How Did a Poor Geologist Become Utah’s Uranium King?
With a single uranium strike in southeastern Utah, Charlie Steen rose from broke prospector to national celebrity. The Mi Vida mine made him rich—and nearly destroyed him.
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What is the Forgotten WWII Camp Hidden in Utah’s Desert?
The attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941 caused America to formally enter World War II. In 1942, the United States government forced thousands of Japanese Americans to leave their homes. Many families from San Francisco and other parts of Northern California were told to pack up and leave with only a few days’ notice….
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Who made the first photographs of the American West?
Solomon Nunes Carvalho was an American artist, photographer, and explorer. He was a Sephardic Jew. Born in 1815 in Charleston, South Carolina, Solomon became known for his skills in painting and daguerreotype photography. (Daguerreotype is the earliest form of photography. It makes a direct-positive image on a silver-coated plate.) In 1853, Carvalho joined a famous…