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Lake Mead National Recreation Area

(Encyclopedia)Lake Mead National Recreation Area: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Lake Meredith National Recreation Area

(Encyclopedia)Lake Meredith National Recreation Area: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area

(Encyclopedia)Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Ross Lake National Recreation Area

(Encyclopedia)Ross Lake National Recreation Area: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area

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

Gauley River National Recreation Area

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

Golden Gate National Recreation Area

(Encyclopedia)Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Calif.: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Casper

(Encyclopedia)Casper, city (2020 pop. 59,038), alt. 5,123 ft (1,561 m), seat of Natrona co., E central Wyo., on the North Platte River; inc. 1889. It is a rail, distr...

Moray, council area and former county, Scotland

(Encyclopedia)Moray mûrˈē [key], council area (1993 est. pop. 86,250), 864 sq mi (2,237 sq km), and former county, NE Scotland. Under the Local Government Act of 1973, the county of Moray (or Morayshire) was div...

Homestead Act

(Encyclopedia)Homestead Act, 1862, passed by the U.S. Congress. It provided for the transfer of 160 acres (65 hectares) of unoccupied public land to each homesteader on payment of a nominal fee after five years of ...