Thinking about summer

The Heartland of America

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April 15th 2007
When we reached Denver, we'd just about experienced visual overload with all that we'd seen in less than a week - from the dry high desert tundra, the amazing red rocks, the expanses, the blue skies, the yellow spring flowers, the green cacti and then the forests, the snow and more blue sky. So when we left Denver and hit the rolling hills of Nebraska and flat lands of Iowa, we became mesmerized b ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more