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The Alamo, San Antonio, Texas
Posted on April 27, 2009 | 2 CommentsIt seems like each culture has a story of a battle where “few fought against many.” From my perspective, living here in the western U.S., perhaps the most famous battle took place at the Alamo in 1836. -
A Moment Frozen in Time: DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge, Missouri Valley, Iowa
Posted on February 21, 2009 | 1 CommentThe chugging of a steam engine and the whistle of a steamboat lure visitors to a glance at the past, when river travel helped settle the West while also impacting the environment and wildlife habitats. Many national wildlife refuges protect wildlife and habitat along rivers, but one harbors cargo retrieved from the Bertrand, a riverboat that didn’t survive the treacherous journey hauling supplies up the Missouri River in the mid-1800s. -
Hartley Nature Center, Duluth, Minnesota
Posted on December 20, 2008 | 1 CommentMost recently, this spot was an overgrown field, slowly filling with invasive tansy and buckthorn. Before that, pastureland for the dairy herd at the old Allendale farm occupied this land during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. And before that, it was just another chunk of the mixed hardwood and pine forest that covered most of northern Minnesota in the presettlement era. -
Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail
Posted on October 23, 2008 | 2 CommentsFor 120 days last summer, 11 crewmembers and I experienced the Chesapeake Bay and its major tributaries in a way that hasn’t been attempted in 400 years. By rowing and sailing 1,500 miles in a slow, silent, 17th-century-style, 28-foot open boat, or shallop, we had the fortune of seeing the bay in a very intimate way. -
The Shipwreck Museum, Paradise, Michigan
Posted on August 23, 2008 | No CommentsImageLake Superior is 350 miles long with a breadth of 160 miles. It is large enough in surface area and volume to contain all the other Great Lakes plus three more the size of Lake Erie. On Lake Superior’s coast, the Shipwreck Museum consists of eight historic structures at the site of the Whitefish Point Light Station, the oldest working light station on Lake Superior.