Who was the old guy that became famous for standing up to America?
“I will fight no more forever.”
– Chief Joseph
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A Bad Face Becomes a City in Nevada
In the early 1800s, the American West was still very wild and unknown. Native American tribes still prospered and lived peacefully in this area. Two tribes were prominent in the Great Basin region…the Paiute and the Shoshone. This part of America became the states we now call Nevada, Utah, and Idaho. In 1820, a boy…
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Where Ancient and Modern Meet on the Plains of Wyoming
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….
