Deer caught in Yellowstone fire

Montana-Wyoming 2011 - Glacier and Yellowstone - Thoughts on future

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July 17th 2011
In 1950, a frightened, orphaned bear cub with badly burned paws was retrieved from a tree where he had taken refuge from the Capitan Gap fire in Lincoln County, NM. Flown by private plane to Washington's National Zoo, he became the living embodiment of the U.S. Forest Service campaign against fires which had begun with the debut of a new ad campaign in 1944 in which Smokey Bear ("the" was adde ... 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