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Catoctin Mountain Park

(Encyclopedia)Catoctin Mountain Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

mountain ash, in botany

(Encyclopedia)mountain ash, name for any species of the genus Sorbus of the family Rosaceae (rose family), hardy ornamental trees and shrubs native to the Northern Hemisphere, not related to the true ashes. They ar...

Rocky Mountain House

(Encyclopedia)Rocky Mountain House, town (1991 pop. 5,461), S central Alta., Canada, at the foot of the Rocky Mts. and the confluence of the North Saskatchewan and Clearwater rivers. Founded in 1799 as a fortified ...

Montserrat, mountain, Spain

(Encyclopedia)Montserrat or Monserrat both: mŏnˌsərătˈ, mŏntˌ–, Catalan mŏnsər-rätˈ, Span. mōnsārätˈ [key], mountain, 4,054 ft (1,236 m) high, NE Spain, rising abruptly from a plain in Catalonia, N...

Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial

(Encyclopedia)Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Korean War Veterans Memorial

(Encyclopedia)Korean War Veterans Memorial: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial

(Encyclopedia)Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Roger Williams National Memorial

(Encyclopedia)Roger Williams National Memorial: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

General Grant National Memorial

(Encyclopedia)General Grant National Memorial: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

George Washington Memorial Parkway

(Encyclopedia)George Washington Memorial Parkway: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...