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Mohawk
Mohawk river, c.140 mi (230 km) long, rising in central New York and flowing S then SE past Utica and Schenectady to enter the Hudson River at Cohoes. The Mohawk is canalized from Rome to its mouth (completed 1918) as part of the New York State Canal System's rebuilt Erie Canal, which links the Hud... Read more
Cornwall
Cornwall industrial city (1991 pop. 47,137), SE Ont., Canada, on the St. Lawrence River. It manufactures cotton and rayon textiles, paper, chemicals, furniture, and electronic equipment. The Canadian headquarters of the St. Lawrence Seaway Authority are in Cornwall. The Akwesasne (in the United Sta... Read more
Hudson
Hudson river, c.315 mi (510 km) long, rising in Lake Tear of the Clouds, on Mt. Marcy in the Adirondack Mts., NE N.Y., and flowing generally S to Upper New York Bay at New York City; the Mohawk River is its chief tributary. The Hudson is navigable by ocean vessels to Albany and by smaller vessels t... Read more
Schenectady
Schenectady , city (1990 pop. 65,566), seat of Schenectady co., E central N.Y., on the Mohawk River and Erie Canal; founded 1661 by Arent Van Curler, inc. 1798. The General Electric Company was established there in 1892, but its presence waned in the late 20th cent. and the city's population decline... Read more
Cohoes
Cohoes , city (1990 pop. 16,825), Albany co., E N.Y., near Albany, at the confluence of the Mohawk and Hudson rivers; settled by the Dutch 1665, inc. 1869. A retailing and outlet center, its manufactures include textiles (made there since 1840), knitted goods, cabinetry, and plastic and paper produc... Read more
Manicouagan
Manicouagan , river, 310 mi (499 km) long, rising in E central Que., Canada, and flowing S to the St. Lawrence River near Baie Comeau. The river is an important source of hydroelectricity. ... Read more
Rome
Rome 1 City (1990 pop. 30,326), seat of Floyd co., NW Ga., where the Etowah and Oostanaula rivers meet to form the Coosa, in a farm, timber, and quarry area; inc. 1847. The city was first established as cotton market and an industrial center, with textile and lumber mills, clothing factories, and... Read more
Mahican
Mahican , confederacy of Native North Americans of the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American languages ). The Mahican were of the Eastern Woodlands culture area. In the early 17th cent. they occupied both banks of the upper Hudson River extending north a... Read more
Arctic Red River
Arctic Red River c.310 mi (500 km) long, rising in the Mackenzie Mts. of W Northwest Territories, Canada, and flowing generally NW to the Mackenzie River. At its mouth are a post of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the village of Tsiigehtchic, formerly Arctic Red River. ... Read more
Chebar
Chebar , in the Bible, river of Mesopotamia, by which captive Jews were settled. ... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Mohawk River"

Mohawk
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition river, c.140 mi (230 km) long, rising...Schenectady to enter the Hudson River at Cohoes. The Mohawk is canalized from Rome to...Canal, which links the Hudson River with the Great Lakes; it is...The beautiful and fertile Mohawk valley, named for its Native...served as the sole route (see ... Read more
Mohawk Indians
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature Mohawk Indians, easternmost tribe of the Iroquois confederacy, located mainly along the Mohawk River, was noted for its ferocity and constant...obtaining firearms from Dutch traders, the Mohawk conquered many neighboring tribes, including...The historical Hiawatha was probably a Mohawk, and ... Read more
Mohawk Trail
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 1 Old road (c.100 mi/160 km long) in central New York state following the Mohawk River. It was the sole route through the Appalachians by which thousands of settlers emigrated from the Eastern seaboard to the Midwest...highway extending c.30 mi (50 km) across N Massachusetts from Greenfield to North Adams. It ... Read more
Brant, Joseph
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History ...Mohawk chief.The son of the Mohawk chief Niklaus Brant and grandson...affairs north of the Ohio River 1755–1774, and proprietor of a vast estate on the Mohawk River near present‐day Amsterdam...American settlements in the Mohawk Valley, northern Pennsylvania...pension ... Read more
Hudson
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition river, c.315 mi (510 km) long, rising in...New York Bay at New York City; the Mohawk River is its chief tributary. The Hudson...Lake Champlain and the St. Lawrence River. The Hudson is tidal to Troy (c.150...estuary. The upper course of the river has many waterfalls and rapids. The... Read more
Iroquois Confederacy
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...peoples, initially comprising the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca...inhabited New York state from the Hudson River N to the St. Lawrence River and W...on the eastern end, guarded by the Mohawk (in the extreme geographical east... Read more
Joseph Brant
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Canada to assign the Mohawks a reservation on the Grand River in Upper Canada...indemnification for the Mohawks for their losses...from getting the Mohawk lands on the Grand River, but his last years...1807, at the Grand River Reservation. Further...Monture, Joseph Brant: ... Read more
Schenectady
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...566), seat of Schenectady co., E central N.Y., on the Mohawk River and Erie Canal; founded 1661 by Arent Van Curler, inc...stopping place for traders and settlers traveling W on the Mohawk River. Growth was particularly spurred by the opening (1820s... Read more
Brantford
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...S Ont., Canada, on the Grand River. It is a leading manufacturing...factories. The city was named for the Mohawk chieftain Joseph Brant , who...and who is buried in the old Mohawk Church near the city. The Mohawk Institute, a Native American... Read more
Iroquois
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History ...Indian confederacy made up of the Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, and Seneca —...present-day New York, west of the Hudson River. The confederacy was formed sometime...confederacy each nation had a role; the Mohawks, for example, were charged with defending...British. During the course of the war, ... Read more

Dictionary entries related to "Mohawk River"

Mohawk Valley
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History MOHAWK VALLEY MOHAWK VALLEY. Situated in...New York State, the Mohawk Valley runs 148 miles...and is created by the Mohawk River. The Mohawk Valley has played an...of the course of the Mohawk River and created the first... Read more
Mohawk
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military Mohawk an Iroquois-speaking Indian tribe, one of the member of the Five Nations, located along the Mohawk River in upstate New York. Expelled by the French and their Indian allies from the St. Lawrence Valley in the early 17th century, the Mohawks subsequently allied themselves with the British ... Read more
Allegheny Mountains, Routes Across
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...feet high and extending from the Mohawk Valley to the Tennessee River) was a serious impediment to...extending close to the Allegheny River, furnished a route used by Native...The branches of the Juniata River led to two historic routes across... Read more
Treaty with the Six Nations (1784)
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...Lawrence, Ohio, Mississippi, and Mohawk River valleys played an important role...with the defeated Cayuga, Seneca, Mohawk, Oneida, Tuscarora, and Onondaga...America give peace to the Senecas, Mohawks, Onondagas and Cayugas, and receive... Read more
Lake Champlain
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...Canadian border, it feeds into the Richelieu River — hence into the St. Lawrence River — and protrudes into Quebec as...situated along the same axis as the Hudson River, to which it was linked by canal in 1823...there. In the sixteenth century, the Mohawk Iroquois hunted in the ... Read more
Inland Lock Navigation
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...legislature granted charters to the Western Inland Lock Navigation Company to open water communication along the Mohawk River between the Hudson River and Lakes Ontario and Seneca. The legislature also granted charters to the Northern Inland Lock Navigation... Read more
Cohoes
Book article from: Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names Cohoes, New York/USA ‘Pine Tree’ from an Algonquian word. However, lying on the Mohawk River, it is also said to mean ‘Shipwrecked Canoe’. Read more
Brant, Joseph
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military Brant, Joseph (1742–1807)also known as Thayendanegea Mohawk Indian chief, commissioned captain in British army, and war...Rebellion (1763–66). In the Revolutionary War , he led Mohawk and Loyalist followers in Lt. Col. Barry St. Leger's expedition...obtained the Six Nations Reserve for the ... Read more
Burgoyne's Invasion
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...by the Lake Champlain – Hudson River route. Lieutenant Colonel Barry St. Leger...expedition that was to ascend the St. Lawrence River, cross Lake Ontario, and advance on Albany by the Mohawk Valley. Burgoyne's army was made up of...the American army near the mouth of the Mohawk, had about ... Read more
Passes, Mountain
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...possible, water trails, so the Mohawk and the Ohio Rivers were the...Iroquois and French barred the Mohawk route on the north, and the...and then along the Kentucky River and its tributaries to the...tidewater to the sources of Little River; Blue Ridge Gap, another passage...Diego and Los Angeles. ... Read more

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Drenching storm causes flooding.(Weather)(Strongest front of the season raises the Mohawk River past flood stage and snaps trees with snow along highways)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 12/14/2003; 505 words ; ...forcing dozens of residents along the Mohawk River to flee to higher ground. The storm...side streets in Marcola as the Mohawk River reached flood stage around 8 p...Smathers said. The last time the Mohawk River flooded to this extent was in February... Read more
The River Lock.(The River Lock: One's Boy's Life Along the Mohawk)(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: California Bookwatch; 8/1/2008; 91 words ; The River Lock Stephen Haven Syracuse University Press 1600 Jamesville...has much to do with the development of one's character. The River Lock: One's Boy's Life Along the Mohawk is author Stephen Haven's recounting of his childhood in...on Haven's past filled with drugs, sex, and violence, The River ... Read more
The river lock; one boy's life along the Mohawk.(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 8/1/2008; 45 words ; 9780815609285 The river lock; one boy's life along the Mohawk. Haven, Stephen. Syracuse U. Pr. 2008 175 pages $26.95 Hardcover PS3608 Haven (creative writing, Ashland U.) remembers growing... Read more
Tracing history in the Mohawk Valley.
Magazine article from: The Loyalist Gazette; 9/22/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...the United States. The Mohawk River, which the Indians called...to enter the Hudson River at Cohoes. The Mohawk Valley has always been...Settlements on the Hudson River. Today, many of the...Battlefields in the Mohawk and Schoharie Valleys... Read more
Mohawk returns to the top.(Sports)(Brody Wilkins returns two punts for touchdowns to help the Indians clinch Mountain West title)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 11/6/2004; 636 words ; ...Mims The Register-Guard BLUE RIVER - Brody Wilkins ran out of his...return for a touchdown. So the Mohawk freshman switched over to No...evening at McKenzie High School. Mohawk (9-0, 6-0) clinched the Mountain...future looks pretty bright at Mohawk with Wilkins and fellow freshman... Read more
Warren Johnson's description of the Mohawk Valley (New York State), 1760.
Magazine article from: The Loyalist Gazette; 3/22/1996; ; 700+ words ; ...his brother's estate on the Mohawk River. At that time, Sir William was...Johnson, on the banks of the Mohawk, about 16 miles up river from Schenectady. This portion...passing by every day, as the River Mohawk is within 40 yards of the door... Read more
No. 1 Mohawk keeps control of Mountain West with win.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 2/1/2003; 577 words ; Byline: The Register-Guard BLUE RIVER - Top-ranked Mohawk converted 12-of-17 free throws in the fourth quarter to...-0 Mountain West). Also reaching double-figure scoring for Mohawk were Derek Robinson with 12 and Tim Yokum with 11. Devin... Read more
Mohawk races to unbeaten season c3.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 11/3/2006; 90 words ; Byline: The Register-Guard BLUE RIVER - Tyson Ludwig rushed for 241 yards and four touchdowns as Mohawk capped an undefeated regular season by beating...for the Indians (9-0, 7-0 Mountain West). Mohawk also got 106 rushing yards and two touchdowns... Read more
Plews leads McKenzie past Mohawk.(Basketball Prep Girls)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 12/21/2007; 485 words ; Byline: The Register-Guard BLUE RIVER - Kiger Plews scored 19 points to lead...League boys prep basketball victory over Mohawk on Thursday. Jordan Fleming added 16 points...Tyler Harbick scored 15. Danny Reiter led Mohawk with 14 points and Cord Wilkins and Brody... Read more
Small schools in area avoid drastic change.(Sports)(Mohawk High has objections, but others aren't too concerned about proposal)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 10/11/2005; 700+ words ; ...basketball state titles in 2002 and 2003. Rothenberger hopes Mohawk can stay there. Us dropping down has really revamped this...going to be crazy around here. If the OSAA agrees and Mohawk remains at the 1A level, the Mountain West would stay...Falls City and Oregon School for the Deaf - in addition to ... Read more