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Photograph collectors get a glint in their eyes when you mention Carleton Watkins (1829-1916). Named "California's first major artist" by the Los Angeles Times' Christopher Knight, the 19th-century American photographer had an extraordinary sense of composition

In October 1966, a Pentecostal preacher named Reies López Tijerina led a group calling itself La Alianza (the Alliance) in an occupation of Kit Carson National Forest in northern New Mexico. The land was rightfully theirs

At the opening events late last week for "Ancient Chinese Bronze Mirrors from the Lloyd Cotsen Collection," a table was set in the corner of the room, covered with a black cloth. Opened on the table under a spotlight shone two sumptuous, richly illustrated and weighty volumes.

Today is 11-11-11. This year, Veterans Day echoes the original Armistice Day, when World War I ceased at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918. At that time, Anthony Edward Mrazek was a young sailor on the U.S.S. Carola off of Brest, France

Marking the second year of Ranch operations, this one-day symposium focuses on aspects of urban agriculture that can't be duplicated in commercial settings. From the use of gray water irrigation systems

It's not often that you'll hear a former Huntington research fellow interview a current research fellow on National Public Radio. But that's what happened on Morning Edition today when Joe Palca asked Robert Westman about Copernicus' book 

Louis Warren grew up in southern Nevada, near Las Vegas but also on the edge of a barren landscape called the Great Basin. "To many people, Nevada is the kind of state you drive through to get someplace else," he says.

"I am not an accomplished lawyer," wrote Abraham Lincoln in a note to himself in the summer of 1850 while preparing to give a lecture on law. "I find quite as much material for a lecture in those points where I have failed, as in those wherein I have been moderately successful."