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(Encyclopedia) Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

(Encyclopedia) Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

(Encyclopedia) Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

(Encyclopedia) Ice Age National Scenic Trail: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

(Encyclopedia) Newton. 1 City (1990 pop. 16,700), seat of Harvey co., S central Kans., in an agricultural area; inc. 1872. It is a railroad division point with railroad shops and has a large mobile home industry in ...

(Encyclopedia) Abilene ăbˈĭlēn [key]. 1 City (2020 pop. 6,460), seat of Dickinson co., central Kans., on the Smoky Hill River; inc. 1869. It was (1867–71) a railhead for a large ca...

(Encyclopedia) Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

(Encyclopedia) Lomax, John Avery lōˈmăks [key], 1867–1948, American folklorist, b. Goodman, Miss. Lomax's first book, Cowboy Songs (1910), contained for the first time in print such songs as “The Old Chisholm...

(Encyclopedia) Bozeman, John M. bōzˈmən [key], 1835–67, American pioneer. A Georgian, he went to the gold fields of Colorado (1861) and Montana (1862). In the winter of 1862–63 he traveled with a companion fr...

(Encyclopedia) Camino Real, El [Span.,=The Royal Road]. There are Camino Reals in most former Spanish possessions, including four in former Spanish territory in the United States. Probably the best-known American tr...