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Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
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Big Bend National Park
Big Bend National Park 801,163 acres (324,471 hectares), W Tex.; authorized 1935, est. 1944. It is a triangle formed where the Rio Grande runs southeast then northeast in a big bend along the U.S.-Mexico border, notably through deep canyons such as the Santa Elena. The river, the Chihuahan desert... Read more |
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Sequoia National Park
Sequoia National Park 402,510 acres (162,960 hectares), E central Calif.; est. 1890. In the park are 35 groves of giant sequoias, spectacular granite mountains, and deep canyons. The General Sherman Tree, 272 ft (83 m) high and 37 ft (11 m) in diameter at its widest point, is the largest and one of... Read more |
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Gordon Parks
Gordon Parks (Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks), 1912-2006, African-American photographer, filmmaker, writer, and composer, b. Fort Scott, Kans. Parks purchased his first camera in 1938 and became a photographer for the Farm Security Administration in 1942. A largely self-taught trailblazer,... Read more |
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Sudanese park-steppe floral region
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Hallandale
Hallandale , city (1990 pop. 30,996), Broward co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast and the Intracoastal Waterway ; settled 1897, inc. 1927. A retirement center, it is especially popular with French Canadians. Horse and greyhound racetracks are major sources of employment; Gulf Stream Park is the... Read more |
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Colorado
Colorado , state, W central United States, one of the Rocky Mt. states. It is bordered by Wyoming (N), Nebraska (N, E), Kansas (E), Oklahoma and New Mexico (S), and Utah (W). Facts and Figures Area, 104,247 sq mi (270,000 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,301,261, a 30.6% increase since the 1990 census. ... Read more |
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Yosemite National Park
Yosemite National Park , 761,266 acres (308,205 hectares), E central Calif.; est. 1890 as a result of the efforts of conservationist John Muir . Located in the Sierra Nevada, it is a glacier-scoured area of great beauty; Mt. Lyell (13,114 ft/3,997 m) is the highest peak. Enclosed within the park is... Read more |
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Orlando
Orlando , city (1990 pop. 164,693), seat of Orange co., central Fla., in a lake region; inc. 1875. In a citrus fruit and farm area, it is one of the world's most visited vacation spots. Orlando's economy focuses on aerospace and electronics, but tourism brings in the largest revenues. Located 15 mi... Read more |
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Fort Pickens
Fort Pickens fortification on the western end of Santa Rosa Island at the entrance to Pensacola Bay, NW Fla. When Florida joined the Confederacy in Jan., 1861, Fort Barrancas on the mainland was evacuated and its garrison sent to Fort Pickens. Refusing to surrender, the fort was reinforced and... Read more |
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Chinese tallow tree threatens Florida park
...Chinese tallow tree, is native...flourishing in Florida, the Chinese tallow is slowly...Prairie's park biologist...in Central Florida. This land...Weimer said Chinese ... |