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Asheville

(Encyclopedia)Asheville ăshˈvəl, –vĭl [key], city (2020 pop. 94,589), seat of Buncombe co., W N.C., on the French Broad and Swannanoa rivers and on a plateau in the Blue Ridge Mts...

Jefferson National Expansion Memorial

(Encyclopedia)Jefferson National Expansion Memorial: see Gateway Arch National Park. ...

Ocala

(Encyclopedia)Ocala ōkălˈə [key], city (1990 pop. 42,045), seat of Marion co., N central Fla.; inc. 1868. It is a trade and processing center for citrus fruit, vegetables, and truck farm goods. The surrounding ...

Fort Jefferson National Monument

(Encyclopedia)Fort Jefferson National Monument: see Dry Tortugas National Park under Dry Tortugas. ...

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). ...

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). ...