Showing posts with label historical sites. Show all posts
Showing posts with label historical sites. Show all posts
December 28, 2016

Obama creates national monuments in Utah, Nevada

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Proposed Bears Ears National Monument. (Grand Canyon Trust) BY TIMOTHY CAMA The Hill P resident Obama protected two massive areas in...
December 13, 2016

Family fights government in land dispute near Area 51

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Dispute over historic Groom Mine in Nevada pits Air Force against local family near Area 51 http://video.foxnews.com/v/5244593192001/ By ...
August 20, 2016

Summit Inn, a popular roadside diner, destroyed by wildfire in Cajon Pass

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The Blue Cut fire has scorched more than 37,000 acres so far. Satellite imagery captured Thursday shows the extent of the burn area. This ...
August 18, 2016

‘Confusion at every level’ of the Park Service

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By Joe Davidson | Columnist Washington Post Y ears of sacred- and ceremonial-ground desecration at the Effigy Mounds National Monument...
December 13, 2015

Old West lives on at Pioneertown

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What started as an Old West movie set built in the 1940s, Pioneertown still lives on as a getaway that recalls those days. (Photo by Trevor ...
October 16, 2015

Government takes family's land near Area 51

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Historic Groom Mine overlooking Area 51 By Glen Meek and Kyle Zuelke Las Vegas Now LAS VEGAS -- Private land overlooking the secret ...
July 12, 2015

Lost in the Desert: Proposed Mojave Trails National Monument Remains In Limbo

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Route 66, America's "Mother Road," runs through the heart of the proposed Mojave Trails National Monument, but is in dire ne...
May 15, 2015

Old Woman Mountains get a touch of new

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The landscape in the Old Woman Mountains Preserve in San Bernardino County. The Native American Land Conservancy recently completed a proj...
December 31, 2014

Eagle Mountain legal battle settled after 15 years

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A massive iron ore mining pit at Eagle Mountain in the remote desert just east of the Coachella Valley. (Jay Calderon, The Desert Sun) S...
June 25, 2014

Baker's thermometer to reopen July 10

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World's Largest Thermometer The world's tallest thermometer in Baker. The thermometer will be rededicated on July 10, after several ...
April 30, 2014

A Ghost Town, Going Green

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Mr. Freeman and his wife, Roxanne Lang, reopened the town’s store and cafe, and restored the hotel, room by room, creating a destination f...
November 14, 2013

Time to throw the Antiquities Act into the recycling bin of history

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Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, Utah OPINION By RON ARNOLD The Examiner T wo words — national monument — conjure Image...
October 31, 2013

Interior’s Jewell: no partisan motive in closing monuments

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The U.S. Interior Department recently weighed in against the preferred route of the West Davis corridor freeway, saying that it would caus...
September 20, 2013

Plans unveiled for Mojave Desert tourist train, museum

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As part of its plan to mine underground water supplies, Los Angeles-based Cadiz Inc. is proposing a tourist steam engine, museum and cultura...
April 7, 2013

Rare visit to the Mitchell Caverns

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Naturalists from the SCV push back the desert to earn a rare visit to the now closed, historic, cave Deep in El Pakiva Cavern are numerous f...
August 13, 2012

Out Of Touch President Obama Fiddles While Tombstone, AZ Burns

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Ralph Benko, Contributor Forbes W elcome to the Wild West, 2012 style. The Feds to Tombstone: “If you want to fix your water line, be...