Word: overing
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Signs of America's Old West start as far east as Adair, Iowa, where an old railroad wheel marks the spot on which Jesse James held up his first moving train in 1873. Sweeping along the interstate at a sedate 65 m.p.h., a westward-bound traveler may then dally at...
Spontaneity is not confined to such ambitious projects. Scattered across the plains every summer weekend are powwow reunions dedicated to preserving Indian language and folkways. A score of modest vans and trailers descend on the meeting points. Tepees dot the periphery. Over bowls of venison soup and yellow hominy, knots...
All politics was local politics. A Missoula newspaper gave second billing to statehood, emphasizing instead the selection of the first U.S. Senators. "It was a surprise to us to learn how modern Missoula was," says museum director Wes Hardin. "The image of a wild and woolly Montana was not true...
Another revealing glimpse into Montana's vivid past is on display at the glorious Deer Lodge Valley in the northern Rockies, ten miles west of the continental divide. The Grant-Kohrs Ranch, started by Canadian fur trader Johnny Grant in 1862, became the center of open-range cattle operations owned...
Though Voyager is still about 22 million miles from Neptune, it has already made several discoveries. It has found a new moon to add to the known duo, % Triton and Nereid. Labeled 1989-N1, the object is between 125 and 400 miles across and has a surprisingly ordinary orbit. Like...