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Leading Cause of Death in National Parks
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Every week someone loses their life in a vehicle crash on a national park road.

Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument

National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center
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Explore ingenuity, creativity, and resilience through captivating exhibits, artifacts, and art at the nation’s first museum dedicated to African American history on a national scale. The museum holds the largest known collection of artifacts belonging to General Young from his military service and family life in Wilberforce.

RV Park and Campground at Fort Monroe
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RV and Campground Leasing Opportunity. Facility 13 acres, 14 full service campsites, Nine partial service campsites, numerous tent sites, five picnic shelters, and a camp store/bathhouse.

Moores Creek National Battlefield

Aftermath of the Battle
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Moores Creek National Battlefield

Commemorating the Battle
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Moores Creek National Battlefield

Scottish Immigration Wayside
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Moores Creek National Battlefield

Widow Moores Bridge
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Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River

Highland River Access
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The Highland River Access is a public river access for the Delaware River located in Minisink Ford, in between Lackawaxen, PA and Barryville, NY. It is owned by the New York Department of Environmental Conservation. This is a canoe/kayak access only.

Visit Parks with Remarkable Wetlands
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Wetlands, where the land meets water, are some of the most important ecosystems in our world. Discover these unique, often overlooked, habitats! Check out this list of ten parks that have remarkable examples of wetland ecosystems.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Glen Haven General Store
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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.

Moores Creek National Battlefield

Decisive Victory Exhibit
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Nicodemus National Historic Site

Nicodemus Newsletter March 2025
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This is the March 2025 edition of Nicodemus National Historic Site's newsletter, highlighting 2024 accomplishments and events and sharing plans for 2025.

Cuyahoga Valley National Park

You Are Here: Poetry in Parks at Ledges Trailhead
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A picnic table near the Ledges Trailhead features a poem by Jean Valentine selected by the 24th U.S. Poet Laureate, Ada Limón as part of her signature project "You Are Here: Poetry in Parks."

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Sleeping Bear Inn Garages
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Six years after Day's death, his daughter Marion and her husband Louis Warnes began running Dunesmobile rides out of Glen Haven. It started with a 1934 Ford which took four people out to the crest of the dunes and back. It was a thrilling 35-minute ride that took passengers to the crest of the dunes and back for 25 cents each. By the time the rides ended in 1978, there were 13 dunes wagons each carrying 14 passengers on a 12 mile, 35-minute excursion.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Sleeping Bear Inn
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Originally known as the Sleeping Bear House, this inn with bright geraniums filling its window boxes welcomed the guests of the little village for nearly one hundred years. D.H. Day himself married the daughter of the innkeeper and lived in the second story for a while. In addition to Day and his family, the inn hosted an eclectic mix of lumberjacks, dock workers, businessmen and posh passengers.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Philip A. Hart Visitor Center
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The Philip A. Hart Visitor Center houses brochures, books, park passes, and all the sound advice you'll need to plan your visit. The visitor center has displays of Sleeping Bear Dune's natural history, fauna and flora, geology, history, and stories about people of the park.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Blacksmith Shop
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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.

Blackwater Highways
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Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Glen Haven Cannery and Boat Museum
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By the 1900s D.H. Day owned Glen Haven, 5,000 acres around it, 5,000 cherry and apple trees, a farm with hundreds of hogs, and a massive lumber company. Day was a visionary. He could see that the demand for lumber was falling rapidly, and he would need to diversify. So he started a canning company. The Glen Haven Canning Company processed cherries, raspberries, and peaches and shipped the finished canned goods to Great Lake cities.

Wisely Chosen Ground Wayside
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