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
- and Shigu on October 23; Cheonbusan mountain on October 24, and the final ... Kano." Chosun Doknip Undongji Hyulsa states that a secret paper issued ...12 KB (1,690 words) - 11:38, 20 September 2023
- U.S. troops at the Battle of Killdeer Mountain. The battle was a decisive ... The Battle of Killdeer Mountain struck a significant blow against ...14 KB (2,110 words) - 22:40, 29 January 2023
- that point, for example the summit of a mountain. However, the intent behind ... found along roadsides and trails, up on mountain peaks, and adjacent to Buddhist ...25 KB (3,874 words) - 18:18, 25 November 2023
- The extinction of the Rocky Mountain locust, Melanoplus spretus, has ... *Rocky Mountain locust (Melanoplus spretus) in North America had some ...14 KB (2,045 words) - 07:50, 9 March 2023
- golden eagles) can be found in the United States and Canada, a few more in ... *** Mountain hawk-eagle, S. nipalensis *** Blyth's hawk-eagle ...15 KB (1,992 words) - 01:24, 16 January 2023
- European ash trees (eg. E. regnans, "Mountain ash") ... Today, specimens of the Australian Mountain Ash, E. regnans, are among ...15 KB (2,373 words) - 12:22, 21 January 2023
- in 1872, which covers parts of the U.S. states of Wyoming, Montana and Idaho. ... that the Native Americans in the United States might be preserved: by some ...17 KB (2,403 words) - 02:28, 19 December 2022
- Colorado is a state located in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States of America. It may also be considered as part of the Western and ...37 KB (5,383 words) - 22:39, 7 January 2024
- and southeast and traverses the United States states of Colorado, Kansas ... , the Arkansas is the sixth longest river in the United States, the ...11 KB (1,582 words) - 03:27, 30 January 2023
- Capitol Reef National Park is a United States National Park located ... like a rugged spine from Thousand Lake Mountain southward to Lake Powell ...19 KB (2,793 words) - 22:09, 25 November 2023
- | birthplace = Chicago, Illinois, United States | deathdate = 1902 ... He was only 32. He was buried in Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland ...11 KB (1,707 words) - 05:06, 9 April 2024
- to as "old-timey" or "mountain music" by long-time ... was practiced in all regions of the United States in the eighteenth and nineteenth ...26 KB (3,894 words) - 00:03, 18 November 2022
- National Forest established in the United States and covers nearly 2.5 million ... Three major mountain ranges are partially in the forest: the Absaroka ...41 KB (6,175 words) - 20:03, 21 April 2023
- U.S. National Park located in the western states of Wyoming, Montana, and ... all of what is now the Western United States, much of the Midwestern area ...33 KB (5,106 words) - 09:57, 23 May 2023
- A mountain stream runs through the Wolong Valley, in which the Reserve ... * Xiling Snow Mountain Scenic Park (Chinese: 西岭雪山风景名胜区) ...13 KB (1,731 words) - 20:05, 21 April 2023
- The Banff Center has organized the Banff Mountain Film Festival. In 1990, ... of Canada") series. The Lake Louise Mountain Resort is also located near ...34 KB (5,022 words) - 03:27, 17 September 2023
- His autobiography, The Seven Storey Mountain, was a literary sensation ... France, and the family moved to the United States. A second son, John Paul ...21 KB (3,278 words) - 21:22, 30 April 2023
- All of the states in the UN subregion of Middle Africa, plus Burundi ... basin, where the Virunga volcanoes form a mountain range. Ancient Glaciers ...16 KB (2,498 words) - 23:51, 3 December 2023
- Superior National Forest, part of the United States National Forest ... the Misquah Hills including Eagle Mountain, the state's highest ...20 KB (2,971 words) - 23:47, 26 February 2023
- festivals held throughout the United States. ==Instrumentation and ... * Cold Mountain (film) * O Brother, Where Art Thou? * King of Bluegrass: ...15 KB (2,227 words) - 05:41, 16 November 2023
- and independence of life in the United States, symbolizing American strength ... Image:Hunter Mountain, Twilight.jpg|Hunter Mountain, Twilight (Gifford ...14 KB (2,021 words) - 23:21, 29 September 2021
- demarcates the border between the states of New York and New Jersey ... western boundary of the area of the United States known as New England. By ...23 KB (3,395 words) - 12:16, 4 February 2023
- third largest. The Arctic Cordillera mountain system covers much of Ellesmere ... break through this ice; the highest mountain in North America is on Ellesmere ...20 KB (2,966 words) - 17:14, 13 February 2024
- in the southern region of the United States of America. Arkansas shares ... are divided by the Arkansas River. The mountain ranges are part of the interior ...27 KB (3,857 words) - 02:49, 15 August 2023
- As of 2007, the United States is the world's leading producer ... gravel carried down from high places by mountain streams and deposited on ...6 KB (948 words) - 18:27, 20 January 2023
- boundary between Mexico and the United States; Big Bend National Park administers ... topography and ecology in the United States. The park covers 1,252 square ...17 KB (2,701 words) - 03:47, 1 October 2023
- River from its headwaters in Rocky Mountain National Park to its confluence ... C. LaRue, Chief Hydrologist of the United States Geological Survey, identified ...24 KB (3,618 words) - 22:40, 7 January 2024
- ) higher up in the mountain slopes. [[Image:Muir woods redwoods.jpg ... sequoia trees grew throughout the United States. Today, the Coast Redwood ...13 KB (2,008 words) - 01:49, 11 March 2023
- and British Columbia. Set in Rocky Mountain wilderness, Glacier National ... mountains of this area, especially Chief Mountain and the region in the southeast ...38 KB (5,805 words) - 13:33, 16 December 2022
- " often associated with mountain ranges formed by "orogeny ... The granitization theory states that granite (or some types of granite ...12 KB (1,794 words) - 12:17, 24 January 2023
- expansa in the Aizoaceae family, and Mountain spinach, Atriplex hortense ... the Spaniards who brought it to the United States (Herbst 2001). ...11 KB (1,686 words) - 21:39, 7 February 2023
- the Indian Wars they supported the United States military, providing scouts ... from the Hidatsa in two main groups: the Mountain Crow and the River Crow ...27 KB (4,037 words) - 06:29, 11 January 2024
- bank of a river and the north side of a mountain.” "Yang" refers ... of Yin-Yang") was a Warring States era philosophy that synthesized ...13 KB (2,041 words) - 11:14, 24 May 2023
- of their moisture as they move over a mountain range. Other areas are arid ... Rain shadow deserts form when tall mountain ranges block clouds from ...20 KB (3,022 words) - 09:55, 29 January 2024
- Utah, a state located in the western United States, was the 45th state ... one of the most religiously homogeneous states in the Union, with approximately ...39 KB (5,757 words) - 13:47, 3 May 2023
- from the grandeur of that majestic mountain range. Adi Shankara, the ... town lies between the Nar and Narayana mountain ranges and in the shadow ...11 KB (1,669 words) - 05:36, 26 August 2023
- area; yet, isolated by the steep coastal mountain range and rugged coastline ... Big Sur's Cone Peak is the highest coastal mountain in the lower ...23 KB (3,598 words) - 03:49, 1 October 2023
- in several Western nations (United States, France, Australia, and elsewhere ... Hmong/Mong people now live in the United States, French Guiana, France and ...23 KB (3,462 words) - 16:33, 9 November 2022
- from adjacent basins by a ridge, hill, or mountain, which is known as a water ... In defining watershed, Langbein and Iseri (1995) of the United States ...9 KB (1,433 words) - 23:19, 3 May 2023
- The State of Wyoming is a state in the western region of the United States of America. The majority of the state is dominated by the mountain ...36 KB (5,337 words) - 14:13, 20 May 2023
- Maronites for 400 years. Secure in their mountain fastnesses, it was not until ... the ethnic cleansing of the Crusader States in 1291. The Mamelukes led ...14 KB (2,092 words) - 16:35, 27 January 2022
- the landscape surrounding the United States Capitol building, Piedmont ... *Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, California, dedicated in 1865 ...19 KB (2,631 words) - 10:28, 11 April 2024
- It lies at the northern foot of Purple Mountain (Chinese: 紫金山; pinyin: ... Legend states that, to prevent robbery of the tomb, thirteen identical ...24 KB (3,553 words) - 16:44, 12 February 2024
- Blind Boys Of Alabama album Go Tell It On The Mountain, which won a Grammy for Best Traditional Gospel Album. Also in 2004, Burke recorded a duet with ...13 KB (1,918 words) - 01:00, 4 February 2023
- of the first national parks in the United States. The canyon is about 277 ... visited on numerous occasions to hunt mountain lions and enjoy the scenery. ...19 KB (2,919 words) - 20:27, 13 September 2021
- Military History: A library of Confederate States History… Volume II] (Atlanta ... one cavalry regiment. He also had eight mountain howitzers and six artillery ...38 KB (5,738 words) - 19:45, 30 March 2024
- of andesite and dacite. Before 1991, the mountain was inconspicuous and heavily ... The dense jungle covering most of the mountain and surrounding peaks supported ...24 KB (3,489 words) - 17:08, 10 November 2022
- and largely cement his fame. The Magic Mountain was a transitional ... Switzerland in 1933, then to the United States in 1939, where he taught ...35 KB (5,541 words) - 21:22, 30 April 2023
- The Ozarks (also referred to as Ozarks Mountain Country, the Ozark ... For example, the ecoregion called Ozark Mountain Forests includes the Ouachita ...28 KB (4,107 words) - 15:41, 30 April 2023
- Commodore Matthew C. Perry and the United States squadron of "Black Ships ... MOUNTAIN High in the sky Italic textThere can be seen towering ...11 KB (1,750 words) - 18:29, 13 February 2024
- ) are a mountain range in Asia, separating the Indian subcontinent ... The Himalayas are a mountain range in Asia, separating the Indian ...37 KB (5,509 words) - 23:27, 18 December 2020
- leading around Jabal Haroun, Aaron's Mountain, on across the plain of ... A little further from the Treasury, at the foot of the mountain called ...24 KB (3,829 words) - 14:47, 28 March 2023
- were members of a coalition of small city-states known in ancient times as ... was condemned to death by fire. Another states that Pentapolis existed only ...14 KB (2,337 words) - 22:02, 30 January 2023
- for the name Montevideo. The first states that it comes from the Portuguese Monte vide eu, which means, "I see a mountain." The second ...15 KB (2,073 words) - 13:12, 10 March 2023
- of historical changes in temperature in mountain-forming belts and sedimentary ... the thermal history of orogenic (mountain-forming) belts and sediments ...15 KB (2,114 words) - 05:59, 11 August 2023
- American immigrant community in the United States. He established the Young ... and prepared for studies in the United States. At Ahn’s insistence, his ...16 KB (2,495 words) - 06:55, 16 June 2023
- of the Goryeo period, forming the Nine Mountain Seon Schools (Kusan Seonmun ... chanting, and offering prostrations. Mountain temples offer retreats and ...16 KB (2,359 words) - 06:43, 5 April 2024
- parallel were ceded to the United States. Mexico risked being completely ... on February 21. Taylor withdrew to a mountain pass at Buena Vista twelve ...9 KB (1,403 words) - 03:51, 2 January 2022
- The khans of Turkic states before the Middle Ages, among them the ... ceremonies were typically performed on a mountain top or by a sacred tree ...26 KB (4,249 words) - 06:07, 27 February 2023
- The central doctrine lies in the tenets of Ilwonsang, which states ... colleges, including a graduate school in the United States. ...8 KB (1,141 words) - 14:59, 17 April 2023
- seemed grandiose, such as a tree or a mountain, and they revered such entities ... In former Turkic states before the Middle Ages, among them the Göktürks ...15 KB (2,366 words) - 05:42, 27 February 2023
- . The east-west trending central mountain belt, the Tsentral'nye ... above mean sea level. The highest mountain on this island is Sovetskaya ...21 KB (3,205 words) - 14:01, 20 May 2023
- Bay Bridge-Tunnel in the eastern United States. ==Construction== ... required range from five to 15 years; the mountain is solid limestone and one ...17 KB (2,599 words) - 00:21, 3 May 2023
- Franklin's sermons titled Give Me This Mountain. == Death == ... on preaching tours throughout the United States, and because of her father ...13 KB (1,984 words) - 19:15, 24 November 2023
- |popplace=United States (Colorado, Oklahoma, Wyoming) |rels=Christianity ... of the Fort Laramie Treaty with the United States in 1851. It recognized and ...23 KB (3,297 words) - 21:30, 11 August 2023
- while the pear tree withered. The legend states that in 802 C.E. in the third ... teachings. Located on Gayasan (Gaya) Mountain in South Gyeongsang Province ...18 KB (2,737 words) - 16:38, 21 January 2024
- only women's college in the United States to grant its own undergraduate ... Mountain Day is a tradition borrowed from Mount Holyoke College and ...19 KB (2,939 words) - 21:18, 30 January 2023
- Nevada is a state located in the western region of the United States ... percent of its land is owned by the United States federal government under ...34 KB (5,052 words) - 04:36, 11 March 2023
- found in other ancient fortified city-states, such as those of Ancient ... The city-state expanded by incorporating other neighboring city-states ...18 KB (2,662 words) - 09:14, 19 December 2022
- and promotion of the Maloti/Drakensberg mountain range. ... formed by the Drakensberg and Maloti mountain ranges in the east and central ...23 KB (3,416 words) - 00:48, 7 March 2023
- she was actually enlisted in the United States Army at the time. From then ... pony express rider and carried the United States mail between Deadwood and ...8 KB (1,247 words) - 18:20, 25 November 2023
- which they named Tabor after the biblical mountain of the same name. They were ... to die out. After the Battle of White Mountain on November 8, 1620, the ...17 KB (2,645 words) - 21:21, 9 February 2024
- All the soil, with an exception of the mountain soil, is light and porous ... and consists almost entirely of the mountain known as Nevis Peak which ...25 KB (3,664 words) - 00:45, 23 December 2022
- several climbers along with the Mountain States Legal Foundation sued ... Several climbers, along with the Mountain States Legal Foundation ...18 KB (2,711 words) - 10:16, 29 January 2024
- think about something, such as a golden mountain, even though that object ... think about something, such as a golden mountain, even though that object ...14 KB (1,974 words) - 06:46, 20 July 2023
- sea level. The fjords develop best in mountain ranges against which the ... *The coast of Alaska in the United States: Lynn Canal, Portland Canal ...16 KB (2,484 words) - 17:33, 28 March 2024
- many of its instructors fled to the United States where the movement took root ... exhibition of Op Art in the United States in over 25 years, called ...8 KB (1,285 words) - 00:44, 18 November 2022
- west of the Cascade Range in the U.S. states of California, Oregon, and ... but today are restricted to the mountain ranges west of Lake Baikal ...32 KB (4,952 words) - 08:44, 31 December 2021
- [[Image:TahitiRaiatea.jpg|thumb|250px|right|View of Raiatea Mountain ... , Niger (13.2 percent), and the United States (12.4 percent). Imports totalled ...13 KB (1,870 words) - 02:52, 27 February 2023
- the mother while she was sleeping. The mountain goblins of Japan, the tengu ... most popular origin stories for Goblins states that they originated in France ...13 KB (2,074 words) - 15:53, 18 December 2022
- fed directly or indirectly from the Uinta Mountain range in northeastern Utah ... The Utah Geological Survey, on the other hand, states "the lake ...23 KB (3,613 words) - 12:54, 22 January 2023
- San Juan Islands are part of the United States Washington state, while the ... occurred between Canada and the United States. The border was established ...22 KB (3,191 words) - 03:09, 23 December 2022
- In August 1945, the forces of the Soviet Union and the United States ... united Buyeo, Okjeo, Dongye and other states in the former Gojoseon territory ...31 KB (4,423 words) - 04:09, 4 March 2023
- feature of Yemen is the western mountain slopes. Rising steeply to ... of 2,350 m. They also boast the highest mountain on the peninsula, Nabi Shu ...19 KB (2,883 words) - 00:57, 17 April 2023
- Death Valley National Park is a United States National Park located east of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in California, and extending into ...35 KB (5,565 words) - 08:57, 28 January 2024
- of power in Greece, as the once city states became larger conglomerates ... in what is now desert to the west of the mountain range along the Gulf of ...9 KB (1,300 words) - 10:23, 26 September 2023
- various districts, usually separated by mountain ridges, with carefully drawn ... central Oahu, Hawaii, brought the United States into World War II in 1941 ...17 KB (2,443 words) - 08:46, 24 November 2022
- 375 miles) inland from the coast was a mountain, where a native woman lived ... Poseidon carved the inland mountain where his love dwelt into a palace ...22 KB (3,236 words) - 06:23, 21 August 2023
- other, and covered with an artificial mountain. Most of the joins in the ... divine cow, seems to be coming out of the mountain: the goddess is depicted ...14 KB (2,343 words) - 06:55, 14 June 2023
- 1818, his family emigrated to the United States, settling in Steubenville ... Valley, where he visited the Catskill Mountain House and painted the ruins ...18 KB (2,643 words) - 21:34, 7 September 2023
- at the behest of Poseidon, to prevent the mountain swelling too much and another ... the head of Zeus. The most common variant states that Pegasus was born of ...8 KB (1,238 words) - 07:12, 23 November 2022
- Nathu La (Nepali: नाथू ला, IAST: Nāthū Lā) a mountain ... a report on the strategic importance of mountain passes between Sikkim and ...20 KB (2,900 words) - 23:53, 29 May 2023
- of any of the autonomous Spanish states. In terms of land mass, Andalusia is the second largest of the autonomous regions of Spain, second only ...14 KB (2,046 words) - 19:54, 26 July 2023
- from prison, after which the United States Senate ordered an investigation ... She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain. Mary Harris "Mother ...9 KB (1,421 words) - 16:02, 7 November 2022
- Italian relief sculptors introduced the art to the United States when ... of numerous buildings in the United States, such as the Supreme Court ...15 KB (2,307 words) - 03:37, 8 December 2022
- of 90, Thecla was living as a hermit on a mountain where young men went up ... C.E.). Tertullian, a critic of the work, states that it was written in honor ...15 KB (2,334 words) - 05:43, 15 June 2023
- populous city of Colorado, in the United States. Denver is a consolidated ... of goods and services to the Mountain States. Denver is also approximately ...37 KB (5,458 words) - 09:46, 29 January 2024
- #039;s car. When he returned to the United States eight months later, Kesey ... that Graham had paid for Jed's mountain-top memorial. ...17 KB (2,479 words) - 17:21, 5 October 2022
- County, West Virginia, in the United States from 1852 to 1873. ... of the asphalt consumed in the United States. Roofing shingles account ...10 KB (1,437 words) - 04:53, 18 August 2023
- on shrubs, lichens, grasses, and other mountain vegetation. They get most ... jpg|thumb|250px|A pack llama in the Rocky Mountain National Park]] ...18 KB (2,774 words) - 07:47, 9 March 2023
- at the age of 17 to serve in the United States Navy during World War II ... *"You Gave Me a Mountain" (1969) *"My Woman, My Woman ...8 KB (1,289 words) - 15:54, 7 November 2022
- New Jersey, and through the western United States to the mountains of northern ... ground. One such colony in Utah (United States), given the nickname of ...9 KB (1,368 words) - 04:51, 18 August 2023
- The Northeastern United States, as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau ... largest city and metropolitan area in the United States. ...25 KB (3,928 words) - 23:24, 28 June 2022
- supplies of food: deer, bear, elk, mountain goat, seal, and bountiful quantities of fish and shellfish. One of the most central components of ...18 KB (2,643 words) - 14:19, 3 May 2023
- hairs and carry me away on to the great mountain Tabor (Origen, Commentary ... of Jerusalem in the ninth century states that the Gospel of the Hebrews ...11 KB (1,737 words) - 14:45, 30 December 2022
- 1945 – March 26, 1945) was the United States capture of the island of ... records the second flag-raising on the mountain, which took place on the ...41 KB (6,399 words) - 09:47, 22 September 2023
- and division commanders in the Confederate States Army, Hood became increasingly ... Campaign, just before the Battle of South Mountain, Hood was in the rear, still ...20 KB (3,137 words) - 05:57, 3 August 2022
- long career as a student at the United States Military Academy at West ... the Social Democratic Party of the United States and took a strong interest ...10 KB (1,491 words) - 12:48, 27 November 2023
- groups of Native Americans in the United States. They speak a Southern Athabaskan ... in the history of the Southwestern states during the latter part of ...37 KB (5,440 words) - 05:56, 11 August 2023
- had been founded at the area of Baekdu Mountain and Amur River to provide ... makes up Goguryeo. Indeed, the Samguk Sagi states that Goguryoe recovered most ...10 KB (1,470 words) - 22:56, 23 April 2023
- The first is that of the forest or mountain troll, a large, brutish ... Gynt, with the famous In the Hall of the Mountain King, and March Of The Trolls ...13 KB (2,076 words) - 17:46, 2 May 2023
- Connecticut is one of the Unites States. It is located in the New ... fifth state to join the fledgling United States. Its nickname is "The ...36 KB (5,082 words) - 18:54, 14 January 2023
- *The Mountain (1956) *Desk Set (1957) *The Old Man and the Sea (1958) *The Last Hurrah (1958) *Inherit the Wind (1960) *The Devil at 4 O'Clock ...13 KB (2,011 words) - 19:15, 7 February 2023
- suited to the rigors of an isolated mountain retreat may have been less ... until he was ready to move beyond the mountain retreat. Abd al-Mu'min—styled ...15 KB (2,322 words) - 08:17, 23 July 2023
- plums, cherries, the hawthorn tree, the mountain ash, and many others. ... (the main native strawberry in the United States), which was noted for its ...11 KB (1,544 words) - 22:58, 21 October 2022
- at pow-wows and state fairs. In the United States and Canada, bannock is also ... the northern Great Plains in the United States, adopted bannock in their ...13 KB (1,987 words) - 07:26, 20 September 2023
- the Pacific Northwest region of the United States of America. The state's ... According to the United States Census Bureau, in 2004, Idaho had an ...41 KB (5,855 words) - 15:35, 12 February 2024
- in South India with sovereignty over many states, whose rulers were champions ... a cottage of leaves) on the Hanuman ghat (mountain) for about a week. He spent ...15 KB (2,305 words) - 14:14, 3 May 2023
- |popplace=United States (Maine) |rels=Christianity, traditional ... Canada and the northeastern United States, particularly Maine. They ...23 KB (3,545 words) - 07:18, 23 November 2022
- *** Species: Dermacentor andersoni - Rocky Mountain wood tick ... diseases such as Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, tularemia ...25 KB (3,763 words) - 17:14, 18 April 2023
- kilometers). Almost as large as the United States, it crosses the borders of ... Algeria that once held lakes fed by mountain streams. Wind erosion has ...19 KB (2,916 words) - 16:15, 25 August 2022
- in especially high regard: Sanshin (the Mountain Spirit), Toksong (the Recluse ... the executioner cut off his head, legend states that milk poured out instead ...32 KB (4,825 words) - 20:07, 15 August 2021
- wounded comrade at the Battle of Rich Mountain, West Virginia. In June ... to Fun magazine. Returning to the United States, he again took up residence ...16 KB (2,410 words) - 02:48, 24 July 2023
- The city was originally built on a mountain surrounded by the River ... Assembly consists of the Council of States (46 seats) and the National ...18 KB (2,738 words) - 17:14, 29 September 2023
- and when she returned home to the United States, made one of her final television ... *"Go Tell It on the Mountain" *"Amazing Grace" ...11 KB (1,677 words) - 05:25, 5 November 2022
- Yusa) written several hundred years later states that he had Goguryeo lineage. ... Because of its proximity to many powerful states, Balhae became a buffer zone ...24 KB (3,477 words) - 05:52, 26 August 2023
- second largest city in the Western United States after Los Angeles, California ... Sonoran Desert. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has ...30 KB (4,458 words) - 22:43, 28 March 2023
- The Rocky Mountain goat, Oreamnos americanus, of North America is ... Goats naturally live in rugged mountain or desert habitats. They are ...18 KB (2,764 words) - 18:43, 30 August 2021
- South region of the United States. West Virginia broke away ... West Virginia is one of the Border States. The state's Northern ...40 KB (5,933 words) - 17:17, 4 May 2023
- 25 miles (40 km) from the United States capital. McDowell planned ... Major General Nathaniel P. Banks at Cedar Mountain, opening the series of tactical ...22 KB (3,387 words) - 02:45, 26 September 2023
- ending with Yam cast down from the heavenly mountain Saphon. ... from the beginning. Thus, Genesis 1:1 states: "In the beginning God ...15 KB (2,297 words) - 10:06, 22 May 2023
- slope. When wind blows over the top of a mountain, the leeward, or downwind ... threat to people, such as ski resorts and mountain towns, roads and railways ...28 KB (4,333 words) - 07:09, 23 August 2023
- In the United States, amethyst occurs at many sites, but the specimens are rarely fine enough for use in jewelry. Among these locations are Amethyst ...8 KB (1,216 words) - 06:54, 25 July 2023
- 95). Benedict extended the Papal States over which the Pope ruled ... as a hermit in a cave on a desolate mountain. In order to inform him ...14 KB (2,378 words) - 07:22, 17 November 2023
- in person. In 1850, when a United States envoy, Joseph Balestier came ... the highest stupa at Wat Arun, the Golden Mountain at Wat Sraket, the metal ...8 KB (1,232 words) - 17:22, 16 April 2023
- The State of Georgia is a state in the United States and was one of ... state is in the Blue Ridge Mountains, a mountain range in the vast mountain ...33 KB (4,647 words) - 15:40, 29 November 2022
- gun. The word Geochilsan means “rough mountain,” probably referring to ... Pusanpo (“pu,” “kettle”; san, “mountain” [from the shape of the ...19 KB (2,764 words) - 03:33, 7 December 2022
- Escarpment bordering Canada and the United States; Notch Peak in Utah; and ... metamorphism that occurs during the mountain-building process (orogeny ...10 KB (1,487 words) - 04:10, 29 October 2022
- *The Swiss Open Kusohu Tournament states that classical lei tai fights ... *The Tien Shan Pai Association states it was either 24 x ...22 KB (3,362 words) - 07:42, 6 March 2023
- ("But how do I get into the mountain?" the young dwarf asked ... In later writings, Tolkien directly states that his female dwarves have ...15 KB (2,408 words) - 15:51, 24 September 2020
- Seaboard in the southeastern United States. It was one of the original ... heavily visited national park in the United States. ==Geography== ...37 KB (5,288 words) - 10:01, 11 March 2023
- Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States ... English speaking settlement in the United States west of the Rocky Mountains. ...35 KB (5,141 words) - 10:41, 11 March 2023
- Lota de Macedo Soares, living in the mountain city of Petropolis, a few miles north of Rio de Janeiro. While living in Brazil, she published ...8 KB (1,277 words) - 16:15, 13 February 2024
- Fir is the common name for any of the evergreen trees comprising the genus Abies of the family Pinaceae, characterized by erect, cylindrical ...9 KB (1,400 words) - 19:50, 26 March 2024
- terrain dominated by the Andes mountain range. *El Oriente ("the ... of war, and under pressure by the United States and several Latin American ...30 KB (4,366 words) - 18:03, 12 February 2024
- parts of Canada to the northernmost United States, primarily in coniferous ... (part of Pisgah National Forrest). United States Fish and Wildlife Service ...12 KB (1,852 words) - 04:38, 5 November 2022
- After being educated in both Europe and the United States, Brunner ... was better known than Barth in the United States. Although Brunner's ...12 KB (1,746 words) - 08:14, 31 December 2020
- and was chosen Poet Laureate of the United States (1991-1992). Brodsky was ... the Soviet Union, emigrating to the United States of America and becoming a ...11 KB (1,598 words) - 07:19, 10 August 2022
- allowed to see the promised land from a mountain, but it is never known what ... The Talmud (tractate Sabb. 115b) states that a peculiar section in ...24 KB (3,856 words) - 04:01, 1 May 2023
- Icelandic historian Snorri Sturluson states that one can periphrase the ... made this difficult. Skadi's mountain homeland was too bleak and ...22 KB (3,533 words) - 02:30, 16 November 2022
