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Campbell, Robert, American fur trader and merchant
(Encyclopedia)Campbell, Robert, 1804–79, American fur trader and merchant, one of the mountain men, b. Ireland. He came to the United States c.1824. Having been advised to lead an outdoor life because of a lung a...Gilbert, Grove Karl
(Encyclopedia)Gilbert, Grove Karl, 1843–1918, American geologist, b. Rochester, N.Y., grad. Univ. of Rochester, 1862. When the U.S. Geological Survey was created in the Dept. of the Interior in 1879 (to replace f...Montagnards
(Encyclopedia)Montagnards: see Mountain, the.Libanus
(Encyclopedia)Libanus: see Lebanon, mountain range. ...Karisimbi
(Encyclopedia)Karisimbi, mountain, Africa: see Virunga. ...Alvand
(Encyclopedia)Alvand, mountain, Iran: see Alwand. ...Savalan
(Encyclopedia)Savalan, mountain, Iran: see Sabalan. ...sewellel beaver
(Encyclopedia)sewellel beaver: see mountain beaver. ...sheep laurel
(Encyclopedia)sheep laurel: see mountain laurel. ...Plinlimon
(Encyclopedia)Plinlimon: see Plynlimon, mountain, Wales. ...Browse by Subject
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