The World Almanac and Book of FactsPress Publishing Company (The New York World), 1923 The World Almanac and Book of Facts is a US published reference work and conveys information about such subjects as world changes, tragedies, sports feats, etc. It has been published yearly from 1868 to 1875, and again every year since 1886. The first edition of The World Almanac was published by The New York World newspaper in 1868 (the name of the publication comes from the newspaper itself, which was known as The World). Published just three years after the end of the US Civil War and the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, its 120 pages of information touched on such events as the process of Reconstruction and the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson. Publication was suspended in 1876, but in 1886 newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer, who had purchased The New York World and quickly transformed it into one of the most influential newspapers in the country, revived The World Almanac with the intention of making it a compendium of universal knowledge. The World Almanac has been published annually since. |
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Page 344
... mountain in continental United States , are in the southern part of the Sierra Nevadas , with the exception of Mount Shasta , which is near the Oregon border . California has 12 mountains with an altitude of more than 14,000 feet ...
... mountain in continental United States , are in the southern part of the Sierra Nevadas , with the exception of Mount Shasta , which is near the Oregon border . California has 12 mountains with an altitude of more than 14,000 feet ...
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... Mountains ) ; and the Appalachian Highlands . Geo- logically the mountains in western North Carolina are the oldest on the continent . Mount Mitchell ( 6.684 ft . high ) is the tallest peak east of the Mississippi and affords unexcelled ...
... Mountains ) ; and the Appalachian Highlands . Geo- logically the mountains in western North Carolina are the oldest on the continent . Mount Mitchell ( 6.684 ft . high ) is the tallest peak east of the Mississippi and affords unexcelled ...
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... Mountains , Mont . - Idaho , railroad , 10,100 ft . TAFT ( 8750 ft . ) In the Bitter Root Mountains . Constructed in 1908-1909 for the Chicago , Mil- waukee & Puget Sound Railroad . under Mt. Washington , Pittsburgh - Vehicular , 5,889 ...
... Mountains , Mont . - Idaho , railroad , 10,100 ft . TAFT ( 8750 ft . ) In the Bitter Root Mountains . Constructed in 1908-1909 for the Chicago , Mil- waukee & Puget Sound Railroad . under Mt. Washington , Pittsburgh - Vehicular , 5,889 ...
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