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Big Cypress National Preserve
(Encyclopedia)Big Cypress National Preserve: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Big Hole National Battlefield
(Encyclopedia)Big Hole National Battlefield: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Big Thicket National Preserve
(Encyclopedia)Big Thicket National Preserve: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Bluestone National Scenic River
(Encyclopedia)Bluestone National Scenic River: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Boston National Historical Park
(Encyclopedia)Boston National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Lagrange, Joseph Louis, Comte
(Encyclopedia)Lagrange, Joseph Louis, Comte zhôzĕfˈ lwē kôNt lägräNzhˈ [key], 1736–1813, French mathematician and astronomer, b. Turin, of French and Italian descent. Before the age of 20 he was professor...Memorial University of Newfoundland
(Encyclopedia)Memorial University of Newfoundland, at St. John's, N.L., Canada; provincially supported; coeducational; founded 1925 as Memorial Univ. College. It achieved university status in 1949. The school has f...National Marine Sanctuary Program
(Encyclopedia)National Marine Sanctuary Program, federally owned marine and Great Lakes reserves, administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The program consists of 13 marine sanctu...Mount Revelstoke National Park
(Encyclopedia)Mount Revelstoke National Park rĕvˈəlstōkˌ [key], 100 sq mi (259 sq km) SE British Columbia, Canada, in the Selkirk Mts., just E of the Columbia River valley; est. 1914. Situated on a high platea...Theodore Roosevelt National Park
(Encyclopedia)Theodore Roosevelt National Park, 70,447 acres (28,531 hectares), W N.Dak., in the Badlands and on the Little Missouri River; est. 1947. There are three units—the North Unit, the Elkhorn Ranch Unit,...Browse by Subject
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