Alexander City
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Acadia NP SE Maine 1919 48,419 (19,603) Mountain and coast scenery.
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Alexander City,
city (1990 pop. 14,917), Tallapoosa co., E central Ala., in a piedmont farm area; inc. 1874. Nearby Martin Dam supplies power for the city's textile mills; the dam also has created Lake Martin, a superb recreational area. Close by is Horseshoe Bend National Military Park (see National Parks and MonumentsNational Parks and MonumentsNational Parks
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Acadia NP SE Maine 1919 48,419 (19,603) Mountain and coast scenery.
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1767–1845, 7th President of the United States (1829–37), b. Waxhaw settlement on the border of South Carolina and North Carolina (both states claim him). Early Career
A child of the backwoods, he was left an orphan at 14.
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