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Morning Astorian of Feb. 13, 1884, worried about the fate of Capt. Frank Worth, who had friends in this city, after the wreck of the Umatilla on a reef near Cape Flattery, Washington. The same day, ...

By Chuck Seaver, South Lake Tablet The Clermont chain of lakes has an intriguing and mysterious history that includes ...

Ms. Smith was among the country’s most renowned Native artists, crafting pieces that incorporated Indigenous images and ...

John Rock, whose photographs capture the drama of the fast and famously unstable log canoe races, will share his work on ...

Madagascar owes its name to Marco Polo. The famous traveler heard about the island during his wanderings in Africa. The name ...

Smith broke barriers for Native art and exhibited at major museums around the U.S. Before she died last month, she planned a large-scale sculpture for the Missoula Art Museum.

The legislation threatens meaningful public input processes that have been critical in the fight to protect the Boundary ...

The north-south trails from St. Paul to Dubuque (Iowa) and from Fort Atkinson (Iowa) to Winona, along with the east-west travel along both the Chatfield Territorial Road and the State Line Trail, ...

Connecticut lawmakers want to acknowledge the Indigenous heritage of Caribbean islands like Puerto Rico, Cuba, Jamaica and ...

MILLINOCKET, Maine – Mount Katahdin is one of Maine's crown jewels. The centerpiece of Baxter State Park, its summit is the ...

The best-selling author based “The Notebook” and other heart-tugging novels in New Bern, where he lives. But what makes the ...