Escanaba
a city and county-seat of Delta co., Mich., on the N. end of Green Bay, at the mouth of the Escanaba river, and on the Chicago and Northwestern railroad; 52 miles N. E. of Marinette. It is the grain and vegetable ESCALATOR-CLEAT TYPE wines, and cotton are produced in large quantities. Iron and sulphur springs are also abundant in the vicinity. It was the object of a special campaign by the Russian Caucasian Army, which resulted in its capture by the Russians on July 25, 1916. Since the war it has become part of the territory of the new Armenian state. Pop. about 18,000, half being Mohammedans and half Christian Armenians.