We’ve spent the last few posts working through a small cluster of stamps tied to […]
Category: Exploration & Discovery
Some of the greatest adventures in history stem from exploration and discovery over thousands of years.
The Younger Clark: William Clark and the 2004 Lewis & Clark Bicentennial Stamp
Having spent some time with the elder brother — George Rogers Clark, the frontier general […]
Coronado: Arizona’s European History Begins
On September 7, 1940, the U.S. Post Office issued a three-cent violet stamp from Albuquerque, […]
Double Eagle II: The Flight and the Men Who Made It
By 1978, crossing the Atlantic by balloon had become one of aviation’s most stubborn unfinished […]
The Pathfinder Who Lost His Way in Arizona
By the time John Charles Frémont arrived in Arizona Territory in October 1878 to take […]
Into the Unknown: John Wesley Powell’s Daring Journey Through the Grand Canyon
May 24, 1869. Green River Station, Wyoming Territory. A one-armed Civil War veteran stood at […]