by Abbie Salyers Click here to read a pdf of the full article.
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Restoring Texas History: The Last Battle of the USS Texas
by Abbie Salyers Click here to read a pdf of the full article.
Witness to the Day of Reckoning: Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
On March 24, 1989, the U.S. oil industry encountered a day of reckoning. Just after midnight, the Exxon Valdez supertanker carrying Alaskan crude to California ran aground on Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound, Alaska, spilling nearly eleven million gallons of oil into one of the nation’s most beautiful coastal habitats. At the time, this […]