From August 2014, the sunrise on Granite Mountain as seen from the Prescott National Forest. 
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Celebrating 8 years since my move to Prescott Arizona. Granite Mountain as seen from a trail in the Granite Basin Recreation Area. Granite Mountain covers 12 square miles and tops out at 7,628 feet, It was once named Gurley Mountain for the first governor of the Arizona Territory. The sheer granite cliff is one the best locations for rock climbing in Arizona. Portions of it are closed from February through July to protect the nesting of Peregrine Falcons.

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Today we go from the Stockyard Historic District of Fort Worth to the World’s Oldest Rodeo in Prescott, Arizona USA. The title refers to a line in Chancey Williams’ song Fastest Gun in Town. Now a country and western star, Chancey went to the National High School Rodeo Finals as well as the College National Finals. He joined Chris Ledoux as the only two who have individuals to compete in the Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo and later perform on it’s main stage.
 
Below is a link to William’s song, Fastest Gun in Town
 
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On a visit to Texas in 2008, we decided to go watch the Fort Worth Cattle Drive located in Fort Worth's Stockyards National Historic District. The Cattle Drives occur twice daily and are considered historically accurate based on cattle drives which occurred after the Civil War. At that time longhorn cattle were worth $1 a head in Texas,, while earning about $40 each in the northeast. The profits from the three month trek to railheads in Kansas helped revive the Texas economy.For more information visit https://www.fortworth.com/the-herd/about-the-herd/history-of-cattle-drives/.

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A couple of different views of the Statue Of Liberty. The statue is a figure of Libertas, was designed by Frederic Bartholdi and wasa gift from the people of France to the United Stat4es. Dedicated October 28, 1886, Lady Liberty holds a torch in her left hand and a tablet inscribed with roman numerals listing the date of the United States Declaration of Independence, There is a broken shackle at her feet commemorating the abolition of slavery.

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Today’s pictures celebrate national puppy day. Featuring Wrigley Riggs the best dog ever. He was less than please in 2017 when we brought home his little brother Cubby Rizzo, but they are the best of buddies now.
 
#NationalPuppyDay #LabradorRetriever #Sedona #SanDiego #PalatineIllinois #PrescottArizona #BestDogEver

The centerpiece of the University of Iowa Pentacrest, the Old Capitol Building was constructed in 1842 and served as the third territorial capitol of Iowa. The Iowa Constitution was developed in the building and the first 6 general assemblies were held there, When Des Moines became the capital of Iowa in 1857, Old Capitol became the first building owned by what is now known as the University of Iowa
 
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Listed on the National Register of Historic Places (1976), the Gross Pointe Light Station in Evanston, Illinois was constructed in 1873 partially in response to the sinking of the Lady Elgin (killing over 300 people) in 1860,
 
The light was decommissioned in 1941 to avoid air raids in the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The light station was reactivated in 1945 and is currently operated by the Lighthouse Park District of Evanston, Illinois.
 
The site of the light station is thought to be the site where Marquette landed in 1674 on his trip along the west coast of Lake Michigan. The light is one of only 70 Fresnel lenses that are still operational in the United States.

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