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cedar waxwing

(Encyclopedia)cedar waxwing: see waxwing.

red cedar

(Encyclopedia)red cedar: see juniper.

Long Sault Rapids

(Encyclopedia)Long Sault Rapids sō, so͞o [key], in the Ottawa River, Canada, midway between Ottawa and Montreal. There in 1660 the Iroquois defeated a party of 18 Frenchmen, led by Dollard des Ormeaux, who were a...

Kettle Rapids Dam

(Encyclopedia)Kettle Rapids Dam: see Nelson, river, Canada. ...

Western red cedar

(Encyclopedia)Western red cedar: see juniper, arborvitae. ...

Cedar Breaks National Monument

(Encyclopedia)Cedar Breaks National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Wood, Grant

(Encyclopedia)Wood, Grant, 1891–1942, American painter, b. Anamosa, Iowa, studied Art Institute of Chicago and in Paris. He experimented with an impressionist style in Paris, but in Munich in 1928 he was decisive...

deodar

(Encyclopedia)deodar or deodar cedar: see cedar. ...

Marion

(Encyclopedia)Marion. 1 City (1990 pop. 14,545), seat of Williamson co., S Ill.; inc. 1841. It is the commercial and retail center of a farm and coal area and has a large soft drink bottling plant. A maximum-securi...

Knapp, Seaman Asahel

(Encyclopedia)Knapp, Seaman Asahel sēˈmən āˈsəhĕlˌ năp [key], 1833–1911, agriculturist and teacher, b. Schroon Lake, N.Y., grad. Union College, Schenectady, 1856. He went to Iowa in 1866 and began public...