1) Mackenzie, Sir William. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Sir William, 1849-1923, Canadian railroad builder and financier, b. Ontario. In the early 1870s he became a railroad contractor. He constructed portions of the Canadian...
2) Chief Joseph. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002
...Chief Joseph Chief of Oregon s Nez Perce Indians who led his people in the 1870s on a desperate attempt to reach Canada rather than submit to forcible settlement...
3) 1931. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...leader of modernist (salafi) intellectual leanings. He had studied in Egypt during the 1870s and come under the influence of Muhammad Abduh's thought. One of his...
4) impressionism. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000.
...Impressionism A theory or style of painting originating and developed in France during the 1870s, characterized by concentration on the immediate visual impression...
5) San Angelo. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000.
...A city of west-central Texas south-southwest of Abilene. A notorious frontier town in the 1870s, it grew after the coming of the railroad in 1888. Population: 84,474....
6) Miami. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...A city of southeast Florida on Biscayne Bay south of Fort Lauderdale. Settled in the 1870s near the site of a fort built in 1836, it expanded greatly during the land...
7) Germantown. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000
...village, Montgomery co., central Md., 9 mi/14.5 km NE of Rockville. Settled by Germans in the 1870s, it is now becoming a planned community marked by rapid development....
8) Dudley. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...of Birmingham. It had thriving iron, coal, and limestone industries until the 1870s. Population: 311,478....
9) beagle, breed of dog. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...hound developed over centuries in England and introduced into the United States in the 1870s. It stands between 10 and 15 in. (25.4-38.1 cm) high at the shoulder...
10) Ushuaia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Fuego Territory, S Argentina, a port on the Beagle Canal, on Ushuaia Bay. Settled in the 1870s by English missionaries, it was taken over by Argentine naval forces...
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