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Fort Laramie National Historic Site

(Encyclopedia) Fort Laramie National Historic SiteFort Laramie National Historic Sitelârˈəmē [key], 833 acres (337 hectares), SE Wyo.; est. 1938. Founded in 1834 as a fur-trading post by William…

Boies PENROSE, Congress, PA (1860-1921)

Senate Years of Service: 1897-1921Party: RepublicanPENROSE, Boies, a Senator from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., November 1, 1860; attended the public schools and was prepared for…

The Olympic Games Summary

Olympic Games: Years and Location Winter Games: Gold…

Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve

(Encyclopedia) Aniakchak National Monument and PreserveAniakchak National Monument and Preserveănēăkˈchăk [key], on the Alaska Peninsula, SW Alaska. Located in the Aleutian Range, the monument (137,…

Eisenhower National Historic Site

(Encyclopedia) Eisenhower National Historic Site: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table).

Effigy Mounds National Monument

(Encyclopedia) Effigy Mounds National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table).

De Soto National Memorial

(Encyclopedia) De Soto National Memorial: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table).

Devils Postpile National Monument

(Encyclopedia) Devils Postpile National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table).

Devils Tower National Monument

(Encyclopedia) Devils Tower National Monument, 1,347 acres (546 hectares), overlooking the Belle Fourche River, NE Wyo.; it was the first designated U.S. national monument (1906). Devils Tower, 865…

Dry Tortugas National Park

(Encyclopedia) Dry Tortugas National Park: see under Dry Tortugas.