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  2. Alder Gulch - Wikipedia

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    Hydraulic gold mining in Alder Gulch, 1871. Photo by William Henry Jackson. Placer mining in Alder Gulch, 1872. Alder Gulch (alternatively called Alder Creek) is a place in the Ruby River valley, in the U.S. state of Montana, where gold was discovered on May 26, 1863, by William Fairweather and a group of men including Barney Hughes, Thomas Cover, Henry Rodgers, Henry Edgar and Bill Sweeney ...

  3. Index of colleges and universities in the United States

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    City College of New York; City College of San Francisco; City University of New York Graduate Center; City University of New York Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy; City University of New York School of Labor and Urban Studies; City University of New York School of Law; City University of New York School of Professional Studies ...

  4. Virginia City, Montana - Wikipedia

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    Although Bannack was the first territorial capital, the territorial legislature moved the capital to Virginia City on February 7, 1865. [10] It remained the capital until April 19, 1875, when it moved to Helena. [11] Thomas Dimsdale began publication of Montana's first newspaper, the Montana Post, in Virginia City on August 27, 1864. [12]

  5. List of liberal arts colleges in the United States - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of liberal arts colleges in the United States. Liberal arts colleges in the United States are usually four-year colleges that lead students to a bachelor's degree . These schools are American institutions of higher education , which have traditionally emphasized interactive instruction (although research is still a component of ...

  6. Virginia City Historic District (Virginia City, Montana)

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    Designated in 1966, the district includes over two hundred nineteenth-century buildings, representing the site of a major gold strike and the capital of Montana for ten years. [2] Virginia City was founded in the early 1860s, in the wake of a major gold find in Alder Gulch, which ascends into the mountains to the south.

  7. Marymount University - Wikipedia

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    Marymount was founded in 1950 by the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary (RSHM) as Marymount College, a two-year women's school.It was a member school of the Marymount colleges operated by the sisterhood in New York, California and several other states.

  8. Virginia Tech School of Public and International Affairs

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    Virginia Tech's School of Public and International Affairs has received the following rankings: Public Affairs: No. 39 in the nation for Graduate Public Affairs in the 2020 U.S. News & World Report [6] Urban Planning: No. 22 in the nation in Planetizen's Top 25 Schools For Urban Planners [7]

  9. Longwood University - Wikipedia

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    Longwood's Health and Fitness Center, which opened in 2007, was the first higher education building in Virginia to be awarded the gold level of LEED certification. [20] A new 41,983-square-foot Center for Communication Studies and Theater opened in 2009 to house the rapidly growing communication studies major.