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The Army’s Camel Caravan

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 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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In Search of Good Fences

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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Standin’ on a Corner

This song hit number 12 on the billboard charts 50 years ago, and it’s popularity seems to keep growing.  In fact, this town likes the…

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The Daily, Six-Hour Bus Ride

Some students must ride a bus to school.  But imagine a school district where a student might spend nearly six hours simply riding to and…

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The Modern Day Medicine Man

You may have thought the use of Medicine Men was a thing of the past.  Not here.  In fact, this man has found the combination…

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Teaching Native American Traditions

Clyde McBride may have never imagined he’d be teaching his students about Native American traditions in his High School agriculture classes.  However, the intertwining of…

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The Old Hoover Powerhouse

Before Hoover Dam supplied electricity for this region of the southwest, this old powerhouse generated the electricity.  In fact, in was the energy from this…

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Kingman, Arizona

Dinosaurs, caves and safari parks are the things summer road trips are made of.  Perhaps that’s why the combination still appears on an old section…

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Holbrook, Arizona – The Backdrop for Cars

Sometimes movies do more than just bring in dollars at the box office.  They occasionally have an impact on the place where they were filmed. …

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