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Students: This video demonstrates what this summer's Six Mile Creek rafting experience will be like. -- Dr. C.

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North to Alaska Indeed!!

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 NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS!!!!! Preparations are underway for the July 2012 installment of History on the Move, the path-breaking domestic study/travel experience from the Public History Program at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Check out the information on this web page about the upcoming program and then get your application and deposit in ASAP.  This one is going to be GREAT!

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Click the photos to go to the album containing entries in the given categories.  We have some really great submissions and they reflect only a portion of the experience.  Judges will be casting their votes, but everyone is welcome weigh in with compliments on the great photos.  Good job everyone! Human Subject - HOM 2011 Nature - HOM 2011 Still Life - HOM 2011 Historic HOM

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Fresh Fruit Pies at the Gifford Homestead I have MANY favorite moments from this past class, but I particularly enjoyed our visit to the historic Gifford Homestead in Capitol Reef National Park.  Why?  Because they are carrying on the traditions of the early Mormon pioneers here by baking fresh fruit pies every morning.  Thanks to the Carrikers for providing us with a selection of those

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If the trip has radically altered anything, it's my sense of distance. At one point, a drive of 431 miles would have seemed an impossible feat for a single day, but now I know it can be done (with only minimal highway fatigue)! These kinds of day-long drives can only be pulled off without loss of sanity by stopping to see what delightfully kitschy attractions the roadside has to offer. My

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From its inception, Los Alamos inspired a level of mystique that was only furthered by its secrecy and location. The remote high-desert mesa provided the requisite security for the assemblage of a secret atomic bomb. One of several laboratories responding to President Roosevelt's demands for increased research in nuclear weaponry, Los Alamos was a direct result of the development of the Manhattan

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I’m that girl who always has a song on her mind. Without realizing it, I am always moving some part of my body to the rhythm playing in my head. I tend to work faster, concentrate harder, and have a livelier personality when I hear a melody. So, you can image my happiness when I realized my classmates on the trip were all music loving historians who enjoyed impromptu concerts on the

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Mission San Juan         In the eighteenth-century, Mexico sought to establish a presence in the territory northward for dual purposes: to expand its cultural influence and to transform the regional Native Americans into productive, loyal, and Christian Spanish citizens. The result was the establishment of five missions along the San Antonio River that would inadvertently become the largest

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Adobe Chapel on the DeGrazia Property         Yesterday, we visited the Ted DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun. The adobe museum and adjoining chapel, both listed on the National Registry of Historic Places, have become a pilgrimage site for those wishing to understand and reflect on the unique cultural flavor that is the American Southwest. The work Ettore "Ted" DeGrazia not only preserves a

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Courtesy of the Visitor's Center at Arches National Park, Utah There are many historic sites on our trip that highlight the presence of native people in the Southwest, and our first stop in New Mexico, Pecos National Historical Park, introduced us to the Ancestral Puebloans. The Anasazi, or Ancestral Pueblans, were a hunter-gatherer society, finding nutrients in piñon nuts, juniper berries,

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Memorial marker for the Gila River Japanese internment camp With the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Americans were thrust into World War II and faced an uncertain future. Fearing Japanese saboteurs along the West Coast, and wary of further surprise attacks, on February 19, 1942, President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066, authorizing the military to round up Japanese

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  Fort Bowie was built in 1862 mainly due to the Native Americans known as the Chiricahua Apaches, who’s native ways and culture were being greatly threatened by the new white men.  The location of Fort Bowie was picked specifically for the involvement with the Chiricahua Apaches due to feuds involving the rights to the water in the Apache Spring as well as violence that was becoming a problem on

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Silverton, CO   Cell phones, internet, social networking, anything to stay connected with other people on a constant basis, seems to be the norm for today's world.  The luxury of picking up or turning on your device and instantly connecting to the world is right at your fingertips.  Then of course there is usually a grocery store around the corner or just down the road for everyone's

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Distinct cultures typically have recognizable symbolic markers that can articulate a region's unique identity. With fairly extensive travel in any of these distinct regions, this fact becomes more appreciable. Contrasting symbols from Louisiana and New Mexico/the southwest allows for a more thorough understanding of how groups use particular images to express their feelings about their heritage

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After visiting Los Alamos, New Mexico, where the Atomic bomb was essentially invented, and then the Nevada Test Site, where it was tested and perfected, History on the Move’s next stop was inevitably the Titan Missile Museum, the site of the only publicly accessible Titan II missile. A 103 foot tall intercontinental ballistic missile, the Titan Missile Silo was designed to be used after a Soviet

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Thursday, June 2, History on the Move had the privilege of taking a tour of the Nevada Test Site with Bob Keller, a former administrator at the site for over 40years. (As we found out at the end of the tour, for a time he was basically in charge of running the 1,375 square miles of military installations that developed and implemented nuclear testing.) The all-day tour took us throughout the site

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  The Nevada Test Site, otherwise known as the Nevada National Security Site, there have been hundreds of different kinds of research and tests throughout the site’s history.  What is surprising is the amount of effort and research that is still found there today. http://www.atomictourist.com/nts.htm      This would be why I chose not to take a rock to represent each place I have been. I think

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The Simple Life…What comes to mind when you read that? Is it Paris Hilton prancing around a farm pretending to live the rugged life? If so, please push that sorry image out of your head and picture this…rising and falling with the sun, partaking in countless adventures that nature so graciously provides, and best of all NOOOO RENT!!!! Does this spark your interest in going off the grid?  In

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One lesson I keep learning over and over on this trip is that my stomach seems to be much smaller than restaurants seem to think is normal. Yes, I'm talking about food again. But food is a key part of our social and cultural fabric. Breaking bread together has long been a symbol of trust, goodwill, and fellowship, and is central to the rites of hospitality. During our travels in the Southwest we

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View from Dead Horse Point   The Colorado River is 1,450 miles long and stretches across the states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming.  Starting in the Rocky Mountains, the Colorado River set its course roughly 10 to 15 million years ago but only within the recent past has humanity been able to divert some of its waters with the dams, which has both positive

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     On June 4th, we visited the Musical Instruments Museum in Phoenix, Arizona, and it was one of the most unique experience I've ever had at a museum. "Music is the Language of the Soul;" this trademark of the museum has essentially become the thesis it endeavors to prove through the course of its exhibits. The MIM allows its visitors the ability to actively engage in its displays. Organized

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Now that I have toured Las Vegas, Nevada, I am thinking about submitting this advertisement to its tourism committee. “Left your imagination at home? No worries, Las Vegas got you covered.” Psychedelic ceiling forest Vegas is an imagination roller-coaster! Honestly, you need bring nothing but an appetite to digest all that will be served to your eyes, mind, and body. One word it never

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Grand Canyon North Rim Lookout Point   For many people around the United States, and even for some across the globe, the Grand Canyon is a must on people's lists.  Whether you decide to hike down a mile or two, hike rim to rim, or just enjoy the scenery, there is a lot that one could do for a few days worth of time. Cactus flower in the Grand Canyon   Last Tuesday, May 31st, we went to test

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Our Version of  the Trail of Tears: the Kaibab Trail                 On May 31st, we tackled the 10-mile hike of the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. Our "North Rim Snobbery," as we called it, showed in our beaming faces in our before-the-hike group photo. We knew it'd be a tough haul, but nothing like what we were about to experience. The 4.7-mile descent was overall very pleasant. The crisp,

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Bryce Canyon's theatre for giants The Grand Canyon and Bryce Canyon are tied to together by the necessities of tourism. These two natural wonders may have held the cult fascination of Existentialists, but it would take an architect's rustic imagination and a railroad capitalist to bring flocks of visitors to these two splendid sites. The 1920s introduced an era when railroad companies,

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In J.M Barry's Peter Pan, Peter and his friends live in Neverland, never growing up and having adventures forever as children. As Peter learns in the course of the story, we all have to grow up sometime. But that doesn't mean we have to lose our sense of wonder or our thirst for adventure. One of my favorite parts of this trip is rediscovering that sense of child-like excitement and pursuit of

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Along our journey throughout the Southwest, my internal clock has been giving me six a.m. wake up calls.  If I were at home in Lafayette, I would normally fall back asleep or wander into the living room to catch up on my Saved by the Bell reruns. However, being that pressing snooze doesn’t seem to work and I share a room with two other girls, I find the urge to go out and explore my surroundings.

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Georgia O'Keeffe by Dennis Brack, 1977 okeeffemuseum.org           On May 23rd, we visited the Georgia O'Keefe Art Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Sadly, I found it to be underwhelming, as the amount of art displayed from visiting artists greatly dwarfed the number of pieces by O’Keefe, herself. Nonetheless, I marveled in her work and particularly in her life. Dr. Farmer-Kaiser's wonderful

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Logs lodged forming a ladder Sometimes you have to surrender your ego and rely on other people's help.  Especially when exploring a tight crevasse like the one I attempted to squeeze in at Moonflower Canyon Petroglyhps in Moab, Utah.  The plan was to make a 5 a.m hike before leaving for Arches National Park, giving us just enough time to find a way to the top of the cliff, and watch the sunrise

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Arches National Park   Arches National Park was founded on April 4th of 1929 by President Herbert Hoover.  It is constantly receiving visitors from all over the world due to its immense natural beauty.  Too bad there aren’t more Americans there for the sole reason that they are in the same country and do not have to travel internationally in order to see it.  For Americans it is more

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Hilary, Claire, and I under Delicate Arch doing our "victory" pose. This shot really demonstrates the scale of this monstrosity!           On Friday, May 27th, we arrived in Moab, Utah. Best known to the thrill-seeking adventurer as a sports Mecca, Moab's natural beauty and geographical uniqueness is also complemented with a fascinating human history. From the beginning, the city's history has

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---  I have to admit that it has been difficult for the students to find time to blog.  We usually leave around 7:30 in the morning and I set them loose after dinner around 8:30.  Couple this with the fact that we've been in a lot of places that don't have internet access and it is easy to see why there have been so few posts.  They'll  be coming though.  We're in Las Vegas now and we're headed

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--- It was great to step out of the motel room this morning and have this as our view! Capitol Reef National Park - Utah -- Dr. C.

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Kristen talking to the class in Torrey, UT. Whitney talking to the class in Moab, UT. --- Time is flying past on the fifth installment of History on the Move.  Tonight we are in Torrey, Utah which is just outside of Capitol Reef National Park.  Our day began with a 5:00 AM hike into the Colorado River canyons outside of Moab and proceeded to a strenous hike in Arches National Park, a visit

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A lodge view at sunset. While the lands of most national parks are set aside for their beauty, Mesa Verde National Park was particularly set aside for its historical resources; it contains spectacularly-preserved cliff dwellings of the Ancestral Pueblo People. These remnants from the distant past are so stunning and valuable for understanding human history that the United Nations has

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Beau, Maegan, Claire, Kristen, Hilary, and Whitney all hard at work in the evening. --- We spent most of the day (May 26) high in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado getting up close and personal to one of the most important silver mining districts in the country.  The town of Silverton is registered as a National Historic Landmark and offers unique insight into a turn of the

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On Monday May 23rd we visited the Bandelier National Monument. The site was notable for many reasons, but the lesson that stuck with me was actually unrelated to the historic dwellings. You may not get what you wanted, but you may get what you need. For lunch I ordered a salami sandwich. When my number was called, I picked up the silver wrapped cylinder and realized that something had gone

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Bird alighting before nesting in the church's eaves When the Spanish began efforts to colonize New Mexico in 1598, Franciscan friars followed along intending to convert the native peoples to Christianity. The first church was built when Santa Fe became a city in 1610. The church was torn down in 1680 due to the Pueblo Revolt. The Spanish returned in 1693 unable to build another church until

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Santa Fe is much more than just the capitol of New Mexico. It is a place that thrills all five senses and probably that mysterious sixth sense too. This city has embraced over four-hundred years of history entertaining a diversity of cultures. Ancestral Puebloans dominated the New Mexico area before we ever adopted a calender. Their reign was interrupted by the arrival of the Spanish in 1598.

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Pueblo ruins on Frijoles Canyon floor Only an hour drive from Santa Fe, New Mexico, Bandelier National Monument can be found riding along the ancient Jemez Mountains. Bandelier is considered to be one of the premier sites where the Ancestral Puebloans began settling into an agricultural based lifestyle from a nomadic one. This site is named after Mr. Adolph Bandelier who published extensive

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Santa Fe is home to many historic religious buildings. Dating from the 1870s, the Loretto Chapel is site of the spiral "miraculous staircase." In 1610, twelve years after beginning attempts to colonize the lands inhabited by the Puebloan Indians north of the Rio Grand River, the Spanish founded the city of Santa Fe. Having already establish a sizable presence in Central and South America, the

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     Born into the legacy of Victorian values in 1887 in Wisconsin, Georgia O'Keeffe developed an artistic style that brought unparalleled innovation to the American Modernist movement. As she finished high school in 1905, she set out to pursue a career as an artist, a decision based upon the immense talent she displayed in the art lessons she received at home. O'Keeffe spent three years (1905-

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     The zenith of Puebloan culture developed in northern New Mexico with  the Pecos peoples. Reaching its peak around 1500, this civilization built  pueblos of as many as fifteen rooms arrayed over five stories out of bricks  of mud and straw. A prosperous group, it traded actively with tribes from the  northern Great Plains in a vast marketplace, which stood on the grasslands  before their

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---  Today was the longest day of driving that we'll encounter on our trip.  It took us 11 hours to get to Childress, Texas (about 40 minutes longer than expected because of some traffic in Dallas).  Being in the car all day is never easy, but everyone took it with a sense humor and made the best of the drive.  We learned some things along the way about life in the Texas Panhandle and how many

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Beau with Boudin --- Well, we may not have green chile "tomorrow" but it won't be very long.  So, today we took a moment to enjoy a unique regional dish of our own as a reminder that we should seek out the foods that are distinctly southwestern when we're in New Mexico, Colorado, Utah (fry sauce), and Arizona.

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Velvet --- This week we're in class, establishing some context for the places we'll visit and explore.  We depart on Saturday at 7:30 sharp.  I'm lucky to have a great group of students.  They're jelling and I can tell they're going to make a great cohort. Our first stop is Childress, Texas.  It will be a long day, but it is worth it to get out as far as we can.  Last year we drove to Oklahoma

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--One of the fun things we do as part of the program is to have a photography contest.  The winners will have their photos framed and will receive a congratulatory pat on the back.  We're traveling to some of the most scenic areas in the country and there will be numerous worthy subjects. More than anything, this fun exercise encourages us to actively look for compelling photographic

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Here is a list of items we suggest you bring this summer. Remember, being a light packer is a skill employed by good travelers across the globe. Having less luggage makes you lighter on your feet, means you have to haul less, and reduces the likelihood that you'll lose something (if you have less there is less to lose . . . . !). Everyone should plan on getting their clothing into a medium

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 -- Our time in the field this summer will require contributions of varying types from all our participants.  In addition to the assigned Co-Responsibilities, everyone will be called upon to offer their efforts in various other ways to help make the trip a success. ASSIGNED CO-RESPONSIBILITIESFood Advisors - Provide input on food choices and options.  Medic - Administer light first aid and make

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Part of the Gila River Relocation Camp (circa 1944) --- During World War II all people of Japanese ancestry living on the West coast (over 110,000 people) were required to leave their homes and enter government run relocation camps.  Most of the internees were, in fact, American citizens.  These camps were located in a number of remote areas across the West where the "prisoners" would be less

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--- The picture at the top of this blog site is of Delicate Arch in Arches National Park outside of Moab, UT.  Moab's history dates to the mid 1800s when Mormon leadership called for settlement in the area along the Colorado River.  However, it was during the uranium boom of the 1950s and 60s that Moab really took off.  Uranium, a necessary component for the atomic arsenal that U.S. was building

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Bryce Canyon National Park - Utah --- Ebenezer Bryce, a settler on the Paunsaugunt Plateau, came across what we now know as Bryce Canyon in the 1870s.  He recognized its beauty (how could he not), but he was mostly concerned about his livestock and dubbed it "a heck of a place to lose a cow."  It certainly is that!  There is no other place in the world like Bryce Canyon.  The short video below

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Fruita, Utah in Capitol Reef National Park --- Prior to Mormon settlement in this remote part of southern Utah, the land was home to the Fremont People and remnants of their lives here are still evident, particularly through petroglyphs (rock carvings) that exist from roughly 600 A.D.  In the 1880s, Mormon church leadership encouraged the settlement of faraway regions of Utah to secure them. 

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Santa Fe's Historic Palace of the Governors --- Dating to the late 1600s, The Palace of the Governors served as the administrative seat of Spain's territory in what is today the American Southwest and is designated as both a National Historic Landmark and and American Treasure.  It is part of a campus devoted to New Mexican history.  Among other opportunities for learning and interacting with

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---  The human history of Carlsbad Caverns in southeastern New Mexico is just as interesting as its natural history. The early discovery and exploration of the caverns is fascinating (the exploration, in fact, continues to this day), the caves were mined for both gypsum and bat guano, and the largest room in the main cave was used as a fallout shelter in the event of a nuclear war. History on

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Running the rapids on the Piedra River in southwestern Colorado --- A consistent theme when one studies the history of the West or the Southwest is the challenges presented by the environment.  Everyone from American Indians to European explorers, pioneers, and even present day visitors and residents of the region have to negotiate the sometimes inhospitable geography of the Southwest. 

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Grand Canyon from Cape Royal Viewpoint - North Rim --- When History on the Move V visits the Grand Canyon at the end of May, we will spend two nights in historic log cabins, tour the historic lodge, and experience the canyon by hiking down the North Kaibab Trail (the only maintained trail into the canyon from the North Rim).  Even a short hike into the canyon changes a person's perspective on

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Mission San Xavier Del Bac (the White Dove of the Desert) --- Mission San Xavier Del Bac is known as the "White Dove of the Desert".  This Catholic mission was established in 1692, though the church itself was built in 1797.  When the church was built it was on land claimed as New Spain.  Later, the land transitioned to Mexico and then to the United States, but all the while the original

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--- Few people make the trek into the hills of southern Arizona to find Fort Bowie.  The military fort within the site served as a base of operations for the U.S. Army's 1880s war against the Chiricahua Apache Indians and it is where the famed warrior Geronimo finally surrendered in 1886.  The site also interprets the important Butterfield Overland Stage route.  The stage route brought mail from

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--- Santa Fe, New Mexico, aka "The City Different,"  is the second oldest European settled city in the United States.  Among its many treasures is the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum.  Georgia O'Keeffe, Pelvis with Distance, 1943 "One of the most significant artists of the 20th century, Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986) was devoted to creating imagery that expressed what she called “the wideness and

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Test Shot at the Nevada Test Site (circa 1950) -- The Nevada Test site was established outside of Las Vegas in 1950 as a nuclear weapons testing facility.  Over the next three decades nearly 1,000 atomic bombs were detonated (both above and below ground).  A popular tourist attraction for people visiting Las Vegas was to watch the detonations from viewing areas on the roofs of various casinos.

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History on the Move IV: The WEST at Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. History on the Move V: The Southwest is filling up fast.  I am currently accepting applications for the remaining spots.  Those interested in going should get their application materials in by November 29th. The program runs from May 15th through June 10 or 11.  We spend the first week in class and hit the road on May

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HOM V This video provides a good intro to the places History on the Move V will travel to this summer. We're looking to depart on May 21st and return about June 10th. It is a round trip route. We spend two nights in multiple spots, including Santa Fe, Durango, Colorado, the Grand Canyon, Las Vegas, and San Antonio. It is awesome.  I can take up to fourteen people.  Throughout the

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Of course we're all winners, but I have the results of the judges decisions on the photo contest. Here are the winning photos in each category.  The only problem is I don't remember whose picture is whose . . . . . . . . So, will the winners please identify themselves? AND . . . . . . . I have the prizes in my office.  Each winner gets a photo frame so they can show off their picture. I

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