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Tarrytown

(Encyclopedia)Tarrytown târˈētoun [key], village (1990 pop. 10,739), Westchester co., SE N.Y., a residential suburb of New York City, on the E bank of the Hudson opposite Nyack; settled in the 17th cent. by the ...

Villanovan culture

(Encyclopedia)Villanovan culture, the culture of a people of N Italy in the early Iron Age (c.1100–700 b.c.). The term is derived from the town of Villanova, near Bologna, where the first excavations of a Villano...

Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site

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

Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument

(Encyclopedia)Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve

(Encyclopedia)Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Denali National Park and Preserve

(Encyclopedia)Denali National Park and Preserve dənälˈē [key], in the Alaska Range, S central Alaska; comprising Denali National Park (4,740,912 acres/1,919,398 hectares), est. as Mt. McKinley National Park 191...

City of Rocks National Reserve

(Encyclopedia)City of Rocks National Reserve: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Clara Barton National Historic Site

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

Charles Pinckney National Historic Site

(Encyclopedia)Charles Pinckney National Historic Site: 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). ...