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Grand Portage National Monument
Fingerweaving
- Type: Article
Fingerweaving is the art of making material with the fingers instead of a loom. Prior to European contact Indigenous peoples in North America wove and twined with plants and animal fibers for a multitude of purposes. We know the beautiful, dense, warp-faced arrow and lightning motif sashes created by changing the weft that we associate with the Fur Trade are uniquely tied to North America.
Wrangell - St Elias National Park & Preserve
Bone and Copper Arrows Found in Melting Ice Patches
- Type: Article
Read the abstract and get the link to an article published in the Journal of Glacial Archaeology on new artifacts found in ice patches in the St Elias Mountains: Thomas, C. D., P. G. Hare, J. D. Reuther, J. S. Rogers, H. K. Cooper, and E. J. Dixon. 2020. Yukon First Nation use of copper for end-blades on hunting arrows. Journal of Glacial Archaeology (2016):109-131.
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Covered Bridge - Stop #1 on the Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive
- Type: Place
Have you ever seen a covered bridge with the National Park Service arrowhead on it? The original one, built by Mr. Pierce Stocking for his scenic drive, did not boast the symbol, of course. He just wanted to provide a picturesque detail for sightseers to stop and photograph.
American Battlefield Protection Program
The Hard Reality of Fort Pillow: Interpreting the Massacre of US Colored Troops in 1864
- Type: Article
With assistance from the NPS American Battlefield Protection Program’s Battlefield Interpretation Grant, Fort Pillow State Historic Park seeks to enhance battlefield interpretation through an augmented reality (AR) mobile application and interpretive waysides. The project aims to preserve and enhance the historic integrity of the battlefield, while also making it more accessible and engaging to modern audiences.
Valles Caldera National Preserve
Cerro Del Medio
- Type: Place
Cerro del Medio began erupting approximately 1.1 million years ago and continued for about 25,000 years. Its lava flows created very high-quality obsidian for human use. A very sharp and shiny black rock, obsidian can be fashioned or “knapped” into tools, spear points, and arrowheads. It was also used as a form of currency, traded across long distances in the Americas.
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Arrowhead Hotshot Captain, Brian Hughes, was killed on July 29, 2018 on the Ferguson Fire near Yosemite National Park. The National Park Service Division of Fire and Aviation and the U.S. Forest Service conducted a serious accident investigation and subsequent corrective action plan.
- Type: Place
The Arrow Rock State Historic Site visitors’ center opened in 1991 and features nearly 9,000 square feet of exhibit space. The center interprets the history of Arrow Rock and the central Missouri region historically known as “Boone’s Lick Country.” You can watch a 20-minute video “Arrow Rock: Frontier Town of the Boone’s Lick” an introduction and overview of the community.
Santa Fe National Historic Trail
Arrow Rock Ferry Landing
- Type: Place
Beginning around 1816, migrants travelling west crossed the Missouri River at this spot. The site marks the western end of the Arrow Rock ferry, with another landing on the other side of the river. The ferry played a significant role in shepherding traffic westward, including traffic on the Santa Fe Trail.
- Type: Article
A lot of articles have been written about the history of the National Park Service (NPS) arrowhead emblem. Many recycle the same content and outdated information that has largely come from the NPS itself. Challenging the traditional story has revealed new sources of information—and two previously overlooked arrowhead designs—that rewrite the arrowhead origin story.
- Type: Article
If asked about a symbol or emblem for national parks today, most visitors would probably envision the National Park Service (NPS) arrowhead or a bison. Although those iconic symbols have been associated with the NPS for over 70 years, they are not the first emblems of the fledgling NPS. In fact, if you know where to look, you can see the earliest symbol is still with us today.
Santa Fe National Historic Trail
Santa Fe Spring
- Type: Place
The Santa Fe Spring, also known as Big Spring and Arrow Rock Spring, was an important water source for Santa Fe Trail travelers heading West. Visit the spring while exploring Arrow Rock State Historic Site.
Trail Of Tears National Historic Trail
Helena AR, Trail of Tears
- Type: Place
The Delta Cultural Center and the exhibits on the Helena Levee walk have content about Indian Removal. Helena residents of the 1830s watched tens of thousands of Cherokee, Choctaw, Muscogee (Creek), and Chickasaw pass by as they traveled south on the Mississippi River. Unlike the river today, during Indian Removal is was dangerous for a variety of reasons from sickness onboard and low river levels to fires and explosions on the steamboats.
- Type: Article
For a brief period in the 1960s, the NPS arrowhead was replaced with a new NPS symbol which incorporated the Parkscape U.S.A. design. Parkscape’s bold symbol represented natural, historical, and recreational parks and the interconnectivity needed to protect people and the environment. Popular with professional designers, it wasn’t embraced by most NPS employees and was soon abandoned.
Park History Program
Mary Kwart: Stories of a Wildland Fire Pioneer
- Type: Article
Explore the story of Mary Kwart, one of the first women to become a part of an elite group of wildland firefighters known as the NPS Arrowhead Interagency Hotshots. This Story Map was developed from three sets of primary sources: a series of essays that Kwart wrote in 2020 describing her career in wildland fire management; an oral history interview conducted with Kwart in 2021 by the NPS Park History Program; and a cache of photographs and documents from her personal archive.
- Type: Article
Throughout her life, Mary Kwart defied gender stereotypes to create new spaces for herself and for future generations of women in land management agencies. In the early 1980s she was among the first women to join the Arrowhead Interagency Hotshots, an elite National Park Service crew, stationed at Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks. Kwart combined a spiritual connection with nature and a respect for and fascination with fire in her career as a wildland firefighter.
New River Gorge National Park & Preserve
Clovis Trail
- Type: Place
Labeled (1) on the Arrowhead Bike Trails map. LENGTH: 1.1 miles/1.77 km (Loop Trail). DIFFICULTY: Easy to Intermediate. TRAIL TYPE: Hiking and biking. DESCRIPTION: This compact loop trail offers lightly rolling, forested terrain on a tread that is 30" to 36" wide. There are a couple of short, even rocky sections that are simple to navigate on bike or foot. For runners and bikers, this trail offers a nice sense of flow.
New River Gorge National Park & Preserve
Adena Trail
- Type: Place
Labeled (2) on the Arrowhead Bike Trails map; LENGTH: 3.1 miles/4.99km (One-Way). DIFFICULTY: Easy to Intermediate. TRAIL TYPE: Hiking and Biking. DESCRIPTION: This trail loops through the forest on low-grade swooping dips along light uphill and downhill sections. This trail is 30" to 36" wide with a few rock-surfaced sections, wide turns and switchbacks, offering safe and exciting learning opportunities for beginning mountain bikers.
New River Gorge National Park & Preserve
Dalton Trail
- Type: Place
Labeled (3) on the Arrowhead Bike Trails map; LENGTH: 6.4 miles/10.3 (One-Way); DIFFICULTY: Intermediate: TRAIL TYPE: Hiking and biking; DESCRIPTION: This trail is more narrow than the easy (green) loops in the Arrowhead Trail system. Trail tread width is 20" to 24" with tight turns and mildly steep hills. From Point N, ride towards Point M along a ridge line, then drop down through a cool rhododendron tunnel.
New River Gorge National Park & Preserve
LeCroy Trail
- Type: Place
Labeled (4) on the Arrowhead Bike Trails map; LENGTH: 1.8 miles/2.9 km (One-way); DIFFICULTY: Intermediate; TRAIL TYPE: Hiking and biking; DESCRIPTION: The LeCroy Trail is narrow, with a tread width of 20" to 24". Enjoy a few stretches of rolling and sweeping turns, and cross a challenging rock bridge over a small drainage then be enchanted by a tunnel of rhododendron.
Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail
Arrow Rock
- Type: Place
Arrow Rock was notable in the journeys that opened the West, beginning with the Lewis and Clark Expedition on June 9, 1804. Clark noted Arrow Rock Bluff and the party's experience in his journal: