In the nineteenth century invaders from Russia took over vast swaths of the nation, threatening America’s very way of life in what has been described as one of the most rapid invasions in history. The invasion, and century and a half long war against Salsola Icali tragus, better known as “Russian thistle,” and even better known as the “Tumbleweed,” deserves to be remembered.
On September 22, 1953 a new kind of construction was fully opened for the first time in Los Angeles. The Stack is an LA icon that changed the way the world builds its highways.