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Grand Teton National Park

Jenny Lake Plaza

Type: Place

Dive deeper into the history of Grand Teton National Park. Interpretive signs introduce topics like the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, grizzly bear research, geologic forces and features, glaciers, and the Hayden Survey. A large bronze tactile relief map will help orient you in relation to where you are in the park. Different peaks, canyons, lakes, falls, and other park features are labeled throughout the map.

Yellowstone National Park

Roosevelt Lodge

Type: Place

Attack and Fortifications at Fort Laramie

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The Search for Scat— Surveying Appalachian Cottontail in Fort Necessity National Battlefield

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Fort Necessity National Battlefield park staff aimed to find out if Appalachian cottontail inhabited the park, so they collaborated with the Inventory and Monitoring Division to survey for their scat.

Register Cliff Historic Site

Type: Place

Following a day's journey from Fort Laramie, emigrants spent the night at Register Cliff , which rises one hundred feet above the North Platte River valley. The soft, chalky limestone rock made it easy for emigrants to inscribe their names into the cliff before continuing on their journey. The earliest signatures date to the late 1820s when trappers and fur traders passed through the area.

Nicodemus National Historic Site

Nettie Craig Asberry

Type: Person

Nettie Craig Asberry is considered the first Black woman to earn a doctorate degree. Her family settled in Nicodemus in 1879, and she taught in town from 1886-1889, teaching both at the District No. 1 School and offering private music lessons. Asberry spent most of her life in Tacoma, Washington where she continued to teach music and advocated for the equal rights of all.

Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts

Reintroducing the Threatened American Chestnut to Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts

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Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts has acquired ten 100% American chestnut trees to assist in its restoration efforts after nearly going extinct in the 1940s.

Chesapeake Bay

Bald Cypresses at Trap Pond are Stately Shadows of Swamp that Was

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Nestled on the Delmarva Peninsula, Trap Pond State Park offers a serene escape featuring the majestic bald cypress—its northernmost range in the U.S. Enjoy 4,000 acres of beauty, from shaded picnic spots to scenic nature walks. Glide through enchanting cypress groves, listen for kingfishers, and witness nature's artistry. Perfect for hiking, fishing, or simply soaking in the views, Trap Pond blends history with recreation. Come immerse yourself in this natural treasure today!

Grand Portage National Monument

Fingerweaving

Type: Article

Fingerweaving is the art of making material with the fingers instead of a loom. Prior to European contact Indigenous peoples in North America wove and twined with plants and animal fibers for a multitude of purposes. We know the beautiful, dense, warp-faced arrow and lightning motif sashes created by changing the weft that we associate with the Fur Trade are uniquely tied to North America.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Alexander & Catherine Goffar Farm

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Robidoux Pass

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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.

Scotts Bluff National Monument

Hiram Scott

Type: Person

Scotts Bluff was a landmark for emigrants traveling the Oregon, California and Mormon Pioneer Trails. The story of the man whom the striking geologic feature was named after, was told countless times by travelers on the Great Platte River Road. Eventually, the story of Scott took on a life of its own and became an integral part of the emigrant experience.

Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site

Bent's Old Fort Park Store

Type: Place

The park store is operated by Western National Parks Association (WNPA), an official non-profit partner of the National Park Service dedicated to supporting the educational mission of Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site. The park store is located in the rear of the fort.

Santa Fe National Historic Trail

Boggsville Historic Site

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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.

Scotts Bluff National Monument

Saddle Rock Trail

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The Saddle Rock Trail is the most popular hiking trail at Scotts Bluff National Monument. The trail leads 1.6 miles from the Scotts Bluff National Monument Visitor Center to the summit of Scotts Bluff. It is a 435 foot ascent featuring some of the best views in the state of Nebraska.

Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park

Alice Ruth Moore Dunbar

Type: Person

Alice Dunbar Nelson was a poet, critic, journalist and activist who was a major figure in the Harlem Renaissance.

William Drummond Stewart

Type: Person

Western explorer and Scottish nobleman William Drummond Stewart spent the winter of 1834-1835 at Fort Vancouver.

Fort Scott National Historic Site

The Osage

Type: Article

Before the arrival of Europeans, the Osage Indians roamed a vast domain in the heart of North America. Although the Osage were a proud and powerful tribe, they could not withstand the pressure of European civilization. Soon after French fur trappers established contact with the Osages in the 1670s, their way of life began to change.

Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site

Esther Lape

Type: Person

Esther Lape was well known as a journalist, researcher, and publicist. She was also associated with the Women's Trade Union League and one of the founders of the League of Women Voters. Her life-partner was the scholar and lawyer, Elizabeth Read, who was Eleanor Roosevelt’s personal attorney and financial advisor.

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