Landforms rising at least 1,000 feet above local base elevations.

The science, technique and business of mineral discovery and exploitation. Mining has been part of American history since the first settlements. 

People who engage in the process, occupation or business of working in mines, or getting ore, coal, precious metals, fuels and other substances out of the earth.

Government and civilian activity devoted to the defense of the United States. 

A relatively permanent residential movement from one legally designated area to another, which includes changes of residence across county, state, and regional boundaries, and between urban and rural places.

“An individual who is employed in agricultural employment of a seasonal or other temporary nature, and who is required to be absent overnight from his permanent place of residence” (U.S. Code Title 29 Chapter 20).

Rural methamphetamine use is significantly different and more common than in urban areas. 

Mental disorders (e.g., dementia and depression) observed among individuals over age 65 who reside in communities outside of Metropolitan Statistical Areas; these disorders are usually chronic and may be associated with one or more of the following influences: social, psychological, physiological and neurological.

A state in which the individual is able to function psychologically in a way that he or she is effective in most spheres of life and is reasonably free of pain or discomfort. 

The means or channels of communication, especially technological ones; mass media include those aimed at a more widespread audience, typically providing information, news, entertainment, and persuasive messages.

The use of tools and machines to enhance and replace human labor. This article describes the labor problems faced by agricultural producers.

A variety of categories and continuums of residence have been created in an effort to capture the multiple dimensions of rural characteristics.

A social institution under which two people formalize their decision to live as partners who are committed to one another. 

The range of economic sectors and/or the aggregation of the supply and demand for goods and services existing in a specified geographical area.

In America, the family serves as both the primary vehicle for the care and rearing of children and as a private realm of intimate association and moral autonomy.

In the area of adoption, the interest that takes center stage is that of the biological parents.

The City of Chicago passed an ordinance that was aimed at reducing gang presence in Chicago neighborhoods.

The 1968 Democratic convention was held in one of the most tumultuous times in recent history. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Bobby Kennedy had been assassinated, racial tensions exploded into riots in cities across the country, and student protests paralyzed college campuses.

Caryl Chessman, born in St. Joseph, Michigan, in 1921, grew up in Glendale, California. During the Depression, Chessman began stealing food to provide for his family.

Erwin Chemerinsky was born May 14, 1953, in Chicago, Illinois. He grew up on the south side of Chicago in a working class family and was the first member of his family to go to college.

All the business activities involved in the flow of products and services from farms and ranches to the final consumers. 

Enterprises involving the large-scale conversion of materials into saleable products, typically by use of machinery. 

The networks of social and economic relationships that link food producers and food consumers within a common place or geographic region.

Raising of domesticated animals to produce specific commodities used by humans. Common livestock species include beef and dairy cattle, sheep, goats, swine, and poultry.