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Adams National Historical Park

(Encyclopedia)Adams National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Sitka National Historical Park

(Encyclopedia)Sitka National Historical Park: 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). ...

Petrified Forest National Park

(Encyclopedia)Petrified Forest National Park, 93,533 acres (37,881 hectares), E Ariz.; est. as a national monument 1906, designated a national park 1962. A part of the Painted Desert, it contains the largest known ...

American Samoa, The National Park of

(Encyclopedia)American Samoa, The National Park of, c.9,000 acres (3,645 hectares), American Samoa, S Pacific Ocean. Comprising areas on the islands of Ofu, Ta'u, and Tutuila, the park features the only paleotropic...

Fort Bridger State Park

(Encyclopedia)Fort Bridger State Park, on Blacks Fork of the Green River, SW Wyo. The supply post, founded by U.S. fur trader James Bridger in 1843, was an important station on the Oregon Trail. The Mormons held Fo...

Lowell National Historical Park

(Encyclopedia)Lowell National Historical Park: see Lowell; National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Richmond National Battlefield Park

(Encyclopedia)Richmond National Battlefield Park: see Richmond, Va.; National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Shiloh National Military Park

(Encyclopedia)Shiloh National Military Park: see Shiloh, battle of; National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Channel Islands National Park

(Encyclopedia)Channel Islands National Park: see Channel Islands, California; National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...