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Outside August 2006 Mark Jenkins |
Because It's Sacred Why climb America's most spectacular, and controversial, natural landmark? For the same reason you shouldn't. |
Smithsonian May 2006 Tony Perrottet |
Destination America: Mount Rushmore With a Native American superintendent, the South Dakota monument is becoming much more than a shrine to four presidents. |
Adventure Mark Sundeen |
Road Trip: The Ballad of Route 89 From Canada to Mexico, past seven national parks and 1,700 miles of the promised land on the West's most Western highway. |
Outside July 2003 Bill Vaughn |
Raising North Dakota Horrible winters. A dwindling, aging population. Abandoned farms reverting to prairie grass. Perfect, says our writer. |
AskMen.com Jasper Anson |
Top 10: National Parks With such a giant landscape to work with, the United States holds a multitude of national parks for local and international tourists to sample any time of the year. |
Wild West June 2006 Robert W. Larson |
Sioux Chief Gall: In the Shadow of Sitting Bull Soldiers gave the Hunkpapa leader his nickname because he was a dashing warrior who effectively teamed up with Sitting Bull in the 1870s. But after his surrender in 1881, Gall stood up for cooperation and peace at Standing Rock. |
Wild West July 3, 2004 Nancy M. Peterson |
Interpreter Philip Wells: Wounded at Wounded Knee The son of a white father and a half-blood mother, Wells nearly lost his nose in the tragic 1890 affair but still managed to be merciful. |
Popular Mechanics June 2008 |
3 More Classic American Road Trips: War, Wilderness and Whitewater! Road trips for indulging sport, music, and history interests |
Outside November 2001 Tim Cahill |
Floating the Mighty Free and Easy A flotilla of stouthearted men and women confronts hissing snakes, weird rocks, flat water, and the greatest mud in the west; or, What I Did on my Summer Vacation... |
Outside October 2009 Justin Nyberg |
Southwest Adventures: Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado The last thing you expect to see next to 14,000-foot peaks is a 30-square-mile chunk of Sahara-like desert. The unlikely juxtaposition makes Great Sand Dunes National Park one of the most remarkable spots in the country. |
Outside June 2004 Annette McGivney |
National Park Secret Trips Locals' no-tell favorites, from Acadia to Yellowstone to wildest Alaska--along with a roundup of dream towns nearby, the places to eat, drink, and dance after a day or three in backcountry heaven. |
Salon.com June 5, 2000 David Darlington |
Yo! I ride through the valley in the shadow of death A quartet of intrepid mountain bikers tackles the far, unfriendly reaches of Death Valley National Park -- and learns some lessons about life. |
American History December 2005 Charles Phillips |
Wounded Knee Massacre The intermittent war between the United States and the Plains Indians that stretched across some three decades after the Civil War came to an end on December 29, 1890, at the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. |
Outside October 2005 Stark et al. |
Let the Bad Times Roll Thirteen unlucky people tell of their worst moments while outdoors... Great books about bad luck... Ten worst adventure disasters of the past 200 years... |
Salon.com November 27, 2002 James Hagengruber |
Sitting Bull uber alles Some Germans are fascinated American Indian culture. |
Outside April 2006 |
Adrenaline Nation Secret instructions on how to plot an escape from your hardwired grind to wide-open adventure in North America. |
American History Larry E. Morris |
The Corps of Discovery: After the Expedition Its mission over, the Corps of Discovery disbanded and its members sought their own destinies. Some of them passed from the historical record, but others had adventures that made their experiences with Lewis and Clark seem almost tame by comparison. |
Outside May 2010 |
The Best State Parks Follow our guide to America's wild and relatively untrampled state parks, national lakeshores, and recreation areas. |
Wild West Robert Benjamin Smith |
Buffalo Bill's Skirmish At Warbonnet Creek Three weeks after the disaster at the Little Bighorn, Buffalo Bill claimed he had taken 'the first scalp for Custer!' And soon the famous scout was doing it all over again on the stage. |
Outside July 2003 |
Land o' the Free Our ten favorite stretches of American blacktop come with all the essential summer pleasures. So pick your pavement and go. |
Geotimes July 2006 Callan Bentley |
Summer Roadtrip: Driving to "West Dakota" From Badlands National Park through the Black Hills to Devils Tower, four hours of driving in western South Dakota and eastern Wyoming generates a roadtrip through a region that has much to entertain geo-philic travelers. |
Outside September 2001 Mike Grudowski |
Welcome to Your New Backyard Want instant access to the Big Outdoors -- trails, rivers, wild shores, just minutes from home -- without compromising your livelihood? Then check out these ten towns on the verge of paradise, where you don't have to ditch it all to have it all. |
Geotimes June 2004 |
Memorials in Stone The summer is a wonderful time to hit the road and explore a variety of geologically significant places. Here, we profile three stone features that have been transformed into memorials to important figures in U.S. history. |
Wild West August 2005 Robert Nightengale |
Custer's Last Stand Still Stands Up Although George Custer may have made some mistakes at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, he had a solid plan that summer day in 1876 and might have defeated Sitting Bull and allies had two subordinate officers obeyed his orders. |
Wild West July 3, 2004 J. Jay Myers |
Tecumseh, Red Cloud and Sitting Bull: Three Great Indian Leaders Diplomacy, courage and charisma were among the attributes of this trio of great Indian leaders. |
Adventure November 2005 Robert Earle Howells |
Adventure Travel 2006: The Sports Trips Atlas The best locations around the world for skiing, rafting, mountaineering, diving, and mountain biking. |
Outside June 2003 Nick O'Connell |
Mountaineering 101: Top Ten From Half Dome to Denali, meet the best teachers in the business, progressively ratchet up your skill set, and graduate at the top of the continent. |
Real Travel Adventures March 2006 Linda Ballou |
The Good of Going to the Mountains The White Mountains of New Hampshire have over 600 miles of well-marked paths that seduce the hiker into shady glens through lacy fern forests and to alpine climbs pocked with turquoise glacier cirques. |
Wild West John F. Murphy, Jr. |
Long March of Lewis and Clark For 28 arduous and danger-filled months, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led the longest armed reconnaissance in military history. |
Wild West July 3, 2004 G. Sam Carr |
Sioux Chief's Ghost Dance Revival Two years after Wounded Knee, Chief Two Sticks was Ghost Dancing and more. |
High on Adventure February 2009 Vicki Andersen |
Snowmobiling West Yellowstone, Montana This snowmobile-friendly town accesses the nation's most extensive trail network. |
Smithsonian May 2006 Owen Edwards |
War and Remembrance An Indian artist's traditional tribute honors Native American soldiers who served in Vietnam. |
Smithsonian March 2007 Joshua Hammer |
Rain Forest Rebel In the Amazon, researchers document the way the native people have joined forces with an embattled chief to stop illegal loggers and developers from destroying the earth's most precious wilderness |
High on Adventure December 2006 Larry Turner |
Montana Delights Big Mountain Ski Resort is impressive no matter how you look at it. The views are spell bounding and you can follow each day by eating culinary masterpieces at Cafe Kandahar. |
Geotimes February 2005 Megan Sever |
Glacier: Crown of the Continent Established as a national park in 1910, Glacier National Park's geologic and ecologic significance is internationally recognized. |
AskMen.com September 30, 2014 Migizi Pensoneau |
Think Washington Shouldn't Have To Change Their Name? This Might Change Your Perspective The NFL has so many controversies going on right now, it's hard to know where to start. But the league still has some issues in the mix when it comes to race and culture. |
Outside July 2004 Dina Mishev |
Peak Season Summer is the new prime time at mountain resorts. Here are a few good reasons to head for the hills when the heat is on. |
Wild West December 2006 |
Letters from Readers Plenty of Gall... & Some Little Crow... Untimely Mistake... |
Adventure May 2004 James Vlahos |
The Glacial Gallery Montana's Glacier National Park is one of the world's premier showcases of glaciation, a land of deep valleys separated by spiny aretes, cirques that shelter turquoise tarns, and summits in every conceivable shape, from layer cake to Egyptian pyramid. |
CFO December 1, 2006 John Goff |
The 5 Cent Empire Native American tribes parlayed legalized gambling into a $22 billion lifeline. Now states want a piece of the action. |