, Samuel Flagg bēˈmĭs [key], 1891–1973, American historian, b. Worcester, Mass. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1916 and taught history at various schools before becoming Farnum profes...

Lapointe, Ernest

(Encyclopedia)Lapointe, Ernest läpwăNtˈ [key], 1876–1941, Canadian political leader, b. Quebec prov. A lawyer, he was from 1904 to 1941 a Liberal member of the Canadian House of Commons. After the death of Wil...

Castro Valley

(Encyclopedia)Castro Valley, uninc. city (2020 pop. 66,441), Alameda co., W Calif., near San Francisco Bay. Chiefly residential, it also has light industries. ...

Palm Desert

(Encyclopedia)Palm Desert, city (1990 pop. 23,252), Riverside co., S Calif., on the Whitewater River. A suburb of Palm Springs, Palm Desert is a rapidly growing resort and retirement community. Local industries inc...

Black Kettle

(Encyclopedia)Black Kettle, d. 1868, chief of the southern Cheyenne in Colorado. His attempt to make peace (1864) with the white men ended in the massacre of about half his people at Sand Creek. Despite this treach...

Guanahani

(Encyclopedia)Guanahani: see San Salvador, island. ...

Donostia

(Encyclopedia)Donostia: see San Sebastián, Spain. ...

Amapala

(Encyclopedia)Amapala: see San Lorenzo, Honduras. ...

Sausalito

(Encyclopedia)Sausalito sôˌsəlēˈtō [key], residential city (1990 pop. 7,152), Marin co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1893. It is the northern terminus of the Golden Gate Bridge. The artists' colony t...

Tommaso da Modena

(Encyclopedia)Tommaso da Modena, c.14th–15th cent., Italian painter. He painted 40 panels for a Dominican chapter house (San Nicolo, Treviso) that depicted monks engaged in reading, writing, and prayer. On a comm...