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Road trip through the desert—and history
The exposed rock where the Colorado River runs through the Grand Canyon is 2 billion years old. The rim above the canyon—170 million years of accumulated sediment—blew away as dust. Eight centuries ago, the civilization that existed here left behind … Continue reading
Posted in Antiquities Act, Colorado Basin, National Park Service, Uncategorized
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The American founding of Oregon—in myth and fact
The martyrdom of Marcus Whitman, like the nobility of the Lost Cause, was taught to American school children for a century. The thumbnail of the story: The doctor/preacher convinced a president to safeguard Oregon for the United States rather than … Continue reading
Standing agape in an undivided current
Thoughts on Yosemite, from bikerben58.wordpress.com: The vision of Abraham Lincoln and John Muir
Posted in Abraham Lincoln, National Park Service, Uncategorized
Tagged John Muir, Yosemite
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A few days in southern Utah . . .
. . . where a piece of the Trump administration’s environmental agenda is playing out, and where hordes of Americans (and foreigners) can’t get enough of the West. Fiery Furnace is a mind game
Posted in environment, National Park Service, Uncategorized
Tagged Donald Trump, Environment
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