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Wind Cave National Park

(Encyclopedia) Wind Cave National Park, 28,295 acres (11,459 hectares), in the Black Hills, SW S.Dak.; est. 1903. Wind Cave, discovered in 1881, was named for the strong air currents that blow…

Wood Buffalo National Park

(Encyclopedia) Wood Buffalo National Park, 17,577 sq mi (45,525 sq km), in NE Alta., Canada, extending into the Northwest Territories; est. 1922 to protect the only remaining herd of wood bison. It…

Carrizo Plain National Monument

(Encyclopedia) Carrizo Plain National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table).

Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument

(Encyclopedia) Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table).

Castle Clinton National Monument

(Encyclopedia) Castle Clinton National Monument: see Battery, the.

Castle Mountains National Monument

(Encyclopedia) Castle Mountains National Monument, 20,920 acres (8,466 hectares), SE California. Surrounded on three sides by the Mojave National Preserve (see Mojave Desert), the monument contains…

Wright Brothers National Memorial

(Encyclopedia) Wright Brothers National Memorial: 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).

Sonoran Desert National Monument

(Encyclopedia) Sonoran Desert National Monument: 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).