mountains

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The first decades of the 19th century saw the U.S. expand rapidly while the list of major cities reached well beyond the Appalachian Mountains.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 1, 2026

In the early days, the Mono City resident recalls seeing a few dozen horses on the east side of the White Mountains.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2026

Katy Löwe runs one of them from Halberstadt, a town that lies at the northern foothills of Saxony-Anhalt's Harz Mountains, 120 miles west of Berlin.

From BBC • Jun. 29, 2026

In years with ample precipitation, winter snow that accumulates in the Mogollon Mountains and Black Range provides much of the river's spring runoff.

From Science Daily • Jun. 18, 2026

It lay in a strip from the foothills of the Ozark Mountains to the banks of the Illinois River in northeastern Oklahoma.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls