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  • A large highway billboard reading Welcome to Utah Life Elevated featuring a graphic of desert red rocks and blue water.
    Utah | Places

    How Did Utah Really Get Its Name?

    ByFrans Lambrechtsen February 16, 2020July 18, 2026
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    The answer to the question is: It depends. Ask five different people and you’ll likely get five different answers. This is the clever answer to the question. A more direct answer to the question is: The State of Utah got its name from the Native American people that lived in the territory before the first…

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  • Historic Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad narrow gauge steam locomotive 463 on the tracks under a dramatic cloudy sky.
    New Mexico | Things

    Hidden Gem: How the Cumbres and Toltec Railroad Saved a Dying Mining Line

    ByFrans Lambrechtsen November 30, 2019July 17, 2026
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    Amazing Beauty and a Journey Back in Time.

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  • Photo taken from the base of Devils Tower Wyoming
    Wyoming | Places

    Devils Tower Wyoming: What is the Legend Behind the Great Bear Rock?

    ByFrans Lambrechtsen August 25, 2019July 16, 2026
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    What was the first national monument in the United States? If you said Devils Tower, Wyoming (September 1906), then you’d be right. (C’mon. Admit it. You were probably thinking of a different place….) What is Devils Tower? Devils Tower is a large geologic feature that stands nearly 1,300 feet over the plains of northeast Wyoming….

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