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1059:(1936 film)
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1024:(1926 film)
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1005:Other works
946:Tonto Basin
662:"NPS Focus"
374:terra cotta
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215:May 6, 1983
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135:Coordinates
125:Pike County
1685:Categories
1554:Pittsburgh
1518:Washington
1473:Schuylkill
1433:Montgomery
1378:Lackawanna
1358:Huntingdon
1308:Cumberland
1288:Clearfield
803:NPS Digest
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334:pedimented
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147:74°59′16″W
1751:Zane Grey
1594:Southwest
1584:Northwest
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1559:Lancaster
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1483:Somerset
1408:Lycoming
1388:Lawrence
1343:Franklin
1318:Delaware
1303:Crawford
1298:Columbia
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1533:Wyoming
1508:Venango
1438:Montour
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1393:Lebanon
1373:Juniata
1363:Indiana
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1293:Clinton
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