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Valles Caldera National Preserve

Ranch Foreman's Cabin

Type: Place

Known as the "Little House," this cabin housed the ranch manager. Like the Bond Cabin, cooking was primarily done outdoors until the Dunigan family remodeled in the 1980s. In both cabins, the additions can be easily recognized because they used vertical board/batten framing instead of horizontal logs. This cabin had continual ranch management use from 1918 up until the early 2000s. It was featured in the show Longmire.

Manhattan Project National Historical Park

Oak Ridge Wayside: Scarboro

Type: Place

A wayside exhibit in Oak Ridge, Tennessee describing Scarboro, a community within the secret city.

Funding Granted for Much-needed Monarch Conservation Efforts in Marin County

Type: Article

Working within the structure of the One Tamalpais Collaborative, the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy received $400,000 in funding through the California Wildlife Conservation Board’s pollinator rescue program to invest in protection of monarch butterflies in Marin County.

Hallie Quinn Brown (ca. 1850- 1949)

Type: Person

There are people who give great speeches, and they there are those who perform them. Hallie Quinn Brown was one of the few who perform speeches. In her era, she was recognized as one of the greatest elocutionists across two continents, Europe and America. Though she rarely appears in history books, Brown’s legacy can be found in today’s speech-language pathologists and spoken word artists. She lectured widely on the cause of temperance, women’s suffrage, and civil rights. We

Acadia National Park

Access: Brown Mountain Parking Lot

Type: Place

An accessible description and transcript of the Brown Mountain Parking Lot in Acadia National Park. (February 2025)

Creating a Sanctuary: Protecting Snails and Restoring Ecosystems at War in the Pacific National Historical Park

Type: Article

War in the Pacific National Historical Park is working to protect Guam’s biodiversity by managing invasive species like brown tree snakes and little fire ants while safeguarding native wildlife, including the endangered Guam tree snail. A recent study assessed the park’s Guam tree snail population, providing essential data to inform conservation efforts aimed at restoring the island’s fragile ecosystem.

Manhattan Project National Historical Park

Oak Ridge Wayside: Integration of Oak Ridge Schools

Type: Place

A wayside exhibit in Oak Ridge, Tennessee describing the integration of Oak Ridge schools after the Manhattan Project.

Golden Gate National Recreation Area

Armed Forces Disciplinary Control Board

Type: Article

The Armed Forces Disciplinary Control Board served as an agent of harassment for LGB servicemen and the establishments they patronized. As raids and arrests continued, many LGB people fought to protect the few places they felt safe. Local bars and clubs admonished by the AFDCB, became unintentional epicenters for this fight.

Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial: Honoring the President

Type: Place

On the left side of the memorial core, the bronze heroic-sized statue of Eisenhower as 34th President of the United States places him at the center of the White House Oval Office flanked by sculptures of civilian and military advisors, symbolizing the balance Eisenhower struck between conflicting demands of national security and peaceful progress. The bas-relief global background depicts a map of the world symbolizing Eisenhower's role as a world statesman and preeminent inte

Grand Canyon National Park

Shrine of the Ages - Westbound Bus Stop - Village (Blue) Route

Type: Place

If you park in lot "A" by Shrine of the Ages, boarding the bus at this stop, will take you to the Village Historic District. Shrine of the Ages is a community auditorium used for religious services, ranger programs, and special events. At the opposite end of Lot A from this bus stop is Park Headquarters. At this time, Park Headquarters is closed to the public, however, trip planning information is displayed on signs in front of the building. Visit link for the schedule.

Independence National Historical Park

Letter from William Brown and Thomas Gilmore to William Dunlap – April 29, 1768

Type: Article

In April 1768, William Brown and Thomas Gilmore sent a letter from their printing office in Québec, Canada to William Dunlap, nephew to Benjamin Franklin and printer in Philadelphia. The letter requested Dunlap purchase and send an enslaved “boy” or his own enslaved worker, Priamus, to work in their Québec office.

Golden Gate National Recreation Area

Jose Sarria

Type: Person

Military history, LGB culture, immigrant stories, and much more make up GGNRA's roots. For José Sarria, a LGB activist in San Francisco, all the above apply. Born in the Bay Area to a single mother from Colombia, Sarria became the first openly gay, public figure. He ran for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1961.

LGB Activism: The Henry Gerber House, Chicago, IL

Type: Article

In 1924 Henry Gerber founded the Society for Human Rights, the first gay rights organization in the United States. While he was in the Army, Gerber was stationed in Coblenz, Germany. While there, he experienced a more open homosexual community than in America. After his return to the U.S. in 1923, Gerber distanced himself from what he saw as a disorganized, politically unaware gay subculture, choosing instead to live in relative anonymity in a boarding house in Chicago, Ill.

Nina Otero-Warren

Type: Person

In 1921, Otero-Warren ran for federal office, campaigning to be the Republican Party nominee for New Mexico to the US House of Representatives. She won the nomination, but lost the election by less than nine percent. She remained politically and socially active, and served as the Chairman of New Mexico’s Board of Health; an executive board member of the American Red Cross; and director of an adult literacy program in New Mexico for the Works Projects Administration.