Roswell, New Mexico – Discover Aliens, History, and Family Fun!
Roswell, New Mexico – more than just UFOs and alien mysteries!
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Connect with Earth and Sky at This National Landmark in Wyoming
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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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…