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Teddy Roosevelt National Park

Although his time here in North Dakota was not long if measured in numbers of days…the quality of that time and the impact it made…

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The Influence of North Dakota on a President

To date, no U.S. president has been born in North Dakota…but this commander-in-chief experienced a rebirth there that he said was the reason he one…

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Hi Jolly’s Legacy

In Quartzite, Arizona you can find the grave of Hi Jolly.  It’s the Americanized name of a man responsible for transporting many of the supplies…

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Thinking Outside the Box

How do you move people and supplies across a desert?  Well, the answer may depend on what desert you are attempting to cross.  The U.S….

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Steamboats in the Middle of a Desert

When you picture steamboats, we may have images of stately paddle wheeled ships moving up and down the Mississippi River.  So, it may seem odd…

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Good Fences and Good Neighbors

Every rancher knows they need good fences to keep the herd from running wild on the neighbor’s property.  In the 1850s there were not any…

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Arizona’s #2 Tourist Attraction

When bridges become obsolete, they are usually torn down and sold for scrap.  This city thought their over century old bridge might be worth something….

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Lake Havasu

This city is not even 40 years old, yet it grown to over 60,000 residents.  When you consider it’s in the middle of the desert,…

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Making a Birch Bark Canoe

Today you can find many canoes made from aluminum or fiberglass, but you don’t see many constructed of Birch bark.  That fact makes Carl Coster’s…

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The Northwest Company

Normally companies who operate illegally do so by carefully hiding their activities.  This company made no such move to operate secretively.  Of course it’s easily…

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