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(Encyclopedia) national debt: see debt, public. ...

(Encyclopedia) Voyageurs National Park, 218,200 acres (88,340 hectares), N Minnesota. The park contains forested lake country noted for its sports fishing and glacial features. In the 18th cent. the region was a tra...

(Encyclopedia) Nye, Edgar Wilson nī [key], known as Bill Nye, 1850–96, American humorist and journalist, b. Shirley Mills, Maine. He lived in Wisconsin from 1852 to 1876, when he went to Wyoming. There he was adm...

(Encyclopedia) Saint Paul, city (1990 pop. 272,235), state capital and seat of Ramsey co., E Minn., on bluffs along the Mississippi River, contiguous with Minneapolis, forming the Twin Cities metropolitan area; inc....

(Encyclopedia) Zion National Park, 146,592 acres (59,349 hectares), SW Utah. First proclaimed a national monument in 1909, it was enlarged several times and established as a national park in 1919. The park is noted ...

(Encyclopedia) Chamizal National Memorial: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

(Encyclopedia) Navajo National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

(Encyclopedia) Petersburg National Battlefield: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

(Encyclopedia) Petroglyph National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

(Encyclopedia) Pipestone National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...