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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...

Rainier, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Rainier, Mount: see Mount Rainier National Park. ...

Old Faithful

(Encyclopedia)Old Faithful, geyser: see Yellowstone National Park. ...

Petrified Forest National Park

(Encyclopedia)Petrified Forest National Park, 93,533 acres (37,881 hectares), E Ariz.; est. as a national monument 1906, designated a national park 1962. A part of the Painted Desert, it contains the largest known ...

Salmon Wild River

(Encyclopedia)Salmon Wild River: see Kobuk Valley National Park. ...

Lassen Peak

(Encyclopedia)Lassen Peak: see under Lassen Volcanic National Park. ...

Novarupta

(Encyclopedia)Novarupta, volcano, Alaska: see Katmai National Park and Preserve. ...

Muir Glacier

(Encyclopedia)Muir Glacier: see Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. ...

Kahanamoku, Duke

(Encyclopedia)Kahanamoku, Duke, 1890–1968, American swimmer and surfer, b. Honolulu. A native Hawaiian, he was an excellent swimmer, surfer, and canoeist, and by 1911 he was setting Amateur Athletic Union swimmin...

Russellville

(Encyclopedia)Russellville, city (1990 pop. 21,260), seat of Pope co., central Ark., in an area yielding coal, timber, and diverse agricultural products; settled 1835, inc. 1870. Transportation equipment is manufac...
 

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