I went on a crazy hike in Pinnacles National Park and giant birds were everywhere
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Beautiful view from the High Peaks Trail in Pinnacles National Park.Ashley Harrell
If a trail in Pinnacles National Park starts to seem too hard, you might not be on an actual trail. My friends and I learned this in mid-April when an incredibly steep patch of dirt and rocks we had mistaken for Juniper Canyon Trail abruptly dead-ended, albeit with lovely views of the park’s soaring namesake pinnacles.
After an inconclusive discussion over whose fault it was, our group doubled back and learned yet another lesson: to climb up loose dirt and rocks is easier than to descend.
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Tuesday, April 27, 2021
By: Brad Stokes - UI Extension Elmore County Educator
Interestingly the very first documented occurrence of a society celebrating Arbor Day, or the planting of trees, was held in the Spanish village of Mondoñedo in 1594. Making this holiday over 400 years old according to human history. The first American Arbor Day celebration was held in Nebraska City, Nebraska in 1872 as they planted more than a million trees in a single day. In the early 1900s Arbor Day gained national traction with President Theodore Roosevelts conservation policy and on April 15th, 1907 President Roosevelt issued a Proclamation to The School Children of the United States for Arbor Day and about the importance of trees and our national forests nationwide.
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On this date in 1878, the first issue of the Arizona Silver Belt was published at Globe City which contained an editorial suggesting the word “city” be dropped from the town’s name.
On this date in 1913, a gold nugget weighing 29 ounces (0.8 kilogram) and worth over $500 was brought in to Tucson by a man who had found it on the ground after a hard rain.
On this date in 1932, John Clum, Apache Indian agent, Mayor of Tombstone and editor of the Tombstone Epitaph, died at age 80.
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On this date in 1882, President Chester A. Arthur warned Arizona that he would place it under martial law unless it showed more respect for law and order. The warning was directed chiefly at Cochise County.