The M60-A1 Main Battle Tank, seen on the Dixie Highway between West Point, and Fort Knox, Kentucky. The M60 was developed from the M48 Patton beginning in 1959. The original design included an 105mm main gun. Over 15,000 were produced, with their largest deployment during the 1991 Gulf War. The US officially retired the M60 after Desert Storm, and the last in service were used by the National Guard in 1997. However a number of other countries still use the tank, with the largest being Egypt, with over 1,000 in operation. Other US tanks can be found on display at the George S. Patton Museum on the Fort Knox military base.
A statue of York, the slave and body servant of William Clark, who accompanied Lewis and Clark on the Corps of Discovery expedition to the Pacific Ocean. While he remained a slave throughout the expedition and after it was over, York played at times an equal to the white men he accompanied on the journey, including having a vote on key decisions the group made, such as where to make camp for the winter. He was also entrusted with a firearm, something a slave back in Kentucky would not be allowed access to. He also proved valuable as a scout and hunter for the group.
After the expedition Clark did not free York immediately from captivity as some other slave owners might have done. But eventually during a visit from Washington Irving, the author of “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”, William Clark agreed to free York. Not much is known of York after that, other than he started up a business as a wagoner.
A view of the All-American Canal in Southeast California. The All American Canal, constructed in 1930’s, is the longest irrigation aqueduct in the world. bringing water from the Colorado River north of Yuma, Arizona, to the Imperial Valley of California. The canal irrigates over 600,000 acres of farmland, which serves as a prime source of American agricultural products during the winter months. Communities served by the canal include, Brawley, Calexico, El Centro, Imperial. Before irrigation was brought to the Imperial Valley it was one of the driest places in the world.
