1) Glarus. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Glarus, (gla´rs) (KEY) , Fr. Glaris, canton (1993 pop. 39,000), 264 sq mi (684 sq km), E central Switzerland. Located in the basin of the Linth River, it is a mountainous...
2) New Glarus. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000
...New Glarus (GLAIR-us), town (1990 pop. 1,899), Green co., S Wis., on branch of Sugar R., 23 mi/37 km SW of Madison; 42°48'N 89°37'W. In dairying region. Mfg. (meat...
3) Nafels. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Näfels, (na´fls) (KEY) , town (1990 pop. 3,882), Glarus canton, E central Switzerland. The town has a magnificent baroque palace....
4) Wallenstadt, Lake of. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Walensee or Wallensee, narrow mountain lake, c.9 sq mi (23 sq km), between St. Gall and Glarus cantons, E Switzerland. It is connected with Zurich by the Linth Canal....
5) 3. The Swiss Confederation. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...There were, after 1513, thirteen cantons, of which six (Schwyz, Uri, Zug, Unterwalden, Glarus, and Appenzell) were rural and seven (Lucerne, Zurich, Bern, Solothurn,...
6) 1712. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...designed that connected Schwyz with the Austrian border, separating Zurich and Protestant Glarus. The abbot of St. Gallen, Leodegar Burgisser, demanded labor service...
7) Green. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000
...alfalfa, hay; hogs, sheep, poultry). Drained by Sugar and Pecatonica rivers; includes New Glarus Woods State Park; Sugar R. State Trail crosses co. from E to N; Browntown-Cadiz...
8) g. Switzerland. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...independence, including the creation of its own constitution. 1 1848 The canton of Glarus restricted men to a 13-hour workday, or 10-hour night shifts, and tried...
9) 1799. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...suppressed the press, increasing censorship. The central government drained the marshes in Glarus, providing more fertile land for agriculture. 2 1813 Diet convened...
10) Switzerland. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...cantons and 6 are called half cantons. The cantons are Zurich, Bern, Lucerne, Uri, Schwyz, Glarus, Zug, Fribourg, Solothurn, Schaffhausen, Saint Gall, the Grisons...
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