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Long Range

(Encyclopedia) Long Range, mountain range, extending c.300 mi (480 km) along the west coast of Newfoundland island, Canada; rises to 2,672 ft (814 m) in the Lewis Hills. It forms the Great Northern…

piedmont, physiographic region

(Encyclopedia) piedmont, any area near the foot of a mountain, particularly the plateau (the Piedmont) extending from New York to Alabama E of the Appalachian Mts. and W of the Atlantic coastal plain…

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania State Information Official Name: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Capital: Harrisburg Organized as a territory: 1681 Entered Union (rank): December 12, 1787 (2nd) Present constitution…

Anniston

(Encyclopedia) Anniston Anniston ănˈĭstən [key], city, seat of Calhoun co., NE Ala., in a mining region of the Appalachian foothills; inc. 1873. Its manufactures include…

Winter Weather Across America

From the Mid-Atlantic Coast to New England Source: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) The classic storm in these states is called a Nor'easter. A low-pressure area off the Carolina…

MacKaye, Benton

(Encyclopedia) MacKaye, BentonMacKaye, Bentonməkīˈ [key], 1879–1975, American forester and regional planner, b. Stamford, Conn., grad. Harvard (B.A., 1900; M.A. School of Forestry, 1905); son of…

Katahdin

(Encyclopedia) KatahdinKatahdinkətäˈdĭn [key], mountain, 5,267 ft (1,605 m) high, between branches of the Penobscot River in N central Maine; highest point in Maine. The peak and the beautifully…

Janette Carter 2006 Deaths

Janette CarterAge: 82 singer and autoharp player who was the last surviving member of the Carter Family, an influential group that sang traditional folk music of the southern Appalachian…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: The Mountain

by EmilyDickinsonTwo WorldsA DayThe Mountain The Mountain The mountain sat upon the plain In his eternal chair, His observation omnifold, His inquest everywhere. The seasons prayed…

Crossing the Bitter Root Mountains

Chapter 22 Chapter 24 Crossing the Bitter Root Mountains Disasters many kept pace with the unhappy explorers on their way back to Quamash flats after their rebuff at the base of…