North Dakota and Texas get all the press when it comes to America’s domestic oil boom, but production is increasing dramatically in several other states in the American West. According to the Energy Information Administration since 2010 oil production has increased 64% in Colorado, 51% in Oklahoma, 46% in New Mexico, 45% in Utah and 23% in Wyoming.
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Today marks the birthday of British photographer and moving image master, Eadweard Muybridge. Considered by many to be the Father of the Motion Picture, the iconic artist would turn 183 years old if he were miraculously still alive today.
Mr. Muybridge made a name for himself in the late 1860s — both figuratively and literally. During this period, the young photographer settled in the American West and changed his given name, Edward James Muggeridge, to the curious name we know him by now. He also began snapping pictures of California’s Yosemite Valley, images that would later make the artist famous for his technical expertise and the impressive physical risks he took to capture a photo. (Scroll down for rest of article.)
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By David Lauterborn In the June issue of Wild West, readers share dispatches about the history of Wild West magazine, old-time baseball in Colorado, the dragoon period of the American West and prolific Western author James D. Horan.
There are 10,000 more wild horses and burros in the wild than their habitat can support, according to the Bureau of Land Management.But, the agency says, there will soon be little they can do about it.