A Night in a Fort I was 10 when I got invited for a special night at Fort
Clatsop by the superintendent. Kids my age spend too much
time with their video games pretending about things that never
happen. I had to pinch myself because I was pretending right
where something really did happen. It was too cool. more... |
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Quest for AuthenticityHistorians have long suspected that the reconstructed Fort Clatsop, Lewis and Clark’s camp in the
winter of 1805-06, was not in the same spot as the original. The hastily erected enclosure was occupied for a little more than three months before the weather turned and the expedition headed back east. more... |
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Probing the Recent past at Maryland's Glen Echo Park“Sorry kid, can’t let you in,” the counselor said, fixing his glance on the fresh scar over my eye,
still evident today under a graying brow. more... |
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Seeking the Silver Lining in a Prospecting PastLooking toward the San Juan Mountains at night, the thought hits you that the West was never entirely won. more...
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Ocean to Ocean Fighting Malaria, yellow fever, landslides, and countless other hazards, workers toiled for 10 years to accomplish one of the greatest engineering feats of all time, the Panama Canal. Completed in 1914 at a cost of 27,000 lives, the project was immense, its impact enormous. Ships more... |