The Core Values of Manifest Destiny

I’ve written a bit about Manifest Destiny in previous posts, but today I’d like to write about the core values of Manifest Destiny. Manifest Destiny is a flexible concept, which helps account for its durability over time. This is a brief overview of the idea and the values driving it. The term first appeared in […]

The Symbolism of the Bison

Along with the grizzly bear and perhaps the wolf, the bison is the iconic animal of the American West. The symbolism of the bison seems a key aspect of Western history.  Its numbers were legendary.  There were so many bison roaming the West 200 years ago that estimates were almost pointless.  In his journal entry […]