Megan Kate Nelson

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The Big Business Politics Behind the Formation of Yellowstone National Park

In the fall of 1871, Americans became aware of Yellowstone’s many natural wonders after geologist Ferdinand Hayden returned from a federally funded expedition to assess the region’s “geological, mineralogical, zoological, botanical, and agricultural resources.” Hayden...

By Megan Kate Nelson

The Civil War Wasn't Just About the Union and the Confederacy. Native Americans Played a Role Too

As the Civil War began, the Union wanted to control New Mexico as a way to access the gold in the mountains of the West and California’s deep-water ports. The Confederates wanted these same resources, of course.

By Megan Kate Nelson
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