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Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 40. Chapters: Fauna of the Colorado Desert, Fauna of the Mojave Desert, Ring-tailed Cat, Desert tortoise, Western Scrub Jay, Crotalus atrox, Crotalus cerastes, Crotalus scutulatus, Lesser Long-nosed Bat, Desert Bighorn Sheep, Lawrence's Goldfinch, Anna's Hummingbird, Devil's Hole pupfish, Phainopepla, Sage Sparrow, Rosy boa, Chuckwalla, Tecopa pupfish, Black toad, Sauromalus ater, Crotalus mitchellii, California Quail, Bendire's Thrasher, Gambel's Quail, Desert iguana, Baja California Rat Snake, Desert Cottontail, Costa's Hummingbird, Mohave ground squirrel, Desert horned lizard, Shoshone pupfish, Zebra-tailed lizard, Tui chub, Le Conte's Thrasher, Urosaurus graciosus, Desert Woodrat, Death Valley pupfish, Amargosa Pupfish Station, Coachella Valley Fringe-toed Lizard, Desert night lizard, List of California Channel Islands wildlife, Mohave tui chub, Moapa dace, Desert cockroach, Sandstone night lizard, California rock lizard. Excerpt: The desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) is a species of tortoise native to the Mojave desert and Sonoran desert of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. They can be located in the western Arizona, southeastern California, south Nevada, and the southwestern region of Utah. The species name agassizii is in honor of Swiss-American zoologist Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz. Recently, on the basis of DNA, geographic, and behavioral differences between desert tortoises in the Sonoran and Mojave desert, it was decided that the species should be split into two separate species: the Agassiz's Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) and Morafka's Desert Tortoise (Gopherus morafkai). This tortoise may attain a length of 10 to 14 inches (25 to 36 cm), with males being slightly larger than females. Male tortoises have a longer gular horn than females, their plastron (lower shell) is concave compared to female tortoises. Males have larger tails than females do. Their shells are high-domed, and greenish-tan to dark brown in color. Desert tortoises can grow from 4¿6"(10¿15 cm) in height and weigh 8¿15 lb (4¿7 kg) when fully grown. The front limbs have sharp, claw-like scales and are flattened for digging. Back legs are skinnier and very long. Desert tortoise in Rainbow Basin near Barstow, California.The tortoise is able to live where ground temperature may exceed 140 degrees Fahrenheit (60 degrees Celsius) because of its ability to dig underground burrows and escape the heat. At least 95% of its life is spent in burrows. There, it is also protected from freezing winter weather while dormant, from November through February or March. With its burrow, this tortoise creates a subterranean environment that can be beneficial to other reptiles, mammals, birds and invertebrates. Scientists have divided the desert tortoise into two types: the Mojave and Sonoran Desert tortoises, with a possible third type in the Black Mountains of northwestern Arizona. They live in a different t

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 28. Chapters: Albert Weisbogel, Daniel Daly, Ernest A. Janson, Frank Baldwin, Henry Hogan, John H. Pruitt, John J. Kelly, John King (Medal of Honor), John Lafferty, John Laver Mather Cooper, John McCloy (Medal of Honor), Louis Cukela, Ludwig Andreas Olsen, Matej Kocak, Patrick Mullen (Medal of Honor), Robert Augustus Sweeney, Smedley Butler, Thomas Custer, William Wilson (Medal of Honor). Excerpt: Boxer Rebellion Banana Wars Mexican Revolution World War I Smedley Darlington Butler (July 30, 1881 ¿ June 21, 1940) was a Major General in the U.S. Marine Corps, an outspoken critic of U.S. military adventurism, and at the time of his death the most decorated Marine in U.S. history. During his 34-year career as a Marine, he participated in military actions in the Philippines, China, in Central America and the Caribbean during the Banana Wars, and France in World War I. By the end of his career, he had received 16 medals, five for heroism. He is one of 19 men to twice receive the Medal of Honor, one of three to be awarded both the Marine Corps Brevet Medal and the Medal of Honor, and the only marine to be awarded the Brevet Medal and two Medals of Honor, all for separate actions. In his 1935 book War is a Racket, he described the workings of the military-industrial complex and, after retiring from service, became a popular speaker at meetings organized by veterans, pacifists and church groups in the 1930s. In 1934, he became involved in a controversy known as the Business Plot, when he told a congressional committee that a group of wealthy industrialists were planning a military coup to overthrow Franklin D. Roosevelt. The purported plotters wanted Butler to lead a mass of armed veterans in a march on Washington and then become a dictator. Butler never met with any of the principals, and the individuals supposedly involved all denied the existence of a plot. The media ridiculed the allegations. Biographer Hans Schmidt portrays him as the victim of a small-time trickster. Butler lectured widely throughout the 1930s. Smedley Butler was born July 30, 1881, in West Chester, Pennsylvania, the eldest of three sons. His parents Thomas Stalker Butler and Maud (Darlington) Butler were descended from local Quaker families. His father was a lawyer, a judge and, for 31 years, a Congressman and chair of the House Naval Affairs Committee during the Harding and Coolidge administra

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 24. Chapters: Covered bridges in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Baumgardener's Covered Bridge, Landis Mill Covered Bridge, Pine Grove Covered Bridge, Pool Forge Covered Bridge, Willow Hill Covered Bridge, Risser's Mill Covered Bridge, Jackson's Sawmill Covered Bridge, Bitzer's Mill Covered Bridge, Bucher's Mill Covered Bridge, Colemanville Covered Bridge, Kauffman's Distillery Covered Bridge, Keller's Mill Covered Bridge, Hunsecker's Mill Covered Bridge, Zook's Mill Covered Bridge, Lime Valley Covered Bridge, Schenck's Mill Covered Bridge, Weaver's Mill Covered Bridge, Pinetown Bushong's Mill Covered Bridge, Leaman's Place Covered Bridge, Shearer's Covered Bridge, White Rock Forge Covered Bridge, Mercer's Mill Covered Bridge, Siegrist's Mill Covered Bridge, Forry's Mill Covered Bridge, Herr's Mill Covered Bridge, Kurtz's Mill Covered Bridge, Neff's Mill Covered Bridge, Red Run Covered Bridge, List of covered bridges in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, ColumbiäWrightsville Bridge, Buck Hill Farm Covered Bridge, Erb's Covered Bridge, Wright's Ferry Bridge, Bellbank Bridge, Bridge in West Earl Township, Shocks Mills Bridge, Daniel Good's Fording Covered Bridge, Norman Wood Bridge, Miller's Farm Covered Bridge. Excerpt: The following is a list of covered bridges in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania USA. Lancaster County has the most covered bridges in Pennsylvania with 29 covered bridges. Parke County, Indiana has the most covered bridges of any county in the United States with 31 covered bridges All of the covered bridges in Lancaster County, except for the Hunsecker's Mill Covered Bridge, Kurtz's Mill Covered Bridge, and the Willow Hill Covered Bridge, are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Most have been on the list since 1980. The WGCB numbering prefix for the county is 38-36 The bridges are an important tourist attraction, both economically and culturally. This is due to both their historical significance and, being in the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch country, the frequent, iconic Amish horse and buggies bridge crossings. They are often visited in the form of covered bridge driving tours. In the early to late 1800s there were approximately 1,500 covered bridges in the state of Pennsylvania. That number has decreased to just over 200 bridges, with more located in Lancaster County than any other county in the state. The remaining covered bridges in the county are a remnant of a time where most bridges in the United States were made from wood, since wood was relatively inexpensive and easy to acquire. Bridge making, however, was anything but easy and required significant cost, effort, and time. The cost of the building the bridges was covered by government funds or by private individuals building bridges across their land. Since the bridges were built from wood, they were covered to provide protection from the weather, dramatically extending the life of the bridges. Nevertheless, as floods and fires destroyed more bridges, they were eventually replaced or bypassed with more durable and longer-lasting reinforced concrete and steel beam bridges. Most of the existing bridges are owned by the county government which is responsible for periodic upkeep and maintenance. Thr