The species is not native to the area, but since their introduction to Olympic National Park, have become dangerously addicted to human sweat and urine.Ramon Dompor/The Seattle TimesBlindfolded and sedated mountain goats being flown out of Washington’s Olympic National Park.
We’ve all heard the saying “when pigs fly,” but what happens when goats fly?
So far, more than 75 mountain goats have been flown out of Olympic National Park in Washington state as part of a larger plan to remove the species from the area. Read More...
After a rocky start beset with mishaps and air sickness, Harry Herbert Crosby became a key member of the legendary "Bloody 100th" Bomb Group, World War II's "masters of the air."Rebecca Crosby HutchinsonHarry Crosby flew 32 missions during World War II with the 100th Bomb Group’s “masters of the air.”
As 1941 was drawing to a close, Harry Crosby was consumed with both a love affair with the woman who would become his wife as well as his studies at the University of Iowa. Read More...
In 1800, Gabriel Prosser recruited 2,000 people for Gabriel's Rebellion in Virginia, which was set to be the first large-scale slave revolt after the American Revolution.Public domainGabriel Prosser (1776-1800) struck fear into slave-holding Virginian society when he masterminded a daring plan to topple the young state’s government.
Gabriel Prosser was born into slavery in 1776, the same year the United States declared its independence from Britain. Raised on a plantation six miles north of Richmond, Virginia, Prosser grew up in bondage while white Virginians celebrated their liberty. Read More...
