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ID: 6003515
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Record Type:
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Louisiana Purchase (general region)
Note:
Refers to basin of Missouri river & most of Great Plains drained by W tributaries of Mississippi river; the territory had been acquired by Spain from France in 1762, went back to France in 1800, & was purchased by the United States in 1803.
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Louisiana Purchase..........
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Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
689
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Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
689
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