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Source: iStock Colorado Profile More Geographic Information Country Profiles Flags World Geography World Statistics U.S. State Profiles…Brewer's: Colorado
(U.S. America). A Spanish word meaning red, referring to the red hue of the water of the river. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894ColossalColoquintida A B C…Yuma, indigenous people of North America
(Encyclopedia) YumaYumay&oomacr;ˈ mə [key], Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Yuman branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). Also known as…Sanguinetti, Julio María
(Encyclopedia) Sanguinetti, Julio MaríaSanguinetti, Julio Maríah&oomacr;ˈlēō märēˈä sängēnĕˈtē [key], 1936–, Uruguayan political leader, president of Uruguay (1985–90, 1995–2000). A lawyer and…Mexican War
(Encyclopedia) Mexican War, 1846–48, armed conflict between the United States and Mexico. The United States had won an easy victory, partly because Mexico, torn by civil strife, could not present…Grand Junction
(Encyclopedia) Grand Junction, city (2020 pop. 65,560), seat of Mesa co., W Colo., at the junction of the Gunnison and Colorado rivers; inc. 1891. The…Glen Canyon Dam
(Encyclopedia) Glen Canyon Dam, 710 ft (216 m) high, 1,560 ft (475 m) long, NE Ariz., on the Colorado River. The key unit of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's Colorado River storage project, it is one…Green River
(Encyclopedia) Green River. 1 River, 370 mi (595 km) long, rising in central Ky. and flowing generally NW, through Mammoth Cave National Park, to the Ohio River near Evansville, Ind. Locks and dams…Guadalupe Hidalgo, Treaty of
(Encyclopedia) Guadalupe Hidalgo, Treaty of, 1848, peace treaty between the United States and Mexico that ended the Mexican War. Negotiations were carried on for the United States by Nicholas P.…Robinson, Boardman
(Encyclopedia) Robinson, Boardman, 1876–1952, American painter, illustrator, and cartoonist, b. Somerset, N.S., studied at the Massachusetts School of Art, Boston, and in Paris. After four years of…