Fort Laramie in Wyoming commemorates 175 years (AP via Yahoo! News) The frontiersmen who built this outpost in 1834 picked a spot they hoped would enable them to dominate the regional buffalo-hide trade: a valley where two rivers run together and the Great Plains meet the Rocky Mountains.
The treasures of Messel (Guardian Unlimited) Ida, the fossil of an early primate, caused a sensation when she was unveiled last month. But she is just one of thousands of beautifully preserved ancient creatures that are being unearthed from an old shale quarry in Germany. Patrick Barkham pays a visit One day, in an ancient land, a small bat began an incredible journey through time. Dusk was falling in the forest when he swooped low over a ...
Post office plan on track? (The Steamboat Pilot & Today) The vital signs of the real estate deal that would facilitate moving the Steamboat Springs Post Office out of downtown were stabilizing Thursday after U.S. Postal Service officials pulled back from earlier statements that the move was off.
