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New Zealand offers travelers bountiful opportunities to enjoy the outdoors. There are beaches, rivers, lakes, mountains and fjords.
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The Big Mama Rag newspaper was first published in Colorado in 1972. It was a publication focused on feminist empowerment.
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The El Malcriado newspaper was established in 1964 by Chicano labor leader Cesar Chavez. It was the unofficial publication of the United Farm Workers.
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American journalist Ray Josephs was concerned that politics in Argentina in the 1940s might destabilize Latin America.
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Fritz Gutheim was a preservation activist and university professor whose expertise in urban planning and historic preservation influenced generations of students.
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Dr. Arthur Kilness made it his life’s work to study the chemical element selenium and its impact on humans, livestock and wildlife.
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From 1947 to 1971 Warren Page was the shooting editor for Field and Stream magazine. His work took him on hunts for big game across six continents.
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The SALT II Agreement, which was signed in 1979 by Jimmy Carter and Leonid Brezhnev, was the outcome of nearly seven years of negotiations across three U.S. presidential administrations. Its goal was to help reduce the chances of nuclear war.
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The 1950s TV show I Love Lucy won multiple Emmys and is considered to be one of the most influential sitcoms in television history.
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The ABC television series The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp starring Hugh O’Brian was loosely based on the real-life Western lawman Wyatt Earp.
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The television series Born Free aired on NBC in 1974. It was set in Kenya and followed the adventures of Elsa, an orphaned lioness and her human caretakers.
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United States Supreme Court Justice Willis Van Devanter served for 26 years beginning in 1911. He is the only Supreme Court Justice ever nominated from Wyoming.