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Petroglyph National Monument

(Encyclopedia)Petroglyph National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Durango, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Durango do͝orăngˈgō [key], city (2020 pop. 19,071), seat of La Plata co., SW Colo., on the ...

Mill Valley

(Encyclopedia)Mill Valley, city (1990 pop. 13,038), Marin co., W Calif., a suburb on Richardson Bay, an inlet of San Francisco Bay; inc. 1900. It is a residential community set in heavily timbered hills and valleys...

Klamath Falls

(Encyclopedia)Klamath Falls, city (1990 pop. 17,737), seat of Klamath co., SW Oreg., at the southern tip of Upper Klamath Lake; inc. 1905. It is the processing and distribution center of a lumber, livestock, and fa...

Waynesboro

(Encyclopedia)Waynesboro, city (1990 pop. 18,549), surrounded by but politically independent of August co., central Va., in the Shenandoah valley; settled c.1736, inc. as a city 1948. An industrial center in a farm...

Indiana University

(Encyclopedia)Indiana University, main campus at Bloomington; state supported; coeducational; chartered 1820 as a seminary, opened 1824. It became a college in 1828 and a university in 1838. The medical center (run...

Dayton

(Encyclopedia)Dayton, city (2020 pop. 137,644), seat of Montgomery co., SW Ohio, on the Great Miami River where it is joined by the Stillwater River; inc. 1805. It is...

Glossop

(Encyclopedia)Glossop glŏsˈəp [key], town, Derbyshire, central England. It is a residential suburb of Ma...

Kaieteur Falls

(Encyclopedia)Kaieteur Falls kīəto͝orˈ [key], waterfall, 741 ft (226 m) high, in the Potaro River, W Guyana. It plunges over an escarpment of the Guyana Highlands. One of the most impressive falls in South Amer...

Banning

(Encyclopedia)Banning, resort city (2020 pop. 31,193), Riverside co., S Calif., in a fruit-growing area between Mt. San Jacinto and Mt. San Gorgonio; inc. 1913. Consu...