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Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Glen Haven General Store
- Type: Place
There was only one place in the late 19th century and 20th century that provided the necessities for life-meat, produce, fabrics, communication and tools: the General Store. It was the hub of D.H. Day's company. The lumbermen and dock workers were paid in company "scrip" so they could only shop at this store. At different times in its history, the store served as a post office, ticket and freight office for steamers, telegraph station, lumber salesroom, and more.
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Blacksmith Shop
- Type: Place
Built around 1867, the Blacksmith Shop was an indispensable component of the maritime village. Not only did the shop forge metal works, but it also served as the town's carpentry center. Nearly everyone in town had some need for the blacksmith's services, which included crafting and repairing oxen yolks, tools, and carriages, shoeing horses, and constructing pre-built homes, dining halls, and horse barns.
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Boston Store Trailhead
- Type: Place
The Village of Boston grew up alongside a canal on the east side of the Cuyahoga River and a railroad on the west side of the river. Boston Store Trailhead provides limited mobility parking on the east side. Use it to access the Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail and refreshments at Boston Store. This small trailhead does not accommodate over-sized vehicles.
Colorado National Monument
Rim Rock Drive (Colorado National Monument)
- Type: Place
Rim Rock Drive is a 23 mile paved road through Colorado National Monument.
Jimmy Carter National Historical Park
Burial Site of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter
- Type: Place
The Burial Site of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter at Jimmy Carter National Historical Park is a place of reflection and remembrance, honoring the legacy of the 39th President of the United States and the former First Lady.
Capitol Reef National Park
Scenic Drive Stop 8
- Type: Place
The incredible, edible pinyon pine helps many species survive in a harsh desert environment.
Nicodemus National Historic Site
School District Number 1
- Type: Place
Nicodemus residents saw education as foundational to their community and organized School District No. 1 in 1879, the first in Graham County. After the previous 1887 schoolhouse burned down in 1916, the District No. 1 Schoolhouse was built in 1918 and used by the district until it closed in the early 1960s.
Nicodemus National Historic Site
St. Francis Hotel
- Type: Place
The St. Francis Hotel has lived many lives: first as a place of business operated by early settlers Zachary and Jenny Fletcher, then as private residence and restaurant of the Switzer family. The original two-story limestone structure was built in 1881 and was a successful hotel in Nicodemus. The Switzer family bought the building in 1921 and built several additions while they lived there.
Thomas Stone National Historic Site
Thomas Stone
- Type: Person
Could you willingly make a decision that could cost you, your property, your possessions, or even your life? That is the question men like Thomas Stone had to make once the decision was made to create the Declaration of Independence. It was not an easy decision to make.
Grand Teton National Park
Jenny Lake Pathway Hub
- Type: Place
The Jenny Lake Pathway Hub is the most northern point of the multi-use pathway. Read our informational sign about biking and use the bike rack to store your bike while you explore the Jenny Lake area.
Manhattan Project National Historical Park
Oak Ridge Wayside: Scarboro
- Type: Place
A wayside exhibit in Oak Ridge, Tennessee describing Scarboro, a community within the secret city.
Manhattan Project National Historical Park
Oak Ridge Wayside: Edgemoor Gate
- Type: Place
A wayside exhibit in Oak Ridge, Tennessee describing the Edgemoor Gate, one of seven armed checking stations operating during and after the Manhattan Project.
Freedom Riders National Monument
Greyhound Bus Depot
- Type: Place
The Anniston Greyhound Bus Depot witnessed the early stages of mob violence against a small group of nonviolent Freedom Riders in May of 1961.
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.
Grand Teton National Park
Gros Ventre Pathway Hub
- Type: Place
The Gros Ventre Pathway Hub is one of many locations where you can start or end your bike ride along the multi-use pathway. Enjoy over 20 miles of paved pathway in Grand Teton.
Fort Stanwix National Monument
Rome Historical Society
- Type: Place
The Rome Historical Society - Friends of the Fort sits next to the grounds of Fort Stanwix National Monument. This free museum has exhibits related to the historic fort, the Erie Canal, the history of Rome, NY, and more!
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.
- Type: Person
Mrs. Recy Taylor was just 24 years old when she was brutally raped by six white men in Alabama. Upholding the Black woman's tradition of testimony and protest, Taylor actively participated in the pursuit to bring her attackers to justice. Though the men were acquitted in two separate trials, Taylor's courage speaks to the resolve of Black women to channel their pain and anger into political anger. We honor Taylor as an ancestor for teaching us a lesson on courage.
- Type: Person
Alice Austen was a photographer who documented the lively activities of her female social circle at the turn of the century in New York City.
Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park
Skagway Historic District and White Pass National Historic Landmark
- Type: Place
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.