Albert Bierstadt was a German-American painter best known for his grandiose landscapes of the 19th-century American West. Born on January 7, 1830 in Solingen, Prussia, Bierstadt's family immigrated to ...

By 1865, Thomas Hill was sketching throughout the Sierra Nevada, and by that summer was staying in ... During an 1872 tour of ...

There are other contributions from Black and Hispanic artists, women settlers and academically trained European-American painters like Prussian-born luminist Albert Bierstadt, self-taught Charles ...

Getting through the Sierra Nevada would require fortitude, technology -- and the sacrifice of many workers' lives. The Big Obstacle In August 1865 early snows defeated the Central Pacific's ...

But secretive Sierra Nevada red foxes — genetically and geographically distinct from all other red foxes — can only live in the remote, high-elevation reaches of the Sierra Nevada and southern Cascade ...

Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep learn to leap from crag to crag in early lambhood, developing quickly into keen-eyed, strong-limbed and extremely agile creatures, always on the move to escape mountain ...

Though Granada's storied history should be absorbed as much as possible, the nearby Sierra Nevada Mountains are worth just as much exploration. The Sierra Nevada Mountains are part of Sierra ...

(FOX40.COM) — The Sierra is looking more like it is in the full swing of the snow season as several more inches of powder have fallen in recent days. On Saturday, Palisades Tahoe shared images ...

The New York man whose pet alligator Albert was confiscated by state officials warns animal owners they could be coming for you next after a squirrel rescuer’s beloved buddy P’Nut was just ...

Nevada, worth six very desirable electoral votes, is firmly a battleground. In 2016, Hillary Clinton beat Donald Trump in the Silver State, and while Joe Biden beat his predecessor by 2.5 percent ...

Sept. 15 (UPI) --California residents are bracing for an early winter storm that is predicted to dust the Sierra Nevada with snow, the National Weather Service's earliest advisory in 20 years.

See how various groups in Nevada voted for president, U.S. Senate and the abortion referendum in the 2024 election by reviewing data from the network exit poll conducted by Edison Research.