Famed conservationist John Muir traveled through the Sierra Nevada Mountains in 1869. He was with shepherds and a flock of she...
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In 2012, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) listed over 9,000 plant and animal species as either critica...
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We’ve only one planet to live on, so the preservation of natural resources for our children and grandchildren is up to us. This...
Women’s History Month is traditionally held in March, but the study of women’s history is valuable all twelve months of the yea...
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Forty-four men have served as President of the United States. They have lead the country through wars, economic depressions, ...
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The United States and Canada observe Black History month in February; the United Kingdom observes it in October. While the co...
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For centuries, humans have attempted to codify the rights, privileges, responsibilities, and freedoms each person has in a so...
The French Revolution began in 1789 and took the idea of modern democracy from the fledgling United States to Europe. A perio...
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Macabre, dark, foreboding; these adjectives are often used to describe the works of Edgar Allan Poe. While this is true of ma...
by John Muir from My First Summer in the Sierra
Chapter V passage: After arriving in California in 1...
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