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National Heritage Corridors

Name and location Total acreageBlackstone River Valley (Mass.-R.I.)400,000Delaware and Lehigh (Pa.)n.a.Erie Canalway (N.Y.)3,087,360Illinois and Michigan Canal (Ill.)n.a.Quinebaug and…

Curious Collections

America's weird museums by Laura Hayes Arts & Entertainment | American History Gruesome | Medical Marvels | Curious Collections | Really Weird Science American History Gruesome…

Curious Collections

America's weird museums by Laura Hayes Arts & Entertainment | American History Gruesome | Medical Marvels | Curious Collections | Really Weird Science American History Gruesome…

Born to Run

Just who can run for president? 2016 Presidential Candidate Ted Cruz Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore Related Links U.S. Elections How a President Is Nominated and…

Mobile, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) MobileMobilemōbēlˈ, mōˈbēlˌ [key], city (1990 pop. 196,278), seat of Mobile co., SW Ala., at the head of Mobile Bay and at the mouth of the Mobile River; inc. 1814. Lying on one of the…

cloud chamber

(Encyclopedia) cloud chamber, device used to detect elementary particles and other ionizing radiation. A cloud chamber consists essentially of a closed container filled with a supersaturated vapor, e…

Santa Fe, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Santa FeSanta Fesănˈtə fā [key], city (1990 pop. 55,859), alt. c.7,000 ft (2,130 m), state capital and seat of Santa Fe co., N N.Mex., at the foot of the Sangre de Cristo Mts. It is an…

planarian

(Encyclopedia) planarian, common name for several genera of the free-living (turbellarian) flatworms belonging to the order Tricladida, a name that derives from their characteristic three-branched…

Great Smoky Mountains

(Encyclopedia) Great Smoky Mountains, part of the Appalachian system, on the N.C.–Tenn. border; highest range E of the Mississippi and one of the oldest uplands on earth. The mountains are named for…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: August 24, 1806

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark August 23, 1806August 25, 1806August 24, 1806 Sunday 24th August 1806 a fair morning we Set out as usial about Sunrise and proceeded on untill 2…