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Reconstruction Era National Historical Park
(Encyclopedia)Reconstruction Era National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
(Encyclopedia)Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Statue of Liberty National Monument
(Encyclopedia)Statue of Liberty National Monument: see Liberty, Statue of. ...Prince Edward Island National Park
(Encyclopedia)Prince Edward Island National Park, 7 sq mi (18 sq km), NW P.E.I., Canada, on the Gulf of St. Lawrence; est. 1937. It extends 25 mi (40 km) along the coast and contains sand dunes, cliffs, salt marshe...River Raisin National Battlefield Park
(Encyclopedia)River Raisin National Battlefield Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...San José, city, Costa Rica
(Encyclopedia)San José sän hōsāˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 287,535), central Costa Rica, capital and largest city of Costa Rica. San José is the economic, political, and social center of Costa Rica, dominating t...Hopewell
(Encyclopedia)Hopewell. <1> City (2020 pop. 1,922), Mercer co., central N.J.; inc. 1891. The area was settled in the early 1700s. One early resident, mill ...Gretzky, Wayne
(Encyclopedia)Gretzky, Wayne (Wayne Douglas Gretzky), 1961–, Canadian ice hockey player, b. Brantford, Ont. He played with the Edmonton Oilers (1978–88), Los Angeles Kings (1988–96), St. Louis Blues (1996), a...Owens
(Encyclopedia)Owens, river, c.120 mi (190 km) long, rising in the Sierra Nevada, E Calif., SE of Yosemite National Park and flowing SE, to enter Owens Lake, near Mt. Whitney. Since 1913, at a point c.45 mi (70 km) ...Kosciuszko, Mount
(Encyclopedia)Kosciuszko, Mount kŏzēŭˈskō, kŏsho͝oshˈkō [key], 7,310 ft (2,228 m) high, SE New South Wales, Australia, in the Australian Alps; highest peak on the continent of Australia. Located in Koscius...Browse by Subject
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