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On this date: Oct. 11
1809: Meriwether Lewis committed suicide along the Natchez Trace in Tennessee. 1890: The Daughters of the American Revolution was founded. 1932: In New York, the first telecast of a political campaign was aired. 1975:Saturday Night Live, with guest...Tags: Mario Lemieux, Saturday Night Live, Bill Clinton, George Carlin, American Revolutionary War
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ALMANAC
On Sept. 23, 63 B.C., Caesar Augustus, who would become the first Roman emperor, was born. In 1642 Harvard College in Cambridge, Mass., held its first commencement. In 1806 the expedition led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark returned to St....Tags: William Clark, Government, National Government, Petroleum Industry, Mickey Rooney
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Bird-watching in Nevada's Ruby Mountains
Special to The TimesLamoille Canyon in northeastern Nevada's Ruby Mountains doesn't attract many tourists. But I didn't come seeking crowds, neon lights or fine dining. I came here for something that's increasingly rare in America: a dash of mountain vistas mixed with a...Tags: Bodies of Water, Personal Data Collection, Rivers, Interior Policy
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Maps help us define our place in the universe
Tribune staff reporterGo onto the platform at the CTA rapid transit station at Jarvis Avenue in Rogers Park, and you'll find a colorful map on which all the train lines — all the subway tunnels and elevated tracks, the curving rails and pigeon-splattered girders —...Tags: Transportation, Rogers Park, William Clark, Abraham Lincoln, Chicago Transit Authority
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Alton: A town of tall men, explorers and ghosts
Universal Press SyndicateThe first thing you notice when you approach this Mississippi River city from the Missouri side is the 4,620-foot Clark Bridge, a span whose breathtaking design has made it an architectural tour de force. The second is the Argosy Casino, a complex of...Tags: Casino and Gambling Industry, Transportation, Casino and Gambling, William Clark, Abraham Lincoln
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Damn Cute Menace
Special to The TimesA squirrel leaping from bough to bough, and making the wood but one wide tree for his pleasure, fills the eye not less than a lion,--is beautiful, self-sufficing, and stands then and there for nature. -- RALPH WALDO EMERSON * They come in off the...Tags: Genetics, Gold and Precious Material, Southern California Edison Company, Diseases, Health and Safety at School
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Mix with mortals -- and gods
Times Staff WriterGREECE CRuise the blue Aegean Sea to the Greek Isles aboard a 145-foot, three-masted yacht, then tour classical Greece by bus. The two-week tours, with departures from May through October, include a seven-day cruise with stops at Santorini, Mykonos,...Tags: Transportation, William Clark, Music Theater, Richard Wagner, Cruises
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Along the Missouri with Lewis and Clark
Special to The TimesThe smell of wood smoke and burning sage filled the lean-to. Rain pounded the roof. Soggy clothing hung helter-skelter overhead, and river mud coated the floor. Still, the mood was magical. All eyes watched our camp cook, Tony Kellar, who is part Creek...Tags: Labor Day, Rivers, History, Bodies of Water, Canoeing and Kayaking
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Steel yourself for an adventure in lively Pittsburgh
Special To The SunIt used to be when you mentioned Pittsburgh, the uninitiated conjured images of belching smokestacks, die-hard football fans and snow. This year, Pittsburgh's getting national attention only for the Steelers' losing streak and the city's budget woes -...Tags: Andrew Carnegie, Julie Andrews, John F. Kennedy, Pittsburgh Steelers, Ecosystems
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Rivers, states and history merge at Harpers Ferry
Special To The SunFall is a wonderful time to enjoy crisp air and turning leaves in the nearby mountains of Maryland and West Virginia. The historic town of Harpers Ferry, W.Va., located where the Potomac River meets the Shenandoah, offers tours of the historic buildings...Tags: Gardens and Parks, Canoeing and Kayaking, Slavery, Abraham Lincoln, John Brown
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In the wake of Lewis and Clark
The Associated PressTiny passengers in a toy canoe, churning in our imagination through white water toward the Pacific, smiled bravely at us from the gift-shop window of a restored U.S. Army cavalry outpost. They were doll-like effigies of Meriwether Lewis and William...Tags: Casino and Gambling Industry, Casino and Gambling, Canoeing and Kayaking, Mark Twain, The White House
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Off the beaten Trace
Tribune staff reporterThe Natchez Trace Parkway is a two-lane highway that winds for 440 miles through lush forest, gentle pastures and verdant farmland. By law, it is off limits to commercial vehicles: no roaring semis, no motorcoaches. Speed limit: a leisurely 50 miles an...Tags: Slavery, Leesburg, Vehicles, Bodies of Water, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia)
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