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Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park
(Encyclopedia)Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve
(Encyclopedia)Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, N Alaska. Located N of the Arctic Circle, the park (7,523,898 acres/3,046,113 hectares) and adjacent preserve (948,629 acres/384,060 hectares) make up t...Park Ridge
(Encyclopedia)Park Ridge, city (1990 pop. 36,175), Cook co., NE Ill., a suburb adjacent to Chicago, on the Des Plaines River; inc. 1873. It is chiefly residential. Several national and international corporations ha...Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park
(Encyclopedia)Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park, 117 acres (47 hectares), central Ky., near Hodgenville; est. 1916. Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin in this area on Feb. 12, 1809. The exact...Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park
(Encyclopedia)Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
(Encyclopedia)Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park
(Encyclopedia)Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...War in the Pacific National Historical Park
(Encyclopedia)War in the Pacific National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Valles Caldera National Preserve
(Encyclopedia)Valles Caldera National Preserve väˈyās [key], 89,766 acres (36,343 hectares), N N.Mex.; est. 2000 by Valles Caldera Trust, transferred to National Park Service 2015. Formerly part of the vast, pri...Menlo Park
(Encyclopedia)Menlo Park. 1 Residential city (1990 pop. 28,040), San Mateo co., W Calif.; inc. 1874. Electronic equipment and aerospace products are manufactured in the city. Menlo College and the SLAC National Acc...Browse by Subject
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