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Zanesville

(Encyclopedia)Zanesville, city (1990 pop. 26,778), seat of Muskingum co., central Ohio, on the Muskingum River at its junction with the Licking River; inc. 1815. It is a trade and industrial center that manufacture...

Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument

(Encyclopedia)Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, c.490,000 sq mi (1,260,000 sq km), central Pacific Ocean; est. 2009. The monument comprises the waters and reefs surrounding seven islands and atolls, ...

National Museum of the American Indian

(Encyclopedia)National Museum of the American Indian, institution devoted to the collection, preservation, and presentation of the culture of the indigenous populations of the Western Hemisphere, a division of the ...

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...

Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site

(Encyclopedia)Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site

(Encyclopedia)Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site

(Encyclopedia)Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts

(Encyclopedia)Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area

(Encyclopedia)Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument

(Encyclopedia)Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, 4,913 sq mi (12,725 sq km), NW Atlantic Ocean, 130 mi (210 km) off the coast of Cape Cod; est. 2016. The monument is divided into two areas; o...