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Oregon Trail
(Encyclopedia)Oregon Trail, overland emigrant route in the United States from the Missouri River to the Columbia River country (all of which was then called Oregon). The pioneers by wagon train did not, however, fo...Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
(Encyclopedia)Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park
(Encyclopedia)Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park, 117 acres (47 hectares), central Ky., near Hodgenville; est. 1916. Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin in this area on Feb. 12, 1809. The exact...Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
(Encyclopedia)Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, SE Alaska, near Juneau. The park (3,224,840 acres/1,305,603 hectares) and the preserve (58,406 acres/23,646 hectares) were established in 1925 as a national mon...George Rogers Clark National Historical Park
(Encyclopedia)George Rogers Clark National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...American Samoa, The National Park of
(Encyclopedia)American Samoa, The National Park of, c.9,000 acres (3,645 hectares), American Samoa, S Pacific Ocean. Comprising areas on the islands of Ofu, Ta'u, and Tutuila, the park features the only paleotropic...New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park
(Encyclopedia)New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
(Encyclopedia)New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park
(Encyclopedia)Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park
(Encyclopedia)Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Browse by Subject
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