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Trail Of Tears National Historic Trail
Berry's Ferry
- Type: Place
This is a crossing used by thousands of Cherokee to cross the Ohio River. While others crossed or the bitterly cold weather did not permit, they waited at Mantle Rock.
Santa Fe National Historic Trail
Cimarron National Grassland
- Type: Place
This 19-mile trail, between Murphy and Conestoga Trailheads, parallels the original Santa Fe National Historical Trail and allows visitors to experience what life may have been like for early trail travelers. Limestone posts help mark the original trail and interpretive signs explain its history.
Santa Fe National Historic Trail
Tiptonville Exhibit Audio Description
- Type: Article
Interested in the Santa Fe Trail at Tiptonville? Take a look at this interpretive exhibit and listen to the audio description.
- Type: Place
The Murphy Wagon was used first by traders on the Santa Fe Trail. Later, emigrants adapted the Murphy wagon to haul their belongings to Oregon and California.
Santa Fe National Historic Trail
Boggsville Historic Site
- Type: Place
Boggsville was once a stage stop on the Santa Fe Trail. Key businesses there were trading stores, owned by Thomas O. Boggs (built in 1862) and John W. Prowers (built in 1867). Boggsville became the seat of Bent County in 1870, but the coming of the railroad to nearby Las Animas brought about the town's downfall by 1880.
Fort Scott National Historic Site
Dragoon Expeditions in the 1840s
- Type: Article
Fort Scott was established to contain Westward Expansion, yet many actions soldiers took had the opposite effect. From 1843-45, dragoons went out each summer to patrol the Oregon and Santa Fe Trails to make them safe for travel. They met with Native American tribes, had a showdown with Texans, and made it as far west as South Pass in Wyoming where they spent a few tense days near Oregon Territory in the event of a war with Great Britain.
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
Charles Bent
- Type: Person
Charles Bent, alongside his partner, Ceran St. Vrain, and younger brother, William Bent, established the Bent, St. Vrain, and Company along the Santa Fe Trail in 1833. This adobe-constructed trading post beside the Arkansas River in southeastern Colorado was the first outpost between St. Louis, MO and Santa Fe, NM in its day. Charles and William's close association with Cheyenne and Arapaho nations enabled the company to prosper as a result of the buffalo robe trade.
Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park
Oral History Interview with Sam Vaughn
- Type: Article
Sam Vaughn, former interpretive planner at Harpers Ferry, describes the course of his career with the National Park Service beginning in 1973. He discusses the problems and pitfalls of creating interpretive exhibits for the Brown v. Board of Education site.
- Type: Place
The iconic building located in Santa Fe, New Mexico is a masterpiece of Spanish Pueblo Revival architecture. The building, known as one of the largest secular adobe buildings in the United States, was constructed in the 1936-1939 by the Civilian Conservation Corps. The structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and National Historic Landmark. The building not currently open to the public.
Natchez Trace Parkway
Gordon House Historic Site, Milepost 407.7
- Type: Place
The brick home of Captain John Gordon and his family, built in 1818, was one of the impressive homes in the area. It was a landmark for travelers of the Old Trace, letting them know that soon they would be in Nashville, TN, where simple human comforts could be found after weeks of walking on a well-traveled but rustic trail. The Gordon family called it home, but it was a business as well. A ferry provided a safe way for travelers and locals alike to cross the Duck River.
Manhattan Project National Historical Park
109 East Palace Avenue, Santa Fe, NM
- Type: Article
On March 26, 1943, Dorothy McKibbin reported to work at 109 East Palace in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and learned that their employer was the secret Los Alamos Laboratory in the nearby mountains, part of the covert Manhattan Project. From her modest office, Dorothy became “gatekeeper” to Los Alamos since all civilian employees and many of the military personnel checked in through her office.
- Type: Place
After the attack on Pearl Harbor by Japanese forces on December 7, 1941, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 giving the War Department authority to create zones from which Japanese Americans were excluded. The first exclusion area designated was Bainbridge Island. On March 30, 1942 the Japanese Americans living on Bainbridge Island were gathered at Eagledale Ferry Dock and sent to an incarceration camp in Manzanar, CA before being tranferred to Minidoka in Idaho.
- Type: Place
The Dolton Ferry was once located near the present-day Indiana Avenue bridge. From the 1830s until the Civil War, those escaping enslavement fled into the Calumet region. From here, they moved on to Chicago, Detroit and Canada. This meant that freedom seekers were frequently using the ferry/bridge crossing. The Ton family, along with other early settlers, were a part of the Underground Railroad.
Big Thicket National Preserve
Collier's Ferry Boat Ramp
- Type: Place
Collier's Ferry boat ramp provides access to the Neches River. The Collier's Ferry to Lake Bayou Paddling Trail begins here.
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
San Francisco Maritime, Hyde Street Pier
- Type: Place
Open daily, 9:30am-5:00pm (last entry 4:30pm) Hyde Street Pier features an outdoor exhibit on naval history as well as several historical ships docked in the harbor including the square-rigger Balclutha, the lumber schooner, C.A. Thayer, the Eureka ferryboat, the steam tug, Hercules, and the scow schooner, Alma.
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
Lees Ferry Entrance Station
- Type: Place
Lees Ferry Entrance Station is open all day every day. There are no humans there, but an automatic fee machine available for credit cards only in order to pay your entrance fees.
Natchez Trace Parkway
Colbert Ferry Stand Site, Milepost 327.3
- Type: Place
George Colbert used to live atop this ridge overlooking the Tennessee River. As one of the many inns that dotted the Trace between Nashville and Natchez, it provided travelers with food and lodging. At this site you can take a short walk up to the ridge where the home once sat. An additional 20-minute stroll will take you along the Old Trace to the bluff overlook of the river.
Santa Fe National Historic Trail
Tiptonville
- Type: Place
The village of Tiptonville was an important stop for travelers on the Santa Fe Trail. It was located on the Mountain Branch (route) of the Trail and another major Trail branch, the Cimarron, passed just to its east. Tiptonville depended on the Santa Fe Trail trade for its survival. However, when the Santa Fe Trail trade stopped, the village did not end. People still call Tiptonville home today.
Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve
Gustavus Dock & Ferry Terminal
- Type: Place
The Gustavus ferry terminal and dock is where the Alaska Marine Highway system arrives and departs from the town of Gustavus, Alaska.
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
Entrance Station
- Type: Place
Start your visit to Harpers Ferry NHP here, where you can purchase your park entrance pass and proceed to park adjacent to the Visitor Center and park shuttle bus stop.