On July 2, 1937, Amelia Earhart and Fred Newman disappeared somewhere over the Pacific Ocean, during their attempted around the world flight. The U.S. Government’s official conclusion was that the fliers were unable to locate their destination of Howland Island, ran out of fuel, crash landed into the water, and sank to the bottom of […] Read more

Some say things can’t be done. Others do them, proving that with the right combination of bravado and talent, there’s no telling what you can accomplish. Nicknamed “Lady Lindy”, Amelia Earhart was not only the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic, she held women’s speed and distance records that earned her place as […] Read more

Some say things can’t be done. Others do them, proving that with the right combination of bravado and talent, there’s no telling what you can accomplish. Nicknamed “Lady Lindy”, Amelia Earhart was not only the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic, she held women’s speed and distance records that earned her place as […] Read more

A warm summer’s day. A young woman’s life is radically changed in a matter of hours. 20 hours and 40 minutes to be exact. The time it took Amelia Mary Earhart to become the first woman to fly across the Atlantic . . . as a passenger on a flight toward destiny. On June 18, […] Read more

A warm summer’s day. A young woman’s life is radically changed in a matter of hours. 20 hours and 40 minutes to be exact. The time it took Amelia Mary Earhart to become the first woman to fly across the Atlantic . . . as a passenger on a flight toward destiny. On June 18, […] Read more

Ansel Adams, more than any other individual, brought Yosemite and the national park idea to the American people. His photographs, his letters, his lobbying of Congress, presidents and the National Park Service, spanned seven decades. They served, and still serve, to make millions aware of Yosemite’s beauty and to call attention to the dangers it […] Read more

Ansel Adams, more than any other individual, brought Yosemite and the national park idea to the American people. His photographs, his letters, his lobbying of Congress, presidents and the National Park Service, spanned seven decades. They served, and still serve, to make millions aware of Yosemite’s beauty and to call attention to the dangers it […] Read more

I was climbing the long ridge west of Mount Clark. It was one of those mornings where the sunlight is burnished with a keen wind and long feathers of cloud move in a lofty sky. The silver light turned every blade of grass and every particle of sand into a luminous metallic splendor; there was […] Read more

I was climbing the long ridge west of Mount Clark. It was one of those mornings where the sunlight is burnished with a keen wind and long feathers of cloud move in a lofty sky. The silver light turned every blade of grass and every particle of sand into a luminous metallic splendor; there was […] Read more