insider.si.edu: Beyond the hundredth meridian : John Wesley Powell and the second opening of the West / by Wallace Stegner ; with an introduction by Bernard De Voto
Beyond the hundredth meridian : John Wesley Powell and the second opening of the West / by Wallace Stegner ; with an introduction by Bernard De Voto
Many homesteaders staked their futures on the belief that simply breaking ground for crops would attract enough precipitation to allow rain beyond the 100th Meridian, and for a few years it seemed to ...
EurekAlert!: The 100th meridian, where the Great Plains begin, may be shifting
In 1878, the American geologist and explorer John Wesley Powell drew an invisible line in the dirt-a very long line. It was the 100th meridian west, the longitude he identified as the boundary between ...
Although Idaho is primarily known for its mountains and potatoes, the Gem State also boasts a thriving asphalt bullring in the form of Meridian Speedway. Since the 1950s, Meridian has provided Idaho ...
The Idaho Press-Tribune: Another high-profile project in downtown Meridian stalls. Letter reveals discord between city, developer
The project to redevelop Meridian’s Civic Block hit another snag. River Caddis Development, the developer under contract for the project, backed out of the Civic Block project in Meridian’s downtown ...
Another high-profile project in downtown Meridian stalls. Letter reveals discord between city, developer