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Chamizal National Memorial

Spring 2025: Ballet Folklorico

Type: Article

Ballet Folklorico presents Paseo del Norte: Movement as Storytelling

Marsh - Billings - Rockefeller National Historical Park

Elizabeth Billings

Type: Person

When even the sharpest female minds were denied ranks above "amateur”, Elizabeth Billings (1871-1944) nonetheless achieved enough to impress a modern-day botanist. Her accomplishments included cultivating various gardens, experimenting in farming, managing the family estate, and cataloging hundreds of plants.

Post Trader's Store (1849) and Complex

Type: Place

Yellowstone National Park

Lake General Store

Type: Place

Located at Lake Village, this store has groceries, ice cream, souvenirs, and apparel available for purchase.

Pecos National Historical Park

Glorieta Battlefield-North Loop

Type: Place

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.

Rock Creek Park

Meridian Hill Park

Type: Place

Meridian Hill Park, a few blocks north of the White House, features unique statues, concrete aggregate architecture, and the largest cascading fountains in North America.

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.

The White House and President's Park

Zero Milestone

Type: Place

This four-foot-high shaft of pink granite stands on the north and south meridian of the District of Columbia. It is symbolically the official starting point for measurement of highway distances from Washington, DC. On July 7, 1919, the first transcontinental military motor convoy, destined for San Francisco, California, started from this spot.

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

Type: Article

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.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Katie Shepard

Type: Person

Katie Shepard owned "The Beeches" hotel on North Manitou Island.

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.

Oregon Trail Ruts State Historic Site

Type: Place

Oregon Trail Ruts State Historic Site , also called the Guernsey Ruts, is located where the geography of the area forced the Oregon Trail to change course. At this point, the Trail was blocked from continuing along the North Platte River by a steep ridge of sandstone rock. It had to go up and over the ridge in order to continue heading west.

National Historic Trail sites near Guernsey, Wyoming

Type: Article

Guernsey, Wyoming, is situated along the North Platte River and the “Great Platte River Road”, a significant historic route followed by travelers on the Oregon, California, Pony Express, and Mormon Pioneer national historic trails. The small town is located along US 26, about 100 miles north of Cheyenne, Wyoming, and 66 miles west of Scottsbluff, Nebraska. Learn more about this area's rich history!