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Touren Pope poses for a photo with the fossilized turtle he discovered on BLM with a blue sky

11-year-old Touren Pope discovers ancient turtle fossil on BLM land in Wyoming

Last fall, a routine day of rockhounding on Bureau of Land Management–managed public land in southwest Wyoming turned into an extraordinary discovery. While exploring public lands overseen by the BLM Wyoming Rock Springs Field Office, 11-year-old Touren Pope spotted what would later be identified as a fossilized turtle dating back nearly 48 million years.
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Letitia Carson's homestead certificate

From slave to landowner: The grit and gumption of Letitia Carson

From slave to Oregon Trail traveler to Black landowner, the story of pioneering Oregon homesteader Letitia Carson is an inspiring one—with a BLM connection.
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a worker near the foundation of the Fairbank Mercantile. The building's walls have been removed and the frame is visible.

Restored Fairbank Mercantile beckons visitors

Just over a year ago, the Fairbank Adobe Commercial Building — the largest and most visible structure at the Fairbank Historic Townsite — was clinging to life. By last fall, the building’s condition required a full structural intervention.
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a man installs a candlestick-style telephone onto a wall

Tucson Field Office partner installs new interpretive display in historic Empire Ranch House

Recently, Tucson Field Office partner the Empire Ranch Foundation installed a historic candlestick ringer telephone and crank-magneto in the Bookkeeper’s Office of the Empire Ranch House.
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Record of the Week: Tombstone, Arizona

Notoriously known as the location where the gunfight at the O.K. Corral happened, Tombstone is one of the classic mining boom towns of the American frontier.
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Record of the Week: First Settlers of Sedona, Arizona

This General Land Office record of the week takes you on a brief journey of early homesteading in Northern Arizona and how Sedona eventually got it’s name.
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