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Lava Beds National Monument

Captain Jacks Stronghold, Tulelake, Ca

Type: Place

Trail Of Tears National Historic Trail

Port Royal State Historic Park

Type: Place

“...the people…are moving not from choice to an unknown region not desired by them.” Elijah Hicks wrote these words to Chief John Ross while camped at Port Royal, Tennessee in October 1838. Port Royal was the last place over 10,000 Cherokees slept in Tennessee before crossing into Kentucky. They were travelling along the Great Western Road, part of the Northern Route, which ran from Nashville, Tennessee to Missouri. Visitors can walk about a 1/4 mile of that historic roadbed.

War In The Pacific National Historical Park

Sons of Guam Pearl Harbor Memorial

Type: Place

The Sons of Guam Pearl Harbor Memorial honors the twelve CHamoru men killed aboard the USS Arizona, USS West Virginia, USS Nevada, and the USS Oklahoma when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

Boston National Historical Park

Helen Katherine Priest

Type: Person

Helen Priest worked at the Charlestown Navy Yard as a sheet metal worker and time clerk during World War II.

Fort Scott National Historic Site

Forgotten Warriors: American Indian Home Guard

Type: Article

There's no place like home! To Native Americans suffering in barren refugee camps in eastern Kansas during the Civil War, thoughts of home must have crossed their minds as they longed for the warmth and security of a home in Indian Territory (Oklahoma). While some could remember when home was elsewhere, after more than two decades, many had come to regard Indian Territory as home.

Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site

Thurgood Marshall and the Central High Crisis

Type: Person

The school desegregation crisis at Little Rock Central High School put on trial America’s commitment to its founding principles. It was the first significant test of the 1954 Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education that “separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.” The successful outcome affirmed the basis of that ruling—the 14th Amendment’s promise of “equal protection of the laws.”

Trail Of Tears National Historic Trail

Historic Long House

Type: Place

The Long House was constructed in 1833 by Phillip Long and Isabella (Murphy) Long. It was originally built of log construction, and additions were later added. On the lawn there is a granite pyramid identifying the first industry in Farmington, a tannery, owned by Phillip Graham Long. The house is typically open for tours during the first weekend of June and select dates during the holiday season.

Fort Smith National Historic Site

Isaac C Parker

Type: Person

A biography of Judge Isaac C. Parker, who held the bench of the U.S. Court for the Western District of Arkansas for twenty-one years. His tenure was unique in the history of the federal judiciary. Sensational cases and mass executions overshadowed Parker's contributions.

Fort Smith National Historic Site

Bass Reeves (Site Bulletin)

Type: Article

Bass Reeves was born enslaved and died a respected lawman, having served in Indian Territory (and later Oklahoma), Arkansas, and Texas. His career stretched from the U.S. Federal Court for the Western District of Arkansas in 1875 until two years after Oklahoma gained statehood in 1907. Read about his life and career in this site bulletin.