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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Valdez , city (1990 pop. 4,068), Valdez-Chitina-Whittier census div., S Alaska, at the head of Valdez Arm inside Prince William Sound ; inc. 1901. It has tourist, mining, and fishing industries, as well as salmon spawning grounds. The city's excellent landlocked, ice-free harbor was explored and named by the Spaniards in 1790. Valdez was established (1898) as a debarkation point for those seeking a route to the Yukon gold fields that would obviate the necessity of paying duty to Canada. The city was devastated by the 1964 earthquake; it was rebuilt at a location 5 mi (8 km) west of the old... Read more
Luis Valdez
Encyclopedia of World Biography Luis Valdez Luis Valdez (born 1940) was founder of the El Teatro Campesino in California and ... the father of Mexican American theater. Playwright and director Luis Valdez is considered the father of Mexican American theater. In 1965 he founded ... Read more
Fidel Valdez Ramos
Encyclopedia of World Biography Fidel Valdez Ramos Fidel Valdez Ramos (born 1928) was inaugurated president of the Philippines in ... 1986. The eighth president of the postwar Philippine Republic, Fidel Valdez Ramos was known as a hero of the 1986 people-power revolution, the ... Read more

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