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Shiloh National Military Park

(Encyclopedia)Shiloh National Military Park: see Shiloh, battle of; National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Lowell National Historical Park

(Encyclopedia)Lowell National Historical Park: see Lowell; 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). ...

Channel Islands National Park

(Encyclopedia)Channel Islands National Park: see Channel Islands, California; National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Oligocene epoch

(Encyclopedia)Oligocene epoch ŏlˈəgōsēnˌ [key], third epoch of the Tertiary period in the Cenozoic era of geologic time, lasting from 38 to 24 million years ago. More of North America was dry land during the ...

Ayers Rock

(Encyclopedia)Ayers Rock, monolith, Australia: alternative name for Uluru. See Uluru–Kata Tjuta National Park. ...

Amherstburg

(Encyclopedia)Amherstburg, industrial town, S Ont., Canada, on the Detroit River. Fort Malden, built (1797–99) to replace a post lost when Detroit was ceded to the United States, is now within a natio...

Rock Creek Park

(Encyclopedia)Rock Creek Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Prince William Forest Park

(Encyclopedia)Prince William Forest Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Fort Washington Park

(Encyclopedia)Fort Washington Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...
 

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