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Capitol Reef National Park

Scenic Drive Stop 3
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Ancient environments determine today’s rock types and colors.

Mammoth Cave National Park

The Church
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Church services once held in the cave led to the name for this cave room.

Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park

Skagway Historic District and White Pass National Historic Landmark
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Skagway Historic District and White Pass is an Alaskan frontier mining town, situated on a prime route to the Upper Yukon Valley and Klondike gold-bearing regions.

Glacier National Park

Avalanche Lake Trail
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The Avalanche Lake Trail begins in the same place as the Trail of the Cedars and the Avalanche Campground. The trail climbs steadily through an old growth forest to an alpine like with outstanding waterfalls. Avalanche Lake 2.3 mi (3.7 km), one way Elevation gain: 500 ft (152 m) Trailhead: Avalanche Picnic Area

Commissary Storehouse
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Commissary Storehouse (1884)
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Amache National Historic Site

Amache Museum
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The Amache Musuem is located in Granada, CO and operated by the Amache Preservation Society.

Capitol Reef National Park

Pioneer Register
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Take a short hike in Capitol Gorge to see the historic Pioneer Register where early explorers and pioneers carved their names into the cliff wall. It is illegal to deface, vandalize, or add your own name to the Register.

Manhattan Project National Historical Park

Oak Ridge Wayside: To Have a Job
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A wayside exhibit in Oak Ridge, Tennessee describing job prospects for Black workers during the Manhattan Project.

Keweenaw National Historical Park

Carnegie Museum of the Keweenaw
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The historic Carnegie Museum.

Grand Canyon National Park

Maricopa Point Bus Stop - Hermits Rest (Red) Route
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NO BUS SERVICE during December, January and February. Although there is not a view of Grand Canyon directly from this shuttle stop itself, a short walk from here, through the forest and along the easy, paved path is rewarded with a spectacular, open, panoramic viewpoint which extends far out from the canyon rim. Maricopa Point.

Keweenaw National Historical Park

Calumet & Hecla Round House
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C&H built the Round House to support and maintain the most expansive mining company railroad.

Jude Hall
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Jude Hall enlisted in Exeter, New Hampshire into Capt. Jacob Hinds' company, in Col. James Reed’s regiment, and was present at the Battle of Bunker Hill.

Keweenaw National Historical Park

Delaware Mine
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Keweenaw National Historical Park

Fort Wilkins Historic State Park
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The U.S. Army built Fort Wilkins in 1844 to keep the peace in Michigan’s Copper Country. However, by 1870 the army permanently abandoned the facility. It now serves as an example of mid-19th century army life on the northern frontier. Fort Wilkins Historic State Park is a Keweenaw Heritage Sites partner of Keweenaw National Historical Park.

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park

Railroad Lift Bridge
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Carrie Chapman Catt
  • Type: Person

Carrie Chapman Catt (1859 -1947) began her career as a national women’s rights activist when she addressed the National American Woman Suffrage Association in 1890 at their national convention in Washington DC. She quickly became a dedicated writer, lecturer, and recruiter for the suffrage movement. She also worked for peace and was a co-founder of the League of Women Voters.

Dr. Clyde Wahrhaftig
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Dr. Clyde Wahrhaftig was a geologist, LGBTQ activist, environmentalist, and scientist who studied the geology of Golden Gate National Recreation Area and Yosemite National Park.

National Center for Preservation Technology and Training

Podcast 099: Finding and Preserving LGBTQ Southern History with the Invisible Histories Project
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Catherine Cooper speaks with Josh Burford and Maigen Sullivan, the co-founders of the Invisible Histories Project their work finding and preserving queer history in the South.

William Henry Jackson
  • Type: Person

William Henry Jackson was a painter and photographer known for his images of the American West. His experience on the Oregon Trail as a bullwhacker led him to create some of the most detailed paintings of pioneer trail life. He participated in the Hayden Geological Survey of 1871, which led to the creation of Yellowstone National Park.