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Carving Totems for Healing images   by Heather Larson
As he chips away at the 300-year-old log in his yard on the Lummi Indian Reservation, the outline of a salmon takes shape with each slice of his homemade carving tool.
Steeped in Hops images   by Polly Campbell
From mid-August through September, farmers in the Yakima Valley labor nearly around-the-clock harvesting 75 percent of the nation's hops
What Makes Your Hometown Great? images
When American Profile posed this question to readers, responses brimming with passion and pride poured in from across the nation.
Our National Monuments   by Michael Nolan
Celebrating a century of treasured landmarks
Whatta Water Tower!   by Marti Attoun
Hometown landmarks inspire community pride
Why Grandparents Are Grand
Readers explain why their grandparents are great
We Proceeded On   by Vicki Brown
ln May 1804, Capts. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark set off from winter camp near St. Louis with their party of men—dubbed the Corps of Discovery by President Thomas Jefferson—on an epic journey to the Pacific Ocean.
Hunting Our Heritage Trees   by Gayle Goddard-Taylor
America’s ancient forests once stretched uncut from coast to coast—from Eastern white pines to Pacific redwoods
Chimacum, WA   by Carole Marshall
In 1945, when Betty MacDonald penned The Egg and I, an endearing classic about her experiences running a chicken farm in the Pacific Northwest.
Giving All Year   by Tinky Weisblat
Some people carry Christmas around all year—giving their time, their money, their love, and themselves, while gaining in return the gift known only to those who give freely.
Unsung Fathers   by Bradwell D. Scott
Fatherhood and what it's meant to five unsung dads

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