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postponed the construction of the Fort Drive once more. Though land for the parks had mostly been purchased, construction of the ring road connecting them was pushed back again and again. Other projects managed to find funding, however. In 1949, President Truman approved a supplemental appropriation
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Fort Reno: The land belonged to Giles and Miles Dyer. The farmhouse was used by the Army as the headquarters for various commands encamped in the area. The fortification covered 20 acres of land. Some 50 more acres were used for barracks, camps, and a parade
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surface roads already connected the parks, albeit not in as linear a route as envisioned. The plan to link the fort parks via a grand drive was quietly dropped in the years that followed and replaced by a plan to instead build a
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Fort Bayard: The fort was built on land belonging to a farmer named Philip J. Buckey, who lived there with his wife, four children and two servants.
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Cooling, Benjamin Franklin, III; Owen, Walton H., II (2010). "Defense Posts for the Long Bridge — Forts Albany, Runyan, and Jackson: Fort Albany".
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List of jails and prisons on the National Register of Historic Places
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An 1863 map showing the Northeast Quadrant forts (West Side)
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Study of the Organization of the National Capital Parks
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Civil War Defenses of Washington: History & Culture
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Fort Park System: A Re-evaluation Study of Fort Drive
2607:. Washington, DC: National Park Service. p. 40.
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4514:List of U.S. National Historic Landmarks by state
4043:President Lincoln's Cottage at the Soldiers' Home
2543:(New ed.). Scarecrow Press. pp. 90–92.
4906:National Register of Historic Places portal
4264:Belmont–Paul Women's Equality National Monument
3070:"Defenses of Washington (Civil War Fort Sites)"
5008:National Recreation Trails in Washington, D.C.
2798:"Civil War Defenses of Washington: Contact Us"
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68:3rd Massachusetts Heavy Artillery Regiment
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4454:U.S. National Register of Historic Places
2933:HMdb.org: The Historical Marker Data Base
2159:Siege artillery in the American Civil War
2138:Field artillery in the American Civil War
386:Commissioners of the District of Columbia
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4967:National Register of Historic Places
2953:National Capital Planning Commission
2897:Strayer, Martha (December 4, 1925).
492:defenses of the national capital of
179:National Register of Historic Places
2927:Swain, Craig, ed. (March 3, 2008).
2899:"JFK Settles Battle Over Ft. Drive"
2878:"Linking of Forts Embodied in Plan"
2417:Washington Daily News, May 28, 1963
4869:National Historic Preservation Act
2922:. Washington, DC. October 2, 1964.
2918:"Fort Sites Eyed for Future Use".
2415:JFK Settles Battle Over Ft. Drive,
2327:Linking of Forts Embodied in Plan,
2143:List of forts in the United States
1986:Fort Strong (formerly Fort DeKalb)
463:George Washington Memorial Parkway
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3957:Mary McLeod Bethune Council House
2473:U.S. Department of the Interior,
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248:History of the American Civil War
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3158:Military District of Washington
2852:U.S. Department of the Interior
2573:from the original on 2018-03-12
2443:Fort Sites Eyed for Future Use,
4822:Federated States of Micronesia
4468:Architectural style categories
4387:Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway
3148:Department of Washington, D.C.
2634:. National Park Service. 1952.
2616:. National Park Service. 1935.
2520:"Fort Berry Historical Marker"
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459:Battleground National Cemetery
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3163:Department of the Rappahanock
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3168:Defenses of Washington, D.C.
27:United States historic place
4251:National Capital Parks-East
4000:Lyndon Baines Johnson Grove
3906:Soldiers' and Airmen's Home
3682:National Park Service (Web)
3037:GPX (secondary coordinates)
2935:. p. 1. Archived from
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2905:(15482). Washington, DC: 21
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2842:– via Newspapers.com.
451:National Capital Parks-East
417:Civilian Conservation Corps
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4853:American Legation, Morocco
4128:African American Civil War
4066:George Washington Memorial
2357:Wagner & Sauers (1939)
465:administers Fort Marcy in
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4815:Lists by associated state
4148:Franklin Delano Roosevelt
4005:Theodore Roosevelt Island
3980:Franklin Delano Roosevelt
3924:Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
3916:National Historical Parks
3825:Theodore Roosevelt Island
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3032:GPX (primary coordinates)
3007:Map all coordinates using
2688:"Fort Circle Parks Trail"
2489:Cooling & Owen (2010)
2248:Cooling & Owen (2010)
1902:Arlington Line – Virginia
361:An 1898 map of Fort Drive
276:for field guns and seven
190:National Recreation Trail
102:NRHP reference
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3173:Department of Washington
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432:In 1963, when President
395:House of Representatives
177:(NPS) and listed on the
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3934:National Historic Sites
3687:Map of defenses in 1865
2218:Fort Circle Parks Trail
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290:Some examples include:
164:Confederate States Army
162:, from invasion by the
4791:Minor Outlying Islands
4774:Lists by insular areas
4488:Keeper of the Register
4403:National Capital Parks
4274:Carter G. Woodson Home
4080:Rock Creek and Potomac
3942:Carter G. Woodson Home
3440:Battery Alexander (MD)
3143:Department of the East
3061:"Civil War Fort Sites"
2929:""Fort Strong" marker"
2672:"Civil War Fort Sites"
1918:
1836:38.795167; -77.0433000
1020:
1012:
978:38.963944°N 77.02944°W
542:Battery Alexander (MD)
515:
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497:
378:
370:
362:
240:
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183:Potomac Heritage Trail
134:Boundary increase
18:Defenses of Washington
4493:National Park Service
4473:Contributing property
4357:Georgetown Waterfront
3744:Anacostia Tributaries
3027:GPX (all coordinates)
2441:The Washington Post,
1955:38.934000; -77.126000
1921:From North to South:
1909:
1877:38.71083°N 77.03306°W
1790:38.766694; -77.027806
1735:38.825778; -77.015500
1687:38.837889; -77.006861
1636:38.858194; -76.981917
1588:38.856806; -76.975778
1534:38.866556; -76.951861
1486:38.872806; -76.940639
1430:38.88861°N 76.94278°W
1389:38.895167; -76.944889
1331:38.92528°N 76.95111°W
1288:38.928472; -76.971250
1242:38.929806; -76.978694
1196:38.935509; -76.987628
1148:38.939722; -77.001389
1102:38.947722; -77.005139
1054:38.960194; -77.010806
1018:
1010:
932:38.963528; -77.051139
867:38.952833; -77.078306
816:38.955194; -77.091500
768:38.937500; -77.111111
724:38.930444; -77.111139
698:Battery Martin Scott
680:38.930389; -77.096333
632:38.920556; -77.090500
588:38.915639; -77.088806
511:
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360:
326:captain stationed in
266:Washington, D.C. area
238:
212:
175:National Park Service
4848:District of Columbia
4133:Constitution Gardens
4103:Star-Spangled Banner
4061:Baltimore–Washington
3876:District of Columbia
3485:Battery Martin Scott
3226:Battery Rodgers (VA)
3216:Fort Washington (MD)
3057:at Wikimedia Commons
2652:(October 11, 1949).
2202:Civil War Fort Sites
983:38.963944; -77.02944
730:Battery Martin Scott
504:Fort Stevens in 2006
264:forces built in the
38:Civil War Fort Sites
4203:Washington Monument
4188:Pennsylvania Avenue
4173:Korean War Veterans
4015:Washington Monument
3990:Korean War Veterans
3962:Pennsylvania Avenue
3893:National Cemeteries
3800:Metropolitan Branch
3774:East Coast Greenway
3754:Bolling AFB Bikeway
3465:Fort Mansfield (MD)
3460:Battery Bailey (MD)
3455:Battery Benson (MD)
3192:Army of the Potomac
2967:(January 4, 1919).
2920:The Washington Post
1945: /
1888:Fort Washington, MD
1882:38.71083; -77.03306
1872: /
1855:Fort Washington, MD
1842:Battery Rodgers, VA
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554:Battery Bailey (MD)
551:Battery Benson (MD)
224:, and southeastern
154:that protected the
4943:American Civil War
4294:Frederick Douglass
4193:United States Navy
4030:National monuments
3972:National Memorials
3952:Frederick Douglass
3788:Massachusetts-39th
3554:Northeast Quadrant
3418:Northwest Quadrant
3122:American Civil War
2325:The Evening Star,
2297:The Evening Star,
1919:
1809:Battery Rogers, VA
1755:Potomac Approaches
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137:September 13, 1978
66:soldiers with the
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4113:National Mall and
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3792:Marvin Gaye Trail
3769:Dalecarlia Tunnel
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3530:Battery Kingsbury
3445:Fort Simmons (MD)
3053:Media related to
2550:978-0-8108-6307-1
2216:American Trails,
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439:Fort Circle Trail
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422:Second World War
413:Great Depression
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160:Washington, D.C.
147:were a group of
116: (increase)
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88:Washington, D.C.
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4090:National Trails
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3796:Melvin C. Hazen
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3596:Battery Jameson
3549:
3520:Battery Terrill
3510:Battery Rossell
3490:Battery Vermont
3475:Battery Parrott
3470:Battery Cameron
3450:Fort Davis (MD)
3430:Fort Kirby (MD)
3425:Fort Cross (MD)
3413:
3394:Fort Farnsworth
3339:Fort Richardson
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2854:. July 24, 2024
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531:Fort Cross (MD)
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4777:
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4712:
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4677:
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4662:
4657:
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4507:Lists by state
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4379:
4374:
4369:
4364:
4359:
4354:
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4344:
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4334:
4328:
4326:
4320:
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4306:
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4109:
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3784:Kingman Island
3781:
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3766:
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3656:
3651:
3646:
3641:
3636:
3631:
3626:
3621:
3616:
3610:
3608:
3606:Eastern Branch
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3601:
3599:
3598:
3593:
3588:
3583:
3578:
3573:
3568:
3563:
3557:
3555:
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3532:
3527:
3522:
3517:
3512:
3507:
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3497:
3492:
3487:
3482:
3480:Battery Kemble
3477:
3472:
3467:
3462:
3457:
3452:
3447:
3442:
3437:
3432:
3427:
3421:
3419:
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3304:Fort McPherson
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3276:
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3251:
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2001:Fort Woodbury
1999:
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1994:Fort Haggerty
1993:
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1990:Fort Corcoran
1988:
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1248:Fort Saratoga
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4720:South Dakota
4710:Rhode Island
4705:Pennsylvania
4685:North Dakota
4337:Barnard Hill
4289:Fort Stanton
4278:
4269:Capitol Hill
4213:World War II
4208:West Potomac
4153:George Mason
4138:East Potomac
4070:Clara Barton
4020:World War II
3901:Battleground
3805:Mount Vernon
3778:
3664:Fort Carroll
3654:Fort Stanton
3619:Fort Chaplin
3591:Fort Lincoln
3571:Fort Slemmer
3545:Fort Stevens
3540:Battery Sill
3535:Fort DeRussy
3409:Fort Willard
3344:Fort Barnard
3329:Fort Jackson
3309:Fort Buffalo
3294:Fort Whipple
3259:Fort Bennett
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2126:Fort Willard
2066:Fort Barnard
2052:Fort Jackson
2033:Fort Buffalo
2016:Fort Whipple
1983:Fort Bennett
1940:77°07′33.6″W
1925:
1920:
1821:77°2′35.88″W
1818:38°47′42.6″N
1775:77°01′40.1″W
1760:
1720:77°00′55.8″W
1717:38°49′32.8″N
1705:
1693:Fort Carroll
1672:77°00′24.7″W
1669:38°50′16.4″N
1660:Fort Carroll
1659:
1642:Fort Stanton
1621:76°58′54.9″W
1618:38°51′29.5″N
1608:Fort Stanton
1606:
1573:76°58′32.8″W
1570:38°51′24.5″N
1558:
1519:76°57′06.7″W
1516:38°51′59.6″N
1504:
1471:76°56′26.3″W
1468:38°52′22.1″N
1456:
1441:Fort Chaplin
1408:Fort Chaplin
1407:
1374:76°56′41.6″W
1371:38°53′42.6″N
1361:
1342:Fort Lincoln
1308:Fort Lincoln
1306:
1273:76°58′16.5″W
1270:38°55′42.5″N
1227:76°58′43.3″W
1224:38°55′47.3″N
1166:
1154:Fort Slemmer
1133:77°00′05.0″W
1130:38°56′23.0″N
1121:Fort Slemmer
1087:77°00′18.5″W
1084:38°56′51.8″N
1072:
1039:77°00′38.9″W
1036:38°57′36.7″N
1024:
989:Fort Stevens
965:38°57′50.2″N
955:Fort Stevens
953:
950:Battery Sill
917:77°03′04.1″W
914:38°57′48.7″N
902:
852:77°04′41.9″W
849:38°57′10.2″N
837:
801:77°05′29.4″W
798:38°57′18.7″N
786:
753:77°06′40.0″W
750:38°56′15.0″N
709:77°06′40.1″W
706:38°55′49.6″N
665:77°05′46.8″W
662:38°55′49.4″N
650:
617:77°05′25.8″W
614:38°55′14.0″N
573:77°05′19.7″W
570:38°54′56.3″N
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4841:Other areas
4801:Puerto Rico
4635:Mississippi
4550:Connecticut
4396:Other areas
4352:Fort Slocum
4284:Fort Dupont
4279:Fort Circle
4241:White House
4231:The Ellipse
4158:Hains Point
3779:Fort Circle
3669:Fort Greble
3659:Fort Snyder
3644:Fort Wagner
3629:Fort Dupont
3586:Fort Thayer
3566:Fort Totten
3561:Fort Slocum
3515:Fort Kearny
3500:Fort Gaines
3495:Fort Bayard
3334:Fort Runyon
3324:Fort Albany
3314:Fort Ramsay
3279:Fort Morton
3264:Fort Strong
3136:Departments
2848:"H.R. 7976"
2057:Fort Runyon
2047:Fort Albany
2037:Fort Ramsay
1997:Fort Morton
1953: /
1937:38°56′2.4″N
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1060:Fort Slocum
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834:Fort Gaines
822:Fort Bayard
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520:italic type
411:During the
282:Confederacy
278:blockhouses
256:During the
166:during the
72:Fort Totten
4977:Categories
4750:Washington
4670:New Mexico
4665:New Jersey
4540:California
4332:Rock Creek
4299:Kenilworth
3830:Whitehaven
3820:Rock Creek
3639:Fort Baker
3634:Fort Davis
3624:Fort Meigs
3614:Fort Mahan
3374:Fort Worth
3354:Fort Scott
3349:Fort Berry
3319:Fort Craig
3244:Fort Marcy
3209:Approaches
3197:XXII Corps
3183:Union Army
2698:August 20,
2678:August 15,
2577:2018-03-05
2559:2009018392
2165:References
2093:Fort Worth
2073:Fort Scott
2069:Fort Berry
2042:Fort Craig
1961:Fort Marcy
1959: (
1927:Fort Marcy
1912:Huntington
1886: (
1867:77°01′59″W
1864:38°42′39″N
1840: (
1794: (
1739: (
1691: (
1640: (
1592: (
1552:Fort Baker
1540:Fort Davis
1538: (
1506:Fort Davis
1490: (
1453:Fort Meigs
1439: (
1420:76°56′34″W
1417:38°53′19″N
1395:Fort Mahan
1393: (
1362:Fort Mahan
1340: (
1321:76°57′04″W
1318:38°55′31″N
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149:Union Army
64:Union Army
4760:Wisconsin
4725:Tennessee
4630:Minnesota
4605:Louisiana
4259:Anacostia
4163:Jefferson
3985:Jefferson
3505:Fort Reno
3399:Fort Weed
3389:Fort Lyon
3369:Fort Ward
3289:Fort Cass
2590:cite book
2567:665840182
2475:H.R. 7976
2188:Citations
2170:Footnotes
2117:Fort Weed
2108:Fort Lyon
2088:Fort Ward
2020:Fort Myer
2010:Fort Myer
2006:Fort Cass
873:Fort Reno
839:Fort Reno
274:batteries
201:Civil War
192:in 1971.
4916:Category
4745:Virginia
4695:Oklahoma
4675:New York
4650:Nebraska
4640:Missouri
4625:Michigan
4615:Maryland
4600:Kentucky
4580:Illinois
4555:Delaware
4545:Colorado
4535:Arkansas
4377:Montrose
4075:Oxon Run
4068: /
3749:Archbold
3125:Defenses
2955:(1965).
2943:March 6,
2571:Archived
2132:See also
1914:area of
467:Virginia
390:Congress
336:folklore
218:Maryland
215:Delaware
114:78003439
109:74000274
84:Location
4929:Portals
4862:Related
4765:Wyoming
4740:Vermont
4645:Montana
4585:Indiana
4565:Georgia
4560:Florida
4530:Arizona
4520:Alabama
4178:Lincoln
3995:Lincoln
3884:Federal
3874:of the
3207:Potomac
2808:July 7,
2802:NPS.gov
2778:May 29,
2772:NPS.gov
2748:May 29,
2742:NPS.gov
2718:May 29,
2712:NPS.gov
2530:Sources
388:pushed
303:people.
299:ground.
196:History
156:federal
4700:Oregon
4655:Nevada
4595:Kansas
4570:Hawaii
4525:Alaska
4461:Topics
3185:Forces
2674:. 1974
2565:
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2477:(2024)
2461:(2020)
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2236:(2020)
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399:Senate
344:abatis
295:trade.
4832:Palau
4730:Texas
4610:Maine
4575:Idaho
4342:Bryce
2457:NPS,
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2281:NPS,
2232:NPS,
270:forts
262:Union
4786:Guam
4735:Utah
4690:Ohio
4590:Iowa
3074:NRHP
3065:NRHP
2981:2024
2945:2018
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2890:2024
2860:2024
2840:2024
2810:2011
2780:2020
2750:2020
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2700:2024
2680:2011
2596:link
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