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Menlo Park

(Encyclopedia)Menlo Park. 1 Residential city (1990 pop. 28,040), San Mateo co., W Calif.; inc. 1874. Electronic equipment and aerospace products are manufactured in the city. Menlo College and the SLAC National Acc...

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...

First State National Historical Park

(Encyclopedia)First State National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Harriet Tubman National Historical Park

(Encyclopedia)Harriet Tubman National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Hopewell Culture National Historical Park

(Encyclopedia)Hopewell Culture National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Glacier National Park, United States

(Encyclopedia)Glacier National Park, 1,013,572 acres (410,497 hectares), NW Mont.; est. 1910. Straddling the Continental Divide, the park contains some of the most beautiful primitive wilderness in the Rocky Mts. T...

Golden Spike National Historical PARK

(Encyclopedia)Golden Spike National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Minute Man National Historical Park

(Encyclopedia)Minute Man National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

National Park of American Samoa

(Encyclopedia)National Park of American Samoa: see American Samoa; National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Nez Percé National Historical Park

(Encyclopedia)Nez Percé National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...