Search results for "Mountain States" - New World Encyclopedia
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- Hillbillies," the "Caruso of Mountain Music," and the "Backwoods ... show. He toured the Southern United States and eventually formed a band ...6 KB (954 words) - 22:28, 16 December 2022
- She completed an extended study of mountain gorillas, observing them ... the beginning of her interest in the rare mountain gorilla. ...13 KB (1,888 words) - 11:53, 29 January 2024
- Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, and the Foggy Mountain Boys were an influential ... in 1948, taking the name "Foggy Mountain Boys" from a popular ...13 KB (1,828 words) - 06:13, 1 April 2024
- The Naval Support Facility Thurmont, popularly known as Camp David, is the rustic 125-acre mountain retreat of the President of the United States ...11 KB (1,604 words) - 18:57, 25 November 2023
- such as the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, the Heinz ... The Computer History Museum is a museum established in 1996 in Mountain ...11 KB (1,525 words) - 02:34, 8 January 2024
- Kilimanjaro is the tallest free-standing mountain rise in the world, rising ... for "hill" or "little mountain," and Njaro, understood ...13 KB (1,915 words) - 01:45, 11 March 2023
- The Rocky Mountains, often called the Rockies, are a broad mountain ... population grew rapidly in the Rocky Mountain states between 1950 and 1990 ...17 KB (2,479 words) - 02:29, 16 December 2022
- to be the remains of the lost city of Turquoise Mountain. ... which the Ghurid chronicler Juzjani states washed away in a flash-flood ...10 KB (1,495 words) - 18:44, 9 November 2022
- Somalia. Some definitions also include the states of Kenya, Sudan, and Tanzania ... is the Simien range, one of the largest mountain ranges in Africa. This range ...12 KB (1,812 words) - 14:19, 7 February 2024
- National Forests are combined United States National Forests that form ... The Shenandoah National Forest was established by the United States ...15 KB (2,117 words) - 11:03, 13 December 2023
- to a range of mountains spread across the states of Tamilnadu as well as Karnataka ... . The district resides mainly contained within that mountain range. ...15 KB (2,206 words) - 04:44, 15 November 2022
- 150 years of the history of the United States with 60-foot sculptures of ... was built, as Six Grandfathers, the mountain was renamed after Charles ...16 KB (2,297 words) - 18:42, 13 July 2023
- 3,000 followers to descend onto Baekdu Mountain, then called Taebaek Mountain ... he returned to Asadal and became a mountain god at the age of 1,908. ...11 KB (1,597 words) - 18:13, 24 January 2024
- which would imply that Mount Catherine was actually the mountain in ... adjacent to Mount Catherine, to be the biblical mountain, ...14 KB (2,007 words) - 19:14, 22 December 2022
- novels such as Go Tell It On The Mountain, essays such as The Fire ... his first two novels, Go Tell It On The Mountain (1953) and Giovanni's ...12 KB (1,855 words) - 08:53, 18 March 2024
- "Mauna Loa" means "Long Mountain." Lava eruptions from ... Eruptions generally occur in three regions on the mountain: at the ...18 KB (2,821 words) - 16:58, 7 November 2022
- Alps as a method of communication between mountain peaks, later becoming part ... of communicating between cowherders from mountain to mountain.Bart Plantenga ...12 KB (1,787 words) - 00:48, 17 April 2023
- miles long providing access to Cadillac Mountain, and Otter Cliffs on the ... retains a small-town atmosphere. Cadillac Mountain, named after the French ...12 KB (1,894 words) - 07:17, 14 June 2023
- the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located about 50 miles ... The mountain has six ski areas: Timberline, Mount Hood Meadows, Ski ...18 KB (2,745 words) - 01:45, 11 March 2023
- is the tallest volcano and the highest mountain in Japan. Mount Fuji is ... Ashi—provide excellent views of the mountain. It is part of the Fuji ...18 KB (2,819 words) - 17:06, 10 November 2022
- Hill briefly before entering the United States Military Academy at West ... out of the Episcopal Church of the United States. His friend and former roommate ...10 KB (1,572 words) - 08:03, 6 March 2023
- , literally towering Eyebrow Mountain) is located in Sichuan province ... -Mount Song. A large area surrounding the mountain, known as the Permian Emeishan ...12 KB (1,741 words) - 17:05, 10 November 2022
- ('renouncing the world') mountain (within Songnisan National ... Legend states that Taejo, the founder of the Joseon Dynasty retired ...9 KB (1,412 words) - 21:05, 20 January 2022
- Physically unconnected to any nearby mountain and rising abruptly ... Mount Shasta is home to pristine mountain lakes, rivers and forests ...20 KB (2,974 words) - 17:45, 10 November 2022
- some of the oldest rocks in the western United States. The City of ... Reserve's northeast corner. Smoky Mountain (elevation 7,520 ft) is ...16 KB (2,492 words) - 22:26, 10 December 2023
- defeat did much to demoralize the Southern states, the fact that such men as ... Virginia, and graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1847 ...11 KB (1,694 words) - 06:51, 13 June 2023
- Trail. The highest peak is Hawksbill Mountain at 4,051 feet (1,235 m) ... Mountains and runs to the Smoky Mountain National Park. ...14 KB (2,152 words) - 19:57, 21 April 2023
- of public lands in the northwestern United States. The park straddles the border ... pristine wilderness in the lower 48 states. Because of its size the ...13 KB (1,924 words) - 17:59, 31 October 2023
- 039;s Jay and migratory birds such as the Mountain Bluebird, the Peregrine ... Europeans saw it. By the time the United States gained independence in 1776 ...14 KB (2,151 words) - 18:04, 31 October 2023
- | location_country = United States | location = Reston, Virginia, United States | area_served = United States ...15 KB (2,010 words) - 04:19, 11 March 2023
- is home to Mount McKinley, the tallest mountain in North America at 20, ... and refers to the Mount McKinley. The mountain was named after president ...19 KB (2,921 words) - 09:33, 28 January 2024
- The Atlas Mountain Range also served to facilitate agriculture in ... After defining the landscape in the region, the Atlas Mountain range ...12 KB (1,787 words) - 06:36, 16 November 2022
- the downfall of Shang Kingdom, when legend states thatKing Wu of Zhou released him. ... returned to Asadal, where he became a mountain god at the age of 1908. ...8 KB (1,218 words) - 06:55, 14 December 2022
- It is bounded to the north by the United States. Politically, it is divided ... A series of mountain ranges runs the length of the peninsula, which ...14 KB (2,128 words) - 05:48, 26 August 2023
- Press, 1937. Reprinted in The Seven Mountain-Travel Books. The Mountaineers ... Nanda Devi, the second highest mountain in India, has the distinction ...20 KB (2,980 words) - 01:17, 11 November 2022
- Range of southern New England, United States, is a narrow and steep fault ... There is no universal consensus on the name for this mountain range ...33 KB (4,756 words) - 10:34, 10 March 2023
- supporter of secession from the United States after Abraham Lincoln's ... When the Confederate States of America was established, Brown spoke ...6 KB (817 words) - 07:21, 10 August 2022
- The various Gaya mini-states formed a confederacy in the second and ... The Gaya states each have a distinct history. Unfortunately, academic ...15 KB (2,181 words) - 04:48, 18 April 2024
- Lassen Volcanic National Park is a United States National Park in ... recent eruption in the contiguous 48 U.S. states until the 1980 eruption of ...22 KB (3,291 words) - 17:48, 25 October 2022
- The Sierra Nevada (Spanish for "snowy mountain range") is a major mountain range of the western United States. It is also known informally ...23 KB (3,404 words) - 20:09, 21 April 2023
- Oregon, and Washington. The Mountain States include Arizona, Colorado ... The Colorado River snakes through the Mountain states, forming the ...23 KB (3,514 words) - 17:21, 4 May 2023
- that it creates its own weather. The mountain and the surrounding area ... Though located in a state with two mountain ranges, (the Cascades and ...24 KB (3,759 words) - 17:43, 10 November 2022
- that covers parts of six western United States. Its boundaries depend on ... Nevada, consists of a series of isolated mountain ranges and intervening valleys ...18 KB (2,728 words) - 02:26, 19 December 2022
- the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located 128 miles ... event in the history of the United States. Fifty-seven people were ...26 KB (4,064 words) - 01:45, 11 March 2023
- eroded away, but still form a basaltic mountain range known as North Mountain ... These tholeiitic basalts form a volcanic mountain range known as North Mountain. ...16 KB (2,540 words) - 03:10, 26 September 2023
- of Mexico, especially in the United States. Among other plants sometimes ... With a name derived from the Greek for "joy of the mountain" ...11 KB (1,590 words) - 01:11, 18 November 2022
- The Andes is South America's longest mountain range, forming ... The Andes is the highest mountain range outside Asia, with the highest ...15 KB (2,126 words) - 19:59, 26 July 2023
- the Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2004–2005] US Census Bureau ... |popplace=United States (Utah, Colorado, New Mexico) |rels=Christianity ...20 KB (2,983 words) - 13:48, 3 May 2023
- kinds of sparrows, red Fox, kangaroo rat, mountain lion, midget faded rattlesnake ... in the area were the Mormon Elk Mountain Mission in 1855, who soon ...13 KB (1,918 words) - 06:16, 12 August 2023
- Lobster, in particular, is a great delicacy in the United States, ... the Northeast coastline of the United States. Various type of clams are ...11 KB (1,582 words) - 19:57, 21 April 2023
- fish species in the country. Diversity—mountain, glacier, forest, rainforest ... valleys, lowland forest, glacier-capped mountain peaks and a great variety ...14 KB (2,164 words) - 02:28, 19 December 2022
- The Black Hills are a small, isolated mountain range rising from the ... and additional territory in adjoining states. This included the Black ...27 KB (4,267 words) - 18:05, 31 October 2023
- Known as the Rio Grande in the United States and as the Río Bravo ... . It is the fourth longest river system in the United States and the ...17 KB (2,584 words) - 01:41, 15 December 2022
- basin, fringed on all sides by protective mountain rages. The mountain ring ... of the Takla Makan came when warring states began to plunder the desert ...10 KB (1,621 words) - 00:52, 21 April 2023
- later, he wrote an antithetical book, The Mountain People, about Uganda's ... became a naturalized citizen of the United States and Towles decided to become ...12 KB (1,900 words) - 22:31, 7 January 2024
- The name Hanshan means “Cold Cliff,” “Cold Mountain,” or “Cold ... Temple; itself located within the Taishan Mountain range on China's southeast ...19 KB (3,199 words) - 20:34, 3 May 2021
- "potholing," or (in the United States) "spelunking." ... Italy, Australia, the UK, and the United States. As a result, explored caves ...13 KB (2,017 words) - 16:20, 3 December 2023
- The Appalachian dulcimer, also called a mountain dulcimer, is a narrower ... The hammered dulcimer (as well as the mountain dulcimer), can also ...15 KB (2,441 words) - 17:20, 12 February 2024
- The Adirondack Mountains are a mountain range located in the northeastern ... four of these peaks (Blake Peak, Cliff Mountain, Nye Mountain, and Couchsachraga ...25 KB (3,782 words) - 05:58, 15 June 2023
- #039;s traits: Deeply tied roots to United States politics and the military ... for four years in the United States Congress. Terry L. Beckenbaugh ...14 KB (2,210 words) - 04:50, 14 June 2023
- third president of the United States, and founder of the University ... cent coin (the “nickel”) of the United States coined from 1938 to 2003 ...14 KB (2,117 words) - 21:15, 9 November 2022
- in the southwestern region of the United States. The capital and largest ... from spiritual pursuits to hiking and mountain biking trails, as well as ...21 KB (2,995 words) - 02:46, 15 August 2023
- The Cascade Range is a major mountain range of western North America, extending from Canada's British Columbia through the U.S. states of ...29 KB (4,312 words) - 14:17, 29 November 2023
- Crater Lake National Park is a United States National Park located ... The park is on the crest of the Cascade Mountain Range, ...23 KB (3,549 words) - 00:17, 15 January 2023
- of Mount Wilson Observatory, on Palomar Mountain. It is owned and operated ... selected a site at 5,600 feet on Palomar Mountain in San Diego County, California ...11 KB (1,644 words) - 17:07, 10 November 2022
- The last part of the continental United States to be mapped, the remote ... extension to the southeast, Fifty Mile Mountain, runs nearly to the Colorado ...21 KB (3,138 words) - 14:39, 31 December 2022
- Grand Teton National Park is a United States National Park located ... historians disagree, and claim that the mountain was named after the Teton ...24 KB (3,641 words) - 19:45, 19 September 2021
- in rhyolite lava flows like those at Topaz Mountain in western Utah. It may be found with fluorite and cassiterite. It can be found in the Ural ...5 KB (639 words) - 04:01, 1 May 2023
- The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a United States National ... Situated in the eastern part of the United States, its annual tourism is double ...27 KB (4,145 words) - 12:21, 24 January 2023
- Virginia, and graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1837 ... Virginia Infantry, as a colonel in the Confederate States Army. ...15 KB (2,251 words) - 20:40, 4 October 2022
- century. Archaeologists from the United States, Italy, France and Libya ... announced the development of the Green Mountain Conservation and Development ...13 KB (1,919 words) - 18:50, 12 May 2020
- The Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804–1806) was the first United ... of the defining attributes of the United States. The initial expedition and ...22 KB (3,473 words) - 22:21, 25 October 2022
- are stories of yetis coming down from the mountain to feed off of livestock ... the first time, the world's largest mountain, Mount Everest, some in ...14 KB (2,210 words) - 09:58, 23 May 2023
- border. It is divided into three federal states: Gharb Darfur (West Darfur ... The plains are punctuated by occasional mountain ranges. The plateau is bordered ...15 KB (2,359 words) - 22:17, 25 January 2024
- effect of racial prejudice in the United States. The book was a co-winner ... says he "lived in 20 places in eight states and Canada".Wallace ...23 KB (3,464 words) - 18:47, 17 April 2023
- in anthropological studies in the United States a few years earlier, and ... From 1941 to 1944, Radin taught at Black Mountain College, and then ...11 KB (1,587 words) - 01:29, 23 November 2022
- shield volcanoes that today form two mountain ranges, Wai ... The opening battle of World War II in the Pacific for the United States ...11 KB (1,697 words) - 19:38, 17 November 2022
- the center of the universe; the eastern mountain is green, the southern is ... to metaphorically represent five different states of combat. Xingyiquan practitioners ...19 KB (2,730 words) - 14:06, 20 May 2023
- higher education for women in the United States. It went on to be the model ... title=Women's Colleges in the United States: History, Issues, and Challenges ...17 KB (2,398 words) - 01:44, 11 March 2023
- in Arizona. In the southwestern United States, canyons are important archeologically ... canyon is generally used in the United States, while the word gorge is ...14 KB (2,019 words) - 19:29, 25 November 2023
- of the 'East Mountain Teachings' (Chinese: tung-shan fa ... of a homeless life visiting the famous mountain centers of China, Shenxiu ...14 KB (2,174 words) - 09:57, 23 May 2023
- of the desert also extend into the Indian states of Haryana, Punjab, and Gujarat ... natural borders, including the Aravalli Mountain Range to the southeast and ...14 KB (2,193 words) - 15:08, 30 April 2023
- Mount Athos (Greek: Όρος Άθως) a mountain in Macedonia, northern ... version of the story, Poseidon used the mountain to bury the defeated giant. ...27 KB (4,022 words) - 17:04, 10 November 2022
- southern Canada through most of the United States to Mexico, Central America ... " A popular cynical office poster states, "Eagles may soar, but ...13 KB (1,923 words) - 18:44, 17 April 2023
- like ridge of land or rock in the United States and Canada that runs westward ... Affectionately referred to as "the mountain" by its residents, ...10 KB (1,467 words) - 23:26, 14 November 2022
- quot; experience, associating his mountain spires with majestic cathedrals ... as well as to the southern United States. In the Fall of 1861, Bierdstadt ...26 KB (3,901 words) - 04:59, 17 June 2023
- demand among other Teton bands. A United States Army soldier, at Fort Bennett ... with Touch the Clouds) against the United States Army, but saw no major action ...12 KB (1,889 words) - 16:24, 27 December 2023
- that Jesus seems have gone up the mountain not to gain a better platform ... to Jesus healing the sick, so he climbs a mountain and speaks to his disciples. ...16 KB (2,654 words) - 10:04, 26 January 2023
- the orchestral tone poem, Night on Bald Mountain, and the piano suite, Pictures ... orchestral version of his Night on Bald Mountain (which Balakirev criticized ...18 KB (2,697 words) - 19:26, 9 November 2022
- Chinchilla (chinchillas), Lagidium (mountain viscachas), and Lagostomus ... arid, and rugged areas of transverse mountain chains in north-central ...19 KB (2,808 words) - 22:35, 13 January 2023
- prairie regions of Canada and the United States, such as Alberta, Manitoba ... Medicine wheels are sited throughout northern United States and southern ...19 KB (2,854 words) - 09:37, 10 March 2023
- there is no evidence that any such mountain range of silver ever existed ... of the west to 80 inches in the eastern mountain region. The upper basin ...17 KB (2,604 words) - 01:41, 15 December 2022
- words popōca (it smokes) and tepētl (mountain), meaning Smoking Mountain ... Mexico City, but they soon moved into the mountain range in order to live among ...16 KB (2,426 words) - 13:08, 10 March 2023
- final defeat, some believe the the United States would have remained divided ... Russell's men slipped across South Mountain and reached McClellan's ...18 KB (2,860 words) - 09:46, 22 September 2023
- the Lingnan circuit, (or literally "Mountain-South" circuit) in ... to southeast Asia, the Western United States, and Canada. ...24 KB (3,310 words) - 02:43, 5 March 2023
- robust campaign on behalf of the Southern states would help them, once defeated ... Johnston had entrenched his army on the long, high mountain of Rocky ...22 KB (3,369 words) - 11:49, 14 November 2021
- and magazines. In 1905 he founded the Inter-Mountain Educator, which was the first educational journal in the northern Rocky Mountain region. In ...11 KB (1,638 words) - 15:55, 7 May 2023
- U.S. forces, was castigated by the United States Congress and the scandal ... 2006', the National Park Service states; "The months following ...15 KB (2,230 words) - 03:11, 23 December 2022
- aspiration to become independent states. ==Overview== Bashkirs are ... between Ufa and Cheliabinsk in the Ural Mountain region, ca. 1910.]] ...10 KB (1,550 words) - 04:39, 11 January 2023
- army officer who emigrated to the United States, became a geographer, cartographer ... served on the side of the Northern States during the American Civil ...9 KB (1,379 words) - 06:10, 15 June 2023
