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545:"Feature Detail Report for: Old Baldy".
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1320:Other areas
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1114:Mississippi
1029:Connecticut
535:2011-04-08.
345:New Orleans
321:Knife River
317:Fort Mandan
282:Camp Dubois
236:during the
220:Description
187:Boyd County
131: /
107:Coordinates
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1229:Washington
1149:New Mexico
1144:New Jersey
1019:California
430:References
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116:42°56′09″N
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1204:Tennessee
1109:Minnesota
1084:Louisiana
596:abstract.
349:Baltimore
333:St. Louis
238:Campanian
216:in 2004.
179:the Tower
175:Old Baldy
40:The Tower
1395:Category
1224:Virginia
1174:Oklahoma
1154:New York
1129:Nebraska
1119:Missouri
1104:Michigan
1094:Maryland
1079:Kentucky
1059:Illinois
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446:Archived
417:burr oak
329:keelboat
191:Nebraska
159:04001413
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1219:Vermont
1124:Montana
1064:Indiana
1044:Georgia
1039:Florida
1009:Arizona
999:Alabama
413:prairie
341:magpies
339:, four
252:History
193:in the
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