Blakely, near Mobile, Alabama. 30N. 88W. Fort taken by Federals, 1865 (Civil W.).
[Block Island], Connecticut. 41N. 71W. Taken by Endicott after murder of English traders by the Indians, 1636.
Bloody Bridge, near Detroit. 42N. 82W. Rout of English by Indians at Parent's Creek (Bloody Run) and death of Dalzell. (See Parkman, 'Conspiracy of Pontiac.')
Boca del Sierpe. 9N. 61W. So named by Columbus, 1498.
[Bogota], cap. of Colombia. 4N. 74W. F. by the conqueror Quesada, and formerly known as Santa Fé, 1538; independence proclaimed at, 1811; taken by Spaniards, 1816; delivered by Bolivar, 1819 (S. A. W. of Ind.).
[Bolivia], S.A. 18S. 68W. Formerly Upper Peru. Rise of natives under Tupac Amaru, descendant of the Incas, who was cruelly put to death by the Spaniards, 1780-2; sc. successive battles during S. American War of Independence, 1809-25; independence secured by victory of Ayacucho, 1824; republic named after the liberator Bolivar; Santa Cruz president of B. and Lower Peru, 1828-39; Peru-Bolivian war with Chili, 1879-83; sc. frequent civil war.
Boonesboro, Kentucky. 39N. 84W. On site of fort built by Daniel Boone, the explorer of Kentucky (1735-1820), who was several times attacked in it by the Indians, and once made prisoner.
[Booneville], Missouri. 38N. 92W. Confederates defeated by Gen. Lyon, 1861 (Civil W.).
Boothia Felix. 70N. 94W. Northern extremity of the continent, discovered by Sir John Ross, 1829-30; named after Sir F. Booth, the financier of the expedition, during which Ross's nephew (James Clark Ross) discovered the magnetic pole.
[Borgne, Lake], Louisiana. 30N. 89W. British naval victory, 1812.