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Eastern States
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The Eruption of Mount St. Helens

On March 27, 1980, a series of phreatic eruptions burst open the peak of Mount St. Helens located in Skamania County, Washington.
Eastern States
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The Dalton Gang

This week's interesting General Land Office record features a land patent that belonged to Adeline Dalton, who was the mother of the ever so notorious brothers called the Dalton Gang.
Eastern States
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The River of No Return

This week we take a look at the historic Salmon River in Idaho, which flows through such treacherous conditions that a stretch of it has been dubbed, "The River of No Return."
Eastern States
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San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge

Our record this week is the original survey plat for Township 2 South 5 West of the Mount Diablo Principal Meridian.
Eastern States
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Virginia City, Montana

This week's Record of the Week comes to us from May 1, 1869 and depicts Virginia City, Montana.
Eastern States
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Lincoln Land

Abraham Lincoln is most well-known for being the United States' 16th President and Commander-in-Chief during the Civil War, ending slavery with the Emancipation Proclamation, and for being assassin
National Office, Wyoming
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Animals Continue to receive care at the Wyoming Honor Farm

During these challenging circumstances, the Wyoming Honor Farm in Riverton continues to care for and train wild horses and burros in preparation for adoption. 
National Office
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Armchair Adventures

America’s public lands offer some of the most spectacular and interesting places you’ll ever see.
Alaska, Arctic DO

Emergency freight reaches North Slope before tundra season “closes”: Community, Industry and BLM team Up to Meet Residents’ Needs

The last Alaska West Express freight trucks for the season crossed BLM’s tundra-covered northern Alaska landscape April 28 headed home after pandemic-relate
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National Office, Idaho
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My Wild Horse Story: Gallegos Family

During the Winter 2020 adoption event for wild horses gathered from the Challis herd management area, the Gallegos family made a 5-hour trip from Boise to Challis, Idaho, with plans to take home their very first wild horse – fulfilling a long-held dream.
California, Ridgecrest FO
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Caring for Horses and Burros during COVID-19

While most of California remains sheltered in place due to COVID19, the animals at the Ridgecrest Regional Wild Horse and Burro Corrals still need to be fed, watered, and cared for as they do any o