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Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Glen Haven Cannery and Boat Museum
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By the 1900s D.H. Day owned Glen Haven, 5,000 acres around it, 5,000 cherry and apple trees, a farm with hundreds of hogs, and a massive lumber company. Day was a visionary. He could see that the demand for lumber was falling rapidly, and he would need to diversify. So he started a canning company. The Glen Haven Canning Company processed cherries, raspberries, and peaches and shipped the finished canned goods to Great Lake cities.
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Tips and tricks to using this app to maximize your visits to national parks!
Bryce Canyon National Park
RV Dump Station
- Type: Place
This RV Dump Station is typically open spring - fall, closing for the season when overnight temperatures fall below freezing. The dump station is located at the south end of North Campground and can be used by any visitor for a $5 use fee. No use fee applies for those with a campground reservation in the park. Potable water is available.
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
Unita Zelma Blackwell (1933-2019)
- Type: Person
Born to sharecroppers in the Mississippi Delta, Blackwell rose from humble beginnings to become one of many unsung Black female heroines of the modern Civil Rights Movement. Blackwell was an outspoken critic of racial and economic inequality and the first Black female mayor elected in the state of Mississippi. We honor her as an ancestor for reminding us of the power to change the circumstances we were born into.
Glen Echo Park
Candy Corner
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The Candy Corner sold sweets - cotton candy, candied apples, lollipops, and ice cream - during the amusement park era. Rebuilt in 2007, this space has been used for classroom space and children's art programs.
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.
Presidio of San Francisco
Dr. Margaret "Mom" Chung
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Dr. Margaret “Mom” Chung was the first Chinese American woman to become a physician. She founded one of the first Western medical clinics in San Francisco’s Chinatown in the 1920s. During World War II, she and her widespread network of “adopted sons,” most of them American soldiers, sailors, and airmen who called her “Mom,” became famous. Although she faced prejudice because of her race, gender, and sexuality, Dr. Chung forged a distinctive path throughout her life.
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Working from his home in Northwest Washington, DC, Dr. Frank Kameny applied the ideas of the burgeoning civil rights movement to challenge and change negative perceptions of homosexuality and to fight discriminatory public policy.
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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.
Boston National Historical Park
Mary Hutcheson Page
- Type: Person
“A born executive,” Mary Hutcheson Page made invaluable contributions to the suffrage movement in Massachusetts and the United States through her dedicated leadership, organizing, and fundraising.
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The National Park Service's is now accepting applications for the Semiquincentennial Grant Program. This program was established by Congress in 2020 to honor the 250th anniversary of the United States by restoring and preserving sites and structures listed on the National Register of Historic Places that commemorate the founding of the nation.
National Heritage Areas Program
New Self-Guided Audio Tours Bring Revolutionary NJ History to Your Pocket
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At the Crossroads of the American Revolution National Heritage Area, a new smartphone-based audio tour helps history buffs and new learners alike explore Revolutionary-era history across New Jersey. On self-guided audio tours, embedded GPS data on the app will trigger audio stories and information when present at various sites along the route. The first iteration of Audio Tours is available now, and includes a Tour from Home option available online.
Rocky Mountain National Park
Students, Alpine Hotshots Form Bond through Rocky Mountain Fire Training Program
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The “Fire!” program links students from Eagle Rock School with Alpine Interagency Hotshot Crew members and ecologists from Rocky Mountain National Park and the NPS Continental Divide Research Learning Center. The course is based on experiential learning through a hands-on approach, including physical training standards. Students learn about succession and fire’s effects on ecosystems and work out scenarios to apply what they learned about fire suppression.
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
Apple Island
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Formerly a 10-acre island, Apple Island became absorbed by Boston Logan Airport as part of a runway expansion project in the 1950s, the island has since disappeared.1 Like other islands in the harbor, indigenous people in the area likely accessed the island seasonally for thousands of years. After European colonization, the town of Boston owned the island and used it for pasturage.
Acadia National Park
Applying Common Language to Create Seafloor Maps at Acadia
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It’s the first detailed application of the Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS) in rocky intertidal areas of Maine.
Acadia National Park
Why Years of Bat Population Data Got a High-Tech Upgrade
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Acadia National Park has one of the longest-running bat monitoring programs in the agency. A team of researchers modernized how the park processed its bat data. Now there are apps for that.
Boston National Historical Park
Capt. Cassin Young
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Cassin Young served as an officer in the United States Navy. After Young's heroic action during the attack on Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt awarded him with the Medal of Honor. Killed in action at Guadalcanal, Young was honored as the namesake of the destroyer USS CASSIN YOUNG.
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Fredrick & Frederike Dechow Farm
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The Dechow Farm has some of the best soil in Port Oneida which explains why it was one of the most productive farms. Frederick and Fredericka Dechow purchased the farm and built a log cabin in 1857. The Dechows raised apples and maintained a small herd of dairy cows. They sold milk, cream, and eggs to local resorts. According to a local resident, they had extensive orchards located between the house and pasture barn.
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To be effective, response to climate change must be applied at the park level. The Climate Change Response Program and partners have developed tools, frameworks, and strategies to help park managers understand, adapt to, mitigate, and communicate about climate change. This article details what these tools are and how parks can access them, using examples from the American Southwest emphasizing drought and its effects. Intermountain Park Science, 2024
Homestead National Historical Park
Salena Crain – Noble County, Oklahoma
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A small selection of Black Homesteaders in the state of Oklahoma were chosen to be highlighted by researchers at the University of Oklahoma. This story is one of many.