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Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Wayside: Loon Lake's Glacial Past
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Alexander Lemmon
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Alexander Lemmon was an Irish immigrant who joined the Continental Army in 1775, fought in the attack of Quebec and survived the Siege of 1777. Although not many details of his life are known, the personal descriptions in his story go to show the humanity of all the forgotten soldiers of the American Revolution.

Fort Stanwix National Monument

Henry Bakeman
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Henry Bakeman enlisted in April 1781, after British and Mohawk troops had destroyed his home village of Stone Arabia in October 1780. Involved first in carrying packages from one Patriot fort to another, resulting in “many skirmishes with the Indiana & Tories,” by late 1782 Bakeman found himself involved in what would be the last engagement of the Revolutionary War. Disaster awaited them. Bakeman’s story was well-documented through his pension record in 1834.

Tyonajanegan — “Two Kettles Together"
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Tyonajanegen, or "Two Kettles Together," was fierce woman who accompanied her husband, other Oneida warriors, and American militias fighting in the American Revolution.

James Arcules (Archelaus)
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James Arcules enlisted in Medfield, Massachusetts into the company of Benjamin Bullard, in Col. Jonathan Brewer’s regiment and was present at the Battle of Bunker Hill in the diagonal.

Prince Hull
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Prince Hull enlisted in Pittsfield, Massachusetts into the company of Capt. Oliver Parker, in Col. Willian Prescott’s regiment, and was present at the Battle of Bunker Hill in the redoubt.

Yellowstone National Park

Lamar Valley - Evidence of Glaciers
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Indiana Dunes National Park

Upland Trail
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The Pinhook Bog Trail System features two very different habitats. The Upland Trail highlights a rich beech and maple forest growing on top of a glacial moraine formed about 15,000 years ago. The Bog Trail leads to a bog in a depression in the moraine created when a large piece of ice broke off the melting glacier. The bog features an incredible habitat with unique plants.

Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area

Bradbury Beach Boat Launch
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A water access point on the shore of Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area with a boat launch, dock, information kiosk, parking area, and vault toilet.

Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area

Evans Boat Launch
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Evans Boat Launch is a water access point on Lake Roosevelt with a paved boat ramp, dock, information kiosk, and vault toilet. A campground is nearby.

Grand Canyon National Park

Walhalla Glades Pueblo
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Excavated by Douglas W. Schwartz, this Ancestral Puebloan archaeological site is an example of a small pueblo that had at least nine rooms. It was occupied from 1,100 to 1,150 CE.

Washita Battlefield National Historic Site

Stop Four
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Stop four along the Washita Battlefield self guided tour.

Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area

Evans Day Use Area
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Evans Day Use area is a water access area on Lake Roosevelt with picnic tables, grills, accessible sites, picnic shelters, and potable water and flush toilets during the summer season.

Washita Battlefield National Historic Site

Stop One
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Stop one along the Washita Battlefield self guided tour.

Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area

Gifford Boat Launch
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Gifford Boat Launch is a water access are on Lake Roosevelt with a paved boat ramp, docks, parking area, information kiosk, and vault toilets.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Kettles Trail
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Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area

My Park Story: Lynn Rigney Schott
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Lynn Rigney Schott has lived in view of Lake Roosevelt for over 30 years. She has raised her family, gone through her teaching career, and retired by the waters near Kettle Falls. She continues to explore and write poetry about familiar places like Bradbury Beach, Rickey Point, Kettle Falls, and the stars above them all. This is her park story.

Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area

My Park Story: Steve Sanders
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Steve shares his park story every day working in the Maintenance division for Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area, but the park holds a lot more than just a job for him. This is his park story.

NPS Geodiversity Atlas—Washita Battlefield National Historic Site, Oklahoma
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The camp of Peace Chief Black Kettle was located on the floodplain of the Washita River within the Western Red-Bed Plains geomorphic province of the Great Plains. The area is characterized gently rolling hills of nearly flat-lying Permian red sandstone and shale Links to products from Baseline Geologic and Soil Resources Inventories provide access to maps and reports.

Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site

Wayside: A Chief's Village
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Wayside exhibit: Cheyenne and Arapaho Chiefs at Sand Creek - Monument Hill