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New Mexico | Places

Roswell, New Mexico – Discover Aliens, History, and Family Fun!
ByFrans Lambrechtsen June 12, 2025August 20, 2026

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Welcome to Roswell New Mexico! This city sits in the wide Chihuahuan Desert. It is near the blue Pecos River. The sky here is very big and dark at night. Many people know this place for a mystery that fell from the sky in 1947. But this town has many other secrets to share. It…

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Places | Wyoming

Bighorn Medicine Wheel: Wyoming’s Ancient National Historic Landmark
ByFrans Lambrechtsen May 28, 2025June 4, 2026

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The Bighorn Medicine Wheel is an ancient stone circle. It sits on top of Medicine Mountain in the Bighorn National Forest near Lovell, Wyoming. Travelers know it as a U.S. National Historic Landmark. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1969 and named a National Historic Landmark in 1970. The simple…

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Utah | People

Who made the first photographs of the American West?
ByFrans Lambrechtsen March 15, 2025August 20, 2026

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Solomon Nunes Carvalho was a painter and photographer who joined a dangerous trip into the Rocky Mountains in 1853. He carried heavy equipment to make the first photographs of the American West. The journey was led by John C. Fremont. Carvalho faced blizzards, hunger, and freezing cold. Many of his pictures were lost, but his…

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