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(British North America, New France, New Spain including Spanish Florida, and Russian America) became institutionalized as the borders of U.S. states. In the

the earliest in the federal government: United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, formed in 1807 Weather Bureau of the United States, formed in 1870 Bureau

"United States of America". No other name appears in the Constitution, and this is the name that appears on money, in treaties, and in legal cases to which

for each $1 invested in the NPS, the American public receives $4 in economic value. In 2011, national parks generated $30.1 billion in economic activity and

record label in the US, was founded in Washington, D.C. in 1889.: 105  The city grew into being one of America's most important music cities in the early

Church in America with 120,598 adherents. The Christian Reformed Church in North America had almost 100,000 members and more than 230 congregations in Michigan

Hurricane Audrey in 1957, Hurricane Carla in 1961, Hurricane Beulah in 1967, Hurricane Alicia in 1983, Hurricane Rita in 2005, and Hurricane Ike in 2008. Tropical

oldest, founded in 1521; the next earliest settlements are San Germán in 1570, Coamo in 1579, Arecibo in 1614, Aguada in 1692 and Ponce in 1692. Increased

March, the largest pride parade in North America held annually in June, traverses down Fifth Avenue in Manhattan and ends in Greenwich Village. On June 29

forces that landed in French North Africa and took Tunisia and then moved on to Sicily and later fought in Italy. In the June 1944 landings in northern France

aftermath of Britain's victory in the Seven Years' War (generally referred to in North America as the French and Indian War). This included the lands along

beginning in the early 20th century, which has been attributed to warming of the North Atlantic Ocean. The pressure of collision between North America and Africa

tidewater glaciers in the Tongass National Forest in Alaska and ski areas such as Alta, Utah in the Wasatch-Cache National Forest. In addition, the Forest

the north. North Dakota is near the middle of North America with a stone marker in Rugby, North Dakota marking the "Geographic Center of the North American

500 m) above sea level in Tennessee, contain some of the highest elevations in eastern North America. The state's border with North Carolina roughly follows

of the oldest and most complete human remains found in North America, were discovered in Washington in the 1990s. The region has been home to many established

lowest temperature recorded in continental North America (in Snag, Yukon, Canada). The climate in the extreme north of Alaska, north of the Brooks Range, is

deadly adulterant in heroin have ravaged North America. An estimated 19,416 individuals died of a drug overdose in the United States in the first 3 months

generation facility under development in North America. Carbon County is home to the largest proposed wind farm in the nation. Construction plans have been

significantly grew in population in the 2000s, from 5,692 in 2000 to 7,993 in 2010. London landed a Wal-Mart distribution center in 1997, bringing thousands