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Scotts Bluff National Monument
Prairie View Trail
- Type: Place
The West Trailhead of Scotts Bluff National Monument's Prairie View Trail. This trail is open to bicyclists and hikers and connects to the City of Gering's Monument Valley Pathway.
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
Farm Operations
- Type: Place
Big Thicket National Preserve
Teel Cemetery
- Type: Place
This small, secluded, historic cemetery dates back to the late 1800s. It lies deep in the woods of the Big Thicket. A long dirt road leads to the site.
Homestead National Historical Park
Getting Around, wayside exhibit
- Type: Place
Different wagons were used to transport people and supplies from one place to another.
Homestead National Historical Park
Planting Seeds and Oiling the Hogs, wayside exhibits
- Type: Place
Farm implements used to plant seeds and oil hogs more efficiently.
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Wayside: Once a Farm
- Type: Place
Prince William Forest Park
Parking: Lot F
- Type: Place
Lot F provides access to Old Black Top Road, which is a 1.6-mile hike and bike trail.
Homestead National Historical Park
Daniel Freeman Homestead
- Type: Place
Daniel Freeman's homestead claim in Gage County, Nebraska was likely the very first to be made and successfully "proved up" under the Homestead Act of 1862. Today, the claim is a part of Homestead National Historical Park.
Lowell National Historical Park
Kirk Boott
- Type: Person
Kirk Boott took the chance to prove himself and made his mark by becoming the guiding hand that would transform a small farming village in New England into one of America’s first industrial cities. Both praised as a commanding leader and condemned as an autocrat, Kirk Boott wielded considerable power and influence over early Lowell.
Gettysburg National Military Park
Abraham Brian Farm
- Type: Place
The home of Abraham Brian sits along the northern end of Cemetery Ridge. The area around the farm would become the scene of heavy fighting on July 3, 1863. Abraham Brian and his family were part of the African American community of Gettysburg. The family left their home when Confederate troops entered Pennsylvania, fearing capture and enslavement. Following the battle, they returned to find their home greatly damaged by war.
Manassas National Battlefield Park
Auto Tour Stop #10: Chinn Ridge
- Type: Place
In 1860, Benjamin Chinn and his family lived here in a two-and-a-half story frame farmhouse. Known as "Hazel Plain," the modest plantation comprised several hundred acres. The property was typical of those in Prince William County, yielding wheat, corn, oats, and potatoes for cash and subsistence. Like roughly one-third of their immediate neighbors, the Chinn family owned slaves.
Manassas National Battlefield Park
Information Panel: Hazel Plain
- Type: Place
In 1860, Benjamin Chinn and his family lived here in a two-and-a-half story frame farmhouse. Known as "Hazel Plain," the modest plantation comprised several hundred acres.
Boston National Historical Park
Robert Lester Mundschenk
- Type: Person
On August 28, 1942, Robert signed up for four years of service, starting as an apprentice seaman. On December 31, 1943, F1c Mundschenk was received onboard the USS Cassin Young (DD-793), making him an original crewmember-a plank owner. Mundschenk was one of the 59 men wounded following a kamikaze attack on April 12, 1945. As a result of a second kamikaze hit on July 30, 1945, Mundshenk died in action aboard Cassin Young.
Manassas National Battlefield Park
Information Panel: The Matthew Farm
- Type: Place
In 1860, Martin Matthew owned a modest frame house on 123 acres.
Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park
Bowman-Hite Farm
- Type: Place
Charles and Rebecca Hite built their farmhouse in the 1850s. Their farm prospered, then declined. The Bowman-Hite Farm illustrates the rise and fall of fortunes around the time of the Civil War.
Homestead National Historical Park
Lucinda Tann Stone
- Type: Person
Lucinda Stone was a black woman homesteader who could read, write, and sign their name. Lucinda came from Buxton, Canada at the age of twenty-one with the intention of becoming a citizen of the United States. She received her citizenship December 18th, 1886.
Homestead National Historical Park
Albert Riley
- Type: Person
Albert F. Riley claimed 632 acres of homestead land in Western Nebraska under the Kincaid Act on June 8, 1907. A Receiver's Duplicate Receipt No. 18851 noted that Riley paid a $14.00 filing fee to set aside the public domain land. Riley's brother George also applied for a homestead in 1907. The brothers were able to acquire adjoining land and raised cattle together just west of the Wamaduze Valley in Cherry County, Nebraska.
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
Pigeon Hill and the New Salem Community
- Type: Place
This is a site within the historic New Salem Community in Marietta.
- Type: Place
Oregon Trail Park at Scott Springs was a favorite campsite for emigrants. The natural springs provided good water for westward travelers and an opportunity to rest. The springs still flow today and are commemorated at the park, along with the thousands of early travelers who camped here. Since the springs are on private property, the park is located just south of the site and offers plenty of things to do.
Minute Man National Historical Park
Job Brooks House, 1740
- Type: Place
The Job Brooks House sits on the Bay Road. On April 19, 1775 the British regulars marched past here on their way to Concord, then back again during their fighting retreat to Boston. An intense skirmish took place just yards from this house at Elm Brook Hill.