White Plains
a town in Westchester co., N. Y.; 26 miles N. N. E. of New York City. It was the scene of several important events during the Revolutionary War, the most prominent of which was the action usually known as the battle of White Plains, though it actually occurred in the town of Greenburg, on the opposite side of the Bronx river, Oct. 28, 1776. After a warm contest, the commanding eminence of Chatterton Hill, on which the Americans under Washington were intrenched, was carried by the British under General Howe, the Americans retreating in good order and without being pursued. The loss on each side was about 300 killed, wounded, and prisoners. Pop. (1910) 15,949; (1920) 21,031.
WHITE RIVER. (1) A river of Arkansas, with a course of 800 miles. It joins the Mississippi above the influx of the Arkansas river, and has several important affluents. Together with its tributaries it affords 500 miles of boat navigation. (2) A river in Indiana, formed by the confluence of the East and West Forks, emptying into the Wabash near Mount Carmel. (3) A river of Canada, an affluent of the Yukon. It rises in the coast mountains near the head of Altsekh river; flows for over 200 miles through a rough country in a N. E. direction; and enters the Yukon just above the mouth of the Stewart.
Some gold has been found along its course.