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Ardmore

a city of Oklahoma, the county-seat of Carter co. It is on the Santa Fé, the Rock Island, San Francisco and Oklahoma, and the New Mexico and Pacific railroads. It has several important educational institutions. Its chief industries are cotton and asphalt.

There are important oil wells and deposits of natural gas in the neighborhood. It is also the center of an important stock-raising and agricultural community. Pop. (1910) 8,618; (1920) 14,181.

ARDNAMURCHAN (-mur'kan) POINT, the most westerly point of the island of Great Britain, in Argyllshire, having a lighthouse, 180 feet above sealevel, visible 18 to 20 miles off.

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