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The Higgins Boat: How a New Orleans Builder Put Allied Soldiers on the Shore
From muddy bayous to the beaches of Normandy and the Pacific, Andrew Higgins’s landing craft transformed amphibious warfare and helped make mass beach landings possible.
Read more →Fossil Creek: How a Restored Arizona River Is Learning to Welcome Visitors
In the canyon country east of Camp Verde, Fossil Creek shows how river restoration, public access and careful limits can work together to protect one of Yavapai County’s most remarkable…
Read more →Verde Canyon Railroad: How a Mining Line Became a Window Into Yavapai County’s Wild Heart
A former copper route between Clarkdale and Perkinsville now offers one of Arizona’s most unusual ways to experience the Verde River, Sycamore Canyon, and the high-desert landscape around them.
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Dead Horse Ranch State Park: The Verde Valley Place Where Water Makes Room for Everyone
In the dry heart of Yavapai County, Dead Horse Ranch State Park brings together lagoons, riverbanks, trails, wildlife and quiet moments beneath…
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Percival Everett’s “James” Gives a Classic American Story a New Center
Percival Everett’s Pulitzer-winning novel James revisits Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by placing Jim’s voice, intelligence, and inner life at the heart of…
Read more →Shirley Chisholm: How a Brooklyn Organizer Opened a New Door in American Politics
Before she became the first Black woman elected to the U.S. Congress, Shirley Chisholm learned how to turn neighborhood work into public…
Read more →Argo: How Robotic Floats Made the Ocean a Living Observatory
Thousands of autonomous floats drift through the world’s oceans, repeatedly diving to measure heat and salt. Their observations are helping scientists see…
Read more →The Louisiana Black Bear: How a Bayou Bear Came Back
Once reduced to scattered pockets of habitat, Louisiana’s black bear is finding room to live again as wetlands, forests, and wildlife corridors…
Read more →Prescott Lakes: Where a Planned Community Leaves Room for the High Desert
On Prescott’s northeast side, a network of open ground, trails, ponds, and rocky hills shows how a growing Arizona community can preserve…
Read more →NASA’s X-59 Is Preparing to Make Supersonic Flight Quieter
NASA’s experimental X-59 aircraft is designed to replace the explosive sonic boom with a softer sound—potentially changing how fast civilian aircraft could fly over land.
