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		<title>The Pony Express National Historic Trail</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:42:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jen Wolfe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I, &#8230;&#8230;, do hereby swear, before the Great and Living God, that during my engagement, and while I am an employee of Russell, Majors and Waddell, I will, under no circumstances, use profane language, that I will drink no intoxicating liquors, that I will not quarrel or fight with any other employee of the firm, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Colt Peacemaker &#8230; The Gun That Won The West</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:27:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jen Wolfe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The good people in this world are very far from being satisfied with each other and my arms are the best peacemaker.&#8221; ~ Samuel Colt (1852) It would be impossible to talk about the shaping of the West and the Southwest without mentioning guns. Guns were a daily necessity, not just against people as Samuel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Valley of Fires National Recreation Area</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:29:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jen Wolfe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Around 5,000 years ago, a volcano known today as Little Black Peak, erupted filling the Tularosa Basin with molten rock. The resulting lava flow was 44 miles long and 6 miles wide and, in many places, 160 feet thick. Only a ridge of Dakota sandstone overlooks the lava, extending to low hills over 10 miles [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Colossal Cave Mountain Park</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:33:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jen Wolfe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the mild climate of Southern Arizona, Colossal Cave Mountain Park is a great place to visit during the winter months. The cave formed 10-15 million years ago, when hot water containing sulfuric acid welled up from below and ate away the rock of the cave passages. Eventually, the water was cut off and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Legend of Francisco Vega</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:22:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jen Wolfe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The most productive gold mine in the state of Arizona was the Vulture Mine. Its success lured many criminals to try their hand at robbery, but none as famous as Francisco Vega. Vega preyed on miners &#8211; he loved the gold the carried as they made their way to an assay office or into town [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Utah State Bird: The Sea Gull?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:17:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jen Wolfe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For a land-locked state, it is rather odd that the Utah State Bird is the California Gull (or common sea gull), but there’s a very good reason for it. In the summer of 1848, swarms of crickets attacked the pioneers fields and food supplies. Attempts to drown, burn, bury and club the infestation were unsuccessful, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tour the Denver Mint</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:47:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jen Wolfe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you know that the Denver Mint produces more than a two trillion pennies, 473 million nickels, 659 million dimes and 168 million quarters? The United States Mints that produce coins (located in Denver and Philadelphia) produce between 14 and 28 billion circulating coins each year — that’s 65 to 80 million coins every day. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bandera Volcano and Ice Cave</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 17:26:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jen Wolfe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes called “The Land of Fire and Ice,” Bandera Volcano and Ice Cave is a unique location in New Mexico. 10,000 years ago, Bandera Volcano erupted in a violent explosion. It poured out about 20 miles of lava flow through a lava tube system over 17 miles long. One of the finest examples of a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arizona Science Center</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 16:47:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jen Wolfe</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Arizona Science Center]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Located in downtown Phoenix, Arizona, the Arizona Science Center is a fantastic place for kids and adults to get up close and personal with science and technology. The Center contains four levels of exciting hands-on exhibits, a state-of-the-art planetarium and a five-story high IMAX® theater. It’s a great place to take the family after Christmas [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Hispanic Character of Christmas in the Southwest</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 18:06:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jen Wolfe</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Feliz Navidad]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Southwestern holiday traditions are strongly influence by the Hispanic culture since large parts of New Mexico and Arizona belonged to Spain for many years. Those settlers and their descendants retained the traditions of their homeland and pass them on from generation to generation. If you visit the Southwest during the holiday season, you will mostly [...]]]></description>
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