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1945–1963. Area. • Total. 0 sq mi (0 km 2) Lovelock Aerial Gunnery Range was a World War II facility in two Nevada areas used for "aerial gunnery, strafing, dive bombing [and] rocket fire". [1] By 21 November 1944, the Lovelock Range had been approved by the Secretary of the Navy to be developed for Naval Air Station Fallon, [1] and on 13 ...
Lovelock Cave. / 39.96250°N 118.55833°W / 39.96250; -118.55833. Lovelock Cave (NV-Ch-18) is a North American archaeological site previously known as Sunset Guano Cave, Horseshoe Cave, and Loud Site 18. The cave is about 150 feet (46 m) long and 35 feet (11 m) wide. [1] Lovelock Cave is one of the most important classic sites of the ...
Lovelock, Nevada. / 40.18000°N 118.47667°W / 40.18000; -118.47667. Lovelock is the county seat of Pershing County, Nevada, United States, in which it is the only incorporated city. It is the namesake of a nearby medium-security men's prison and a Cold War -era gunnery range. Formerly a stop for settlers on their way to California and ...
The Cumberland Mountains are a mountain range in the southeastern section of the Appalachian Mountains. They are located in western Virginia, southwestern West Virginia, the eastern edges of Kentucky, and eastern middle Tennessee, including the Crab Orchard Mountains. [1] Their highest peak, with an elevation of 4,223 feet (1,287 m) above mean ...
Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area. / 36.85694°N 88.07472°W / 36.85694; -88.07472. Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area is a United States 171,280-acre national recreation area (69,310 ha) in Kentucky and Tennessee between Lake Barkley and Kentucky Lake. It was designated as a national recreation area in 1963 ...
In general, Kentucky has relatively hot, humid, rainy summers, and moderately cold and rainy winters. Mean maximum temperatures in July vary from 83 to 90 °F (28 to 32 °C); the mean minimum July temperatures are 61 to 69 °F (16 to 21 °C). In January the mean maximum temperatures range from 36 to 44 °F (2 to 7 °C); the mean minimum ...
Barren County and Warren County. John Allen (1771–1813), hero of the Battle of Frenchtown in the War of 1812. 21,788. 346 sq mi ( 896 km 2) Anderson County. 005. Lawrenceburg. 1827. Franklin County, Washington County and Mercer County.
The first map of Kentucky, presented in 1784 by author John Filson to the United States Congress. Author, historian, founder and surveyor John Filson worked as a schoolteacher in Lexington, Kentucky and wrote The Discovery, Settlement and Present State of Kentucke in 1784.