History

On a June morning at the Sublette County Public Library in Pinedale, Wyoming, about 150 kids settled in for story time. What they did not know was that the story that day would reach back millions of years into prehistoric time.

Rising 120 feet above the banks of the Yellowstone River, Pompeys Pillar stands as a sandstone sentinel of the American West.

In August 2025, crews battled the Monroe Canyon fire to save a 1920s mining site. While 4 structures fell, Hotshot Captain Almanzo Wenig and his crew cleared lines and used water drops to save the final miner's cabin.

America celebrates the 100th anniversary of U.S. Route 66. Often called the “Mother Road,” it connected Chicago to Los Angeles and became a symbol of westward opportunity, mobility and Americana.

In Arizona, the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area offers a cinematic escape where the spirit of the Old West still lives on screen and on public lands.