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Ennis

(Encyclopedia)Ennis, city (2020 pop. 20,159), Ellis co., N Tex.; inc. 1872. It is a trading, financial, rail, and processing center in a fertile blackland area that p...

Bakewell, Robert

(Encyclopedia)Bakewell, Robert, 1725–95, English livestock breeder and agriculturist. He successfully bred livestock for meat rather than appearance, developing new breeds, which included the Leicester sheep and ...

Easley

(Encyclopedia)Easley ēzˈlē [key], city (2020 pop. 22,921), Pickens co., NW S.C., in the foothills of the...

Kearns

(Encyclopedia)Kearns kûrnz [key], uninc. town (1990 pop. 28,874), Salt Lake co., N Utah, a suburb of Salt Lake City. Alfalfa and barley are grown and cattle and sheep are raised. There is copper mining nearby. ...

Snyder

(Encyclopedia)Snyder, city (1990 pop. 12,195), seat of Scurry co., NW Tex., in a prairie and mesquite region; inc. 1907. Oil production is the city's main industry; natural gas is also refined and processed. Cattle...

Brandon, town, United States

(Encyclopedia)Brandon, uninc. town (2020 pop. 114,626), Hillsborough co., W Fla., a suburb just E of Tampa. Chiefly residential, it is also a retail and service cente...

Pereira

(Encyclopedia)Pereira pārāˈrä [key], city (1993 pop. 348,023), capital of Risaralda dept., W central Colombia, in the upper Cauca valley. It is a major distribution center for coffee and cattle and has a small ...

Vitoria da Conquista

(Encyclopedia)Vitoria da Conquista vētôˈrēə dä ko͝ong-kēˈstə [key], city (1991 pop. 225,091), Bahia state, E Brazil, in the Batalha Mts. It is a major cattle-breeding and marketing center. ...

Atascadero

(Encyclopedia)Atascadero ətăskədârˈō [key], uninc. town (2020 pop. 29,773), San Luis Obispo co., SW Calif., on the Salinas River; founded 1913 as a model community. It is a reside...

Latrobe

(Encyclopedia)Latrobe, industrial borough (1990 pop. 9,265), Westmoreland co., SW Pa., in the foothills of the Alleghenies; inc. 1854. Among its varied manufactures are foam rubber, asphalt, building materials, ste...