ANASAZI
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ANASAZI

The Anasazi, inhabited the Four Corners country of southern Utah, SW Colorado, NW New Mexico, and northern Arizona from A.D. 200-1300. Leaving a heavy accumulation of house remains and debris. Recent research has traced the Anasazi to the “archaic” peoples. Who practiced wandering, hunting, and food-gathering life-style from about 6000 B.C.. Until some of them…

MANHATTAN PROJECT
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MANHATTAN PROJECT

The Manhattan Project was a program of research undertaken during WWII to produce the first nuclear weapons. It was led by the US in collaboration with the United Kingdom and Canada. From 1942-1946, the project was under the direction of Major General Leslie Groves of the U.S. Army Corps Engineers. Nuclear physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer…

Yellowstone Caldera
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Yellowstone Caldera

Supervolcano A sleeping giant is nestled in the western part of the United States. Though it stirs every now and then, it has not yet risen from slumber in nearly 70,000 years. But when it finally awakes it may roar with extraordinary force. This giant is the “supervolcano” that lies beneath Yellowstone National Park. The…