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Orizaba, mountain, Mexico
(Encyclopedia)Orizaba, mountain peak: see Citlaltépetl. ...Green Mountain Boys
(Encyclopedia)Green Mountain Boys, popular name of armed bands formed (c.1770) under the auspices of Ethan Allen in the Green Mountains of what is today Vermont. Their purpose was to prevent the New Hampshire Grant...Black Mountain College
(Encyclopedia)Black Mountain College, former coeducational liberal arts college at Black Mountain, N.C., near Asheville. Founded (1933) by John Rice, also the school's first rector (1933–40), on the progressive e...Big Black Mountain
(Encyclopedia)Big Black Mountain, peak, 4,145 ft (1,263 m) high, E Ky., in the Cumberland Mts.; highest point in Kentucky.Catoctin Mountain Park
(Encyclopedia)Catoctin Mountain Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Montagnards
(Encyclopedia)Montagnards: see Mountain, the.Libanus
(Encyclopedia)Libanus: see Lebanon, mountain range. ...Karisimbi
(Encyclopedia)Karisimbi, mountain, Africa: see Virunga. ...rowan tree
(Encyclopedia)rowan tree: see mountain ash.Savalan
(Encyclopedia)Savalan, mountain, Iran: see Sabalan. ...Browse by Subject
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