Travels in the USA—Mark Eberle

Travels in the USA—Mark Eberle
Abbreviations used in the lists:
Updated 25 April 2017
NB = National Battlefield; NBP = National Battlefield Park; NCA = National Conservation Area; NF = National Forest;
NG = National Grassland; NHP = National Historical Park; NHT = National Historic Trail; NM = National Monument;
NMP = National Military Park; NP = National Park; NRA = National Recreation Area; NWR = National Wildlife Refuge;
SHP = State Historical Park; SHS = State Historic Site; SM = State Monument; SP = State Park; SWA = State Wildlife Area;
BLM = US Bureau of Land Management; USFS = US Forest Service; TNC = The Nature Conservancy
Page numbers, headings, and subheadings for the following pages:
Page 1—Natural History (1)
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National Park Service
State Parks
Page 2—Natural History (2)
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Miscellaneous Natural History Sites
National Scenic Byways
Page 3—Geology, Geography, and Science Museums
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Caves and Volcanism—National Park Service
Fossils—National Park Service
Miscellaneous Geological Sites
Geography
Science Museums, Gardens, Aquaria, and Zoos
Page 3—Conservation of Endangered Fishes
Page 4—Historical Structures, Monuments, and Museums
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History Museums and Monuments
Music and Art Museums
Lighthouses
Wooden Sailing Ships
Flight
Space Museums and Exploration
Page 5—Historical Baseball Fields and Museums
Page 6—Notable Americans
Page 7—Colonial North America
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Santa Fe NHT
El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro NHT
Oregon NHT
California NHT
Mormon Pioneer NHT
Pony Express NHT
Smoky Hill Trail–Butterfield Overland Despatch
Fort Hays–Fort Dodge Military Road
Page 12—Historical Trails, Roads, Canals, and Railroads
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Route 66 (The Mother Road)
Page 15—Forts and Trading Posts
Page 16—Wars of the Colonies and Early Republic
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7 Years War / French and Indian War (1754–1763)
American Revolution (1775–1783)
War of 1812 (1812–1814)
Texas Revolution (1835–1836)
Page 17—War and Civil Unrest in the West
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US–Mexican War (1846–1848)
Bleeding Kansas (1854–1861)
Utah ‘War’ (1857–1861)
Page 18—American Civil War (1)
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Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania
Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Alabama
Mississippi River, Ohio River, and Tennessee Region
Louisiana and Texas
Page 19—American Civil War (2)
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Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, and Oklahoma (Indian Territory)
New Mexico and Arizona
Page 22—US–American Indian Wars and Removals (1)
Page 11—Historical Trails (3)
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Page 14—Historical Highways (2)
Corps of Discovery (1804–1806, 1809): Lewis and Clark NHT
Zebulon Pike: Central Plains (1806–1807)
John Wesley Powell: Colorado River (1869, 1871)
Page 10—Historical Trails (2)
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Natchez Trace Parkway
Lincoln Highway and the First Transcontinental Motor Train
Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Interstate & Defense Highways
Page 20—Slavery, Jim Crow, and Civil Rights
Page 21—American Indian Cities, Villages, and Other Sites
Page 9—Historical Trails (1)
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Spanish North America
French North America
English North America
Page 7—Hawaiian Culture
Page 8—Western Exploration
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Page 13—Historical Highways (1)
National Road
Covered Bridges
Chisholm Trail
Canals
Transcontinental Railroad (Union Pacific–Central Pacific)
Kansas Pacific Railroad and US Highway 40
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Paleo-Indian – Archaic Cultures
Woodland and Mississippian Moundbuilder Cultures
Southwestern Pueblo Cultures
Midwestern and Great Plains Villages and Missions
Midwest (Old Northwest Territory)
Removals to Indian Territory (Oklahoma and Kansas)
Minnesota and North Dakota
Nez Perce NHP
Southwest and Great Basin
Page 23—US–American Indian Wars and Removals (2)
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Great Plains Treaty Sites
Great Plains Battles, Skirmishes, and Massacres
Page 24—Great Plains Settlement in the 1800s
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Plains Homesteads and Towns
Kansas County Seat ‘Wars’ (1887–1893)
Page 24—Range Wars
Page 24—Border War (Mexican Revolution) 1910–1919
Page 25—World Wars, Cold War, and Terrorism
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World War I
World War II
Cold War
Terrorism
Natural History (1)
National Park Service
Acadia NP, Maine
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, Wisconsin
Arches NP, Utah
Badlands NP, South Dakota
Big Bend NP, Texas
Big Cypress National Preserve, Florida
Black Canyon of the Gunnison NP, Colorado
Bryce Canyon NP, Utah
Canyon de Chelly NM, Arizona
Canyonlands NP, Utah
Capitol Reef NP, Utah
Carlsbad Caverns NP, New Mexico
Catoctin Mountain Park, Maryland
Chiricahua NM, Arizona
City of Rocks National Reserve, Idaho
Colorado NM, Colorado
Crater Lake NP, Oregon
Death Valley NP, California–Nevada
Devils Tower NM, Wyoming
Dinosaur NM, Colorado
Everglades NP, Florida
Glacier NP, Montana
Grand Canyon NP, Arizona
Grand Tetons NP, Wyoming
Great Basin NP, Nevada
Great Sand Dunes NP, Colorado
Great Smoky Mountains NP, Tennessee–North Carolina
Guadalupe Mountains NP, Texas
Hawai’i Volcanoes NP, Hawai’i
Hot Springs NP, Arkansas
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Indiana
Isle Royale NP, Michigan
Joshua Tree NP, California
Kings Canyon–Sequoia NP, California
Lassen Volcanic NP, California
Mojave National Preserve, California
Montezuma Castle NM, Arizona
Mount Rainier NP, Washington
Natchez Trace Parkway, Mississippi–Alabama–Tennessee
Natural Bridges NM, Utah
Olympic NP, Washington
Organ Pipe Cactus NM, Arizona
Padre Island National Seashore
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Michigan
Redwood NP and SP, California
Rocky Mountain NP, Colorado
Saguaro NP, Arizona
Shenandoah NP, Virginia
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve (TNC), Kansas
Theodore Roosevelt NP, North Dakota
Valle Caldera National Preserve, New Mexico
Voyageurs NP, Minnesota
White Sands NM, New Mexico
Wind Cave NP, South Dakota
Yellowstone NP, Wyoming
Yosemite NP, California
Zion NP, Utah
State Parks
Adirondack Park, New York
Alabaster Cavern SP, Oklahoma
‘Akaka Falls SP, Hawai’i
Anza–Borrego Desert SP, California
Balmorhea SP, Texas
Beverly Beach SP, Oregon
Big Oak Tree SP, Missouri
Boggy Depot SP, Oklahoma
Boiling Spring SP, Oklahoma
Bottomless Lakes SP, New Mexico
Calaveras Big Tree SP, California
Cape Arago SP, Oregon
Cape Meares State Scenic Viewpoint, Oregon
Cerrillos Hills SP, New Mexico
Cimarron Canyon SP, New Mexico
D River State Recreation Area, Oregon
Darlingtonia State Wayside, Oregon
Diamond Head SM, Hawai’i
Goblin Valley SP, Utah
Golden and Silver Falls SP, Oregon
Goosenecks SP, Utah
Heceta Head Lighthouse State Scenic Viewpoint, Oregon
Humbug Mountain SP, Oregon
John James Audubon SP, Kentucky
Louisiana Purchase Historic SP, Arkansas
McArthur–Burney Memorial SP, California
Mushroom Rock SP, Kansas
Natural Falls SP, Oklahoma
Palo Duro Canyon SP, Texas
Pattison SP, Wisconsin
Port Orford Heads SP, Oregon
Prairie SP, Missouri
Redwood NP and SP, California
Ricketts Glen SP, Pennsylvania
Rifle Falls SP, Colorado
Rock Bridge Memorial SP, Missouri
Samuel H. Boardman State Scenic Corridor, Oregon
Shore Acres SP, Oregon
Silver Falls SP, Oregon
Smith Falls SP, Nebraska
Sunset Bay SP, Oregon
Taum Sauk SP, Missouri
Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve, California
Villanueva SP, New Mexico
Wailuku River SP, Hawai’i
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Natural History (2)
Miscellaneous Natural History Sites
Aransas NWR, Texas
Appleton-Whittell Research Ranch (Audubon Society), Arizona
Ash Meadows NWR, Nevada
Ayers Natural Bridge County Park, Wyoming
Black Hills, South Dakota
Black Mesa Nature Preserve (TNC), Oklahoma
Bosque del Apache NWR, New Mexico
Cape Perpetua Scenic Area (Siuslaw National Forest), Oregon
Cheyenne Bottoms SWA, Kansas
Chiricahua Mountains (Coronado National Forest), Arizona
Desert NWR, Nevada
Fort Niobrara NWR, Nebraska
Gila Box Riparian NCA (BLM), Arizona
Grand Staircase‒Esacalante NM (BLM), Utah
Imperial Sand Dunes NRA (BLM), California
Jemez Mountains (Santa Fe National Forest), New Mexico
Konza Prairie (TNC–Kansas State University), Kansas
Lake Champlain, New York–Vermont
Lake Itasca–Mississippi River Headwaters, Minnesota
Lake Superior North Shore, Minnesota
Lake Tahoe, California
Land Between the Lakes NRA (USFS), Kentucky
Las Cienegas NCA (BLM), Arizona
Mantle Rock Preserve (TNC), Kentucky
Maxwell State Wildlife Refuge (bison and elk), Kansas
Marais des Cygnes NWR and SWA, Kansas
McPherson Valley Wetlands, Kansas
Lake Inman (largest natural lake in Kansas)
Little Sinkhole
McPherson Wetlands SWA
Big Sinkhole and Clear Pond
Moapa Valley NWR, Nevada
Monument Valley, Arizona–Utah
Mount Lemmon, (Coronado National Forest), Arizona
Mt Mitchell Heritage Prairie, Wabaunsee County, Kansas
Mt St Helens National Volcanic Monument (USFS), Washington
National Bison Range (NWR), Montana
Oregon Dunes NRA (USFS), Oregon
Ozark Mountains, Missouri
Patagonia–Sonoita Creek Preserve (TNC), Arizona
Pillsbury Crossing SWA, Kansas
Quivira NWR, Kansas
Resurrection Bay, Alaska
Sabal Palm Sanctuary, Texas
Sacramento Mountains (Lincoln National Forest), New Mexico
Salt River Canyon, Arizona
Sand Hills, Nebraska
Sand Mountain NRA (BLM), Nevada
Sandia Mountains (Cibola National Forest), New Mexico
San Francisco Peaks (Coconino National Forest), Arizona
San Pedro NCA (BLM), Arizona
Savoy Mountain State Forest, Massachusetts
Shoal Creek SWA, Kansas
Smokey Bear SHP, New Mexico
Smoky Valley Ranch (TNC), Kansas
Snowy Range Scenic Byway (Medicine Bow National Forest), Wyoming
Sonny Bono Salton Sea NWR, California
South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, Oregon
Thousand Springs Scenic Byway, Snake River Valley, Idaho
Valley of Fire NRA (BLM), New Mexico
Walden Pond State Reserve, Massachusetts
Wichita Mountains NWR, Oklahoma
Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area (BLM), Oregon
National Scenic Byways
Arizona
Sky Island National Scenic Byway
California
Ebbetts Pass National Scenic Byway
Tioga Road–Big Oak Flat Road National Scenic Byway
Idaho
Northwest Passage National Scenic Byway
Kansas
Flint Hills National Scenic Byway
Wetlands and Wildlife National Scenic Byway
Nevada
Pyramid Lake National Scenic Byway
New Mexico
Billy the Kid Trail National Scenic Byway
Jemez Mountain Trail National Scenic Byway
Turquoise Trail National Scenic Byway
Oklahoma–Arkansas
Talimena National Scenic Byway
Oregon
Historic Columbia River Highway National Scenic Byway
Pacific Coast National Scenic Byway
Rogue–Umpqua National Scenic Byway
Utah
Utah Highway 12 National Scenic Byway
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Geology and Geography
Caves and Volcanism—National Park Service
Caves
Carlsbad Caverns NP, New Mexico
Jewel Cave NM, South Dakota
Mammoth Cave NP, Kentucky
Oregon Caves NM, Oregon
Wind Cave NP, South Dakota
Volcanism
Capulin Volcano NM, New Mexico
Crater Lake NP, Oregon
Craters of the Moon NM and Preserve, Idaho
El Malpais NM, New Mexico
Hawai’i Volcanoes NP, Hawai’i
Lassen Volcanic NP, California
Lava Beds NM, California
Sunset Crater NM, Arizona
Valle Caldera National Preserve, New Mexico
Yellowstone NP, Wyoming
Fossils—National Park Service
Agate Fossil Beds NM, Nebraska
Badlands NP, South Dakota
Dinosaur NM, Colorado
Florissant Fossil Beds NM, Colorado
Fossil Butte NM, Wyoming
Hagerman Fossil Beds NM, Idaho
John Day Fossil Beds NM, Oregon
Petrified Forest NP, Arizona
Tule Springs Fossil Beds NM, Nevada
Miscellaneous Geological Sites
Rio Grande, Embudo, New Mexico
First USGS gaging station marker (1889)
Norman No. 1 Oil Well site and replica (1892), Neodesha, Kansas
Kansas Oil Museum, El Dorado, Kansas
Meteor Crater, Arizona
New Madrid Earthquake marker, Missouri (1811–1812)
Johnstown Flood National Memorial (1889), Pennsylvania
Pacific Tsunami Museum, Hilo, Hawai’i
Geography
Highest Points by State
Hawkeye Point, Iowa
Mount Sunflower, Kansas
Taum Sauk SP, Missouri
Panorama Point, Nebraska
Black Mesa, Oklahoma
Borders
Louisiana Purchase Historic SP, Arkansas (1815 survey marker)
Chamizal National Memorial, El Paso, Texas (1963 border treaty)
Geographic Center of the 48 Conterminous States, Kansas
Science Museums, Gardens, Aquaria, and Zoos
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York
Arizona–Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, Arizona
Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Hawaii Tropical Botanic Garden, Hawai’i
Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, Missouri
Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, California
Oregon Coast Aquarium, Newport, Oregon
Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, Norman
San Diego Museum of Natural History, California
San Diego Zoo, California
Sternberg Museum of Natural History, Hays, Kansas
World Botanic Gardens, Hawai’i
Conservation of Endangered Fishes
Wildlife Refuges
 Leslie Canyon NWR, Arizona
 San Bernardino NWR, Arizona
John Slaughter Ranch Museum (pond adjacent to refuge)
 Klamath Basin NWR Complex, California and Oregon
 Ash Meadows NWR, Nevada (including Devil’s Hole)
 Desert NWR, Nevada
 Moapa Valley NWR, Nevada
 Balmorhea SP, Texas (restored ciénegas)
Fish Hatcheries
 Neosho National Fish Hatchery, Missouri
 San Marcos Aquatic Resource Center, Texas
 Southwestern Native Aquatic Resources and Recovery Center
(formerly Dexter National Fish Hatchery), New Mexico
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Historical Structures, Monuments, and Museums
History Museums and Monuments
Allen County Historical Society Museum, Iola, Kansas
Arabia Steamboat Museum (1856), Kansas City, Missouri
Astoria Column, Astoria, Oregon
Blue Rapids Historical Society Museum, Kansas
Butterfield Trail Museum, Russell Springs, Kansas
El Cuartelejo Museum, Scott City, Kansas
Ellis County Historical Society Museum, Hays, Kansas
El Pueblo History Museum, Pueblo, Colorado
Grand Portage NM, Minnesota
Independence Historical Museum and Art Center, Kansas
Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, St. Louis, Missouri
John Slaughter Ranch Museum, Arizona
Kansas History Museum, Topeka, Kansas
Keweenaw NHP, Michigan
Marshall Gold Discovery SHP, California
Mount Rushmore NM, South Dakota
Pipe Springs NM, Arizona
Port Orford Heads SP (lifeguard station), Oregon
Rhea County Courthouse (1925 Scopes Trial), Dayton, Tennessee
Santa Fe Trail Center Museum, Larned, Kansas
Statue of Liberty, New York
Washington, DC
US Capitol (US Senate Chamber)
Washington Monument
Music and Art Museums
American Jazz Museum, Kansas City, Missouri
Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery, Lindsborg, Kansas
Lighthouses (italics = inside tour)
Pacific Coast (north to south)
Grays Harbor Lighthouse, Washington
Cape Disappointment State Park, Washington
Cape Disappointment Lighthouse
North Head Lighthouse
Cape Meares State Scenic Viewpoint, Oregon
Cape Meares Lighthouse
Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area (BLM),
Oregon — Yaquina Head Lighthouse
Yaquina Bay State Recreation Site, Oregon
Yaquina Bay Lighthouse
Heceta Head Lighthouse State Scenic Viewpoint,
Oregon
Umpqua Lighthouse SP, Oregon
Umpqua River Lighthouse
Cape Arago Lighthouse, Oregon
Bandon State Park, Oregon
Coquille River Lighthouse
Cape Blanco SP, Oregon
Cape Blanco Lighthouse
Cabrillo NM, California
Point Loma Lighthouse
Hawai’i
Diamond Head Lighthouse, O’ahu
Atlantic Coast
Cape Henry, Virginia
Great Lakes
Lake Erie
Marblehead SP, Ohio
Lake Huron
Fort Gratiot, Michigan
Lake Superior
Grand Marais, Minnesota
Raspberry Island, Wisconsin
Rock of Ages, Michigan
Split Rock SHS, Minnesota
Split Rock Lighthouse
Two Harbors Lighthouse, Minnesota
Gulf Coast
Halfmoon Reef Lighthouse, Texas
Port Isabel Lighthouse SHS, Texas
Wooden Sailing Ships
USS Constitution, Boston, Massachusetts
East Indiaman Friendship (replica), Salem Maritime NHS, Massachusetts
Flight
Dayton Aviation Heritage NHS, Ohio (Wright Brothers)
Hoover Block, Wright Cycle Co., Huffman Prairie Flying Field
Douglas International Airport marker, Arizona (1929–1940s)
First international airport in USA, dedicated by Eleanor
Roosevelt in 1933. Shared runway with Agua Prieta, Mexico.
Space Museums and Exploration
Armstrong Air and Space Museum, Wapakoneta, Ohio
Cosmosphere–Hall of Space Museum, Hutchinson, Kansas
International UFO Museum, Roswell, New Mexico
Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas
Meteor Crater, Arizona
National Radio Astronomy Very Large Array (VLA), New Mexico
National Solar Observatory, Sunspot, New Mexico
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Historical Baseball Fields and Museums
(for more information on my target list see http://www.fhsu.edu/biology/Eberle/Historical-Baseball-Parks-and-Museums/)
Historical Baseball Field Sites in Kansas City, Missouri
Historical Baseball Fields (ball fields in use before 1950)
1) Exercise Field (1866–1870s)
# Rickwood Field, Birmingham, AL
KC Antelopes (amateur team)
# Warren Ballpark, Bisbee, AZ
# Copper King Stadium, Douglas, AZ
 14th and McGee Streets (Sprint Center area)
# Vargas Field, Winslow, AZ
2) Athletic Park/Athletic Field (1884)
# Bosse Field, Evansville, IN
KC Unions/Kaycees (Union Association)
Riverside Park field and marker, Blue Rapids, KS
 Southwest Boulevard and Summit Street (commercial area)
# Paul Lindblad Field at Katy Stadium, Chanute, KS
3) Association Park I (1886 and 1888)
# McDonald Stadium, El Dorado, KS
KC Cowboys (National League)
Jones Field, Soden’s Grove Park, Emporia, KS
KC Cowboys (American Association)
# Clint Lightner Field, Finnup Park, Garden City, KS
 Belvidere Municipal Park (area at I-29/I-35 exit 2)
# Larks Park, Hays, KS
4) Exposition Park (1889 and 1902)
Hobart-Detter Field, Cary Park, Hutchinson, KS
KC Cowboys (American Association)
Shulthis Stadium, Independence, KS
KC Blues (American Association)
Historic 1919 concrete grandstand demolished in July 2015
 The Grove Municipal Park (neighborhood ball diamond)
(after my visit). Baseball field is now a football field.
# Rathert Stadium, Junction City, KS
5) Sportsman’s Park/Recreation Park (1902–1903)
# South Park Field, Kinsley, KS
KC Blue Stockings (Western League)
# Moffet Field Stadium, Larned, KS
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 17 Street and Indiana Avenue (area at I-70 exit 4)
# Municipal Stadium, Hobbs Park, Lawrence, KS
6) Association Park II (1903–1923)
Light Capital Diamond, McPherson, KS
KC Blues (American Association)
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Stadium (Wallace Park Stadium), Paola, KS
KC Monarchs (Negro Leagues)
Jaycee Ballpark, Pittsburg, KS
 Blues Municipal Park (neighborhood ball diamond)
# Joe Campbell Stadium, Rossville, KS
7) Gordon and Koppel Field (1914–1915)
Hibbs-Hooten Field, Sellers Park, Wellington, KS
KC Packers (Federal League)
# Lawrence–Dumont Stadium, Wichita, KS
 Thomas J. Kiely Municipal Park (no ball diamond)
# Carl Lewton Stadium, Carthage, MO
# Clemens Field, Hannibal, MO
8) Municipal Stadium (1923–1972)
# Phil Welch Stadium, St. Joseph, MO
KC Blues (American Association and AAA–NY Yankees)
# Liberty Park, Sedalia, MO
KC Monarchs (Negro Leagues)
? Heyne Memorial Field, Pender, NE
KC Athletics (American League)
? Spear Memorial Athletic Field (Hog Yard), Scribner, NE
KC Royals (American League)
# Sam Crawford Field, Wahoo, NE
 Monarch Plaza markers (22nd Street and Brooklyn Avenue)
Eaton Baseball Field, Wakefield, NE
# Anderson Baseball Field, West Point, NE
Oscar Huber Memorial Ballpark, Madrid, NM
# Doubleday Field, Cooperstown, NY
# Red Rock Stadium, Elk City, OK
# Clyde Allen Baseball Park, North Bend, OR
# Kiger Stadium, Klamath Falls, OR
# Kokernot Field, Alpine, TX
# Olympic Stadium, Hoquiam, WA
Baseball Museums
National Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown, New York
Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, Kansas City, Missouri
Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory, Louisville, Kentucky
bold = collegiate summer league, town team league, or minor league
game attended
# = current grandstand constructed prior to 1950
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Notable Americans
Naturalists
John James Audubon SP and Museum, Kentucky
Aldo Leopold Center (“The Shack”), Baraboo, Wisconsin
Aldo Leopold House (USFS), Tres Piedras, New Mexico
John Muir NHS, California
Ed Ricketts’ Lab, Cannery Row, Monterey, California
Thomas Say grave, New Harmony, Indiana
Henry David Thoreau cabin site and replica, Walden Pond, MA
Professional Baseball Players
Walter “Big Train” Johnson childhood home marker, Allen County, KS
Mickey Mantle childhood home, Commerce, Oklahoma
Leroy “Satchel” Paige grave, Forest Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, MO
Denton “Cy” Young grave, New Peoli Cemetery, Peoli, Ohio
Authors, Musicians, and Artists
Willa Cather, Red Cloud, Nebraska
Cather Foundation Center, childhood home, and other sites
Robert Johnson birthplace marker and house (not yet restored),
Hazlehurst, Mississippi
Scott Joplin House SHS, Missouri
Maple Leaf Park, Sedalia, Missouri
Monroe County Courthouse Museum, Monroeville, Alabama
Harper Lee (To Kill a Mockingbird)
Edgar Allan Poe NHS, Pennsylvania
Elvis Presley Birthplace (house), Tupelo, Mississippi
Will Rogers Memorial Museum, Claremore, Oklahoma
C.M. Russell Museum, Great Falls, Montana
Home, log studio, and museum
John Steinbeck House (childhood home), Salinas, California
Mark Twain Boyhood Home, Hannibal, Missouri
Mark Twain Birthplace SHS, Missouri
William Allen White House SHS, Kansas
US Presidents
1) Mount Vernon, Virginia (George Washington)
2) Adams NHP, Massachusetts (John Adams)
3) Monticello, Virginia (Thomas Jefferson)
4) Montpelier, Virginia (James Madison)
5) Ash Lawn–Highland, Virginia (James Monroe)
6) Adams NHP, Massachusetts (John Quincy Adams)
7) Hermitage, Tennessee (Andrew Jackson)
9) Grouseland, Indiana (William Henry Harrison)
11) James K. Polk Home, Tennessee
12) Zachary Taylor Tomb and National Cemetery, Kentucky
Springfield (boyhood home; private), Louisville. Kentucky
16) Lincoln Home NHS, Illinois
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace NHP, Kentucky
Lincoln Boyhood Home National Memorial, Indiana
18) U.S. Grant Home SHS, Illinois
Ulysses S. Grant NHS, Missouri
31) Herbert Hoover NHS, Iowa
32) Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt NHS, New York
33) Harry S. Truman NHS, Missouri
34) Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum, and
Boyhood Home, Kansas
35) Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas
John F. Kennedy assassination
36) Lyndon B. Johnson NHP–SHP, Texas
42) President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home NHS,
Hope, Arkansas
Other Historical Figures
Neil Armstrong Boyhood Home, Wapakoneta, Ohio
Boone Station SHS, Kentucky
Historic Daniel Boone Home, Defiance, Missouri
Kit Carson Home, Taos, New Mexico
George Washington Carver NM, Missouri
Buffalo Bill Ranch SHP, Nebraska
Jefferson Davis SHS (birthplace), Kentucky
Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum, Atchison, Kansas
Frederick Funston Boyhood Home and Museum, Iola, Kansas
Friendship Hill NHS, Pennsylvania (Albert Gallatin)
Sam Houston Memorial Museum, Huntsville, Texas
Woodland Home and Steamboat House
George C. Marshall Memorial Plaza, Uniontown, Pennsylvania
Admiral Nimitz Museum, Fredericksburg, Texas
General Pershing Boyhood Home SHS, Missouri
Joseph Priestley House, Northumberland, Pennsylvania
Sequoyah’s Cabin SHS, Oklahoma
Dayton Aviation Heritage NHS, Ohio (Wright Brothers)
Hoover Block, Wright Cycle Co., Huffman Prairie Flying Field
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Colonial North America
Spanish North America
Coronado Entrada (1539–1542)
Coronado National Memorial, Arizona
Coronado SM, New Mexico
Tiguex pueblo ruins
Pecos NHP, New Mexico
Cicuique pueblo ruins
Coronado Cross, Fort Dodge, Kansas
Thanksgiving Mass after crossing Arkansas River
Coronado–Quivira Museum, Lyons, Kansas, and
Coronado Heights, near Lindsborg, Kansas
Possible entrada terminus area = Quivira? (1541)
Texas
El Paso Mission Trail, Texas
Ysleta Mission (El Paso)
Nuestra Señora de Socorro Mission (Socorro)
Presidio Chapel de San Elizario (San Elizario)
Mission Espíritu Santo SHS, Goliad, Texas
Presidio de Bahía, Goliad, Texas
Presidio de San Sabá ruins, Menard, Texas
San Antonio Missions NHP, Texas
Mission Concepción, Mission San José, Mission San Juan, and
Mission Espada
New Mexico and Arizona
El Camino Real del Tierra Adentro NHT (see page 7)
Spanish royal road from Zacatecas, Mexico to Taos, NM
El Morro NM, New Mexico
Spanish (and other) inscriptions
El Presidio Real de San Agustín del Tucson, Arizona
Markers, sculptures, and replica tower and walls
Jemez SM, New Mexico
Pueblo mission ruins
Pecos NHP, New Mexico
Pueblo mission ruins
Presidio Santa Cruz de Terrenate ruins (BLM), Arizona
Salinas Pueblo Missions NM, New Mexico
Abó, Gran Quivira, and Quarai Units
Tubac Presidio SHS, Arizona
Tumacacori NHS, Arizona
Mission ruins
California
Cabrillo NM, San Diego, California
Mission Basilica San Diego Alcalá, California
Mission San José, Fremont, California
Mission San Carlos Borromeo del Rio Carmelo, California
Old Town San Diego SHP, California
Presidio Park, San Diego, California
Royal Presidio Chapel and Custom House, Monterey, California
San Juan Bautista SHP and Mission San Juan Bautista, California
Sonoma SHP, California
Presidio, mission, and village established by Mexico in 1823
Florida
Castillo de San Marcos NM, St. Augustine, Florida
St. Augustine Spanish Quarter, Florida
Lower Mississippi River Basin
Los Adaes SHS, Louisiana
Spanish capital of Texas (1719–1773)
Arkansas Post National Memorial (Fort Carlos III), Arkansas
Great Plains
Villasur Expedition marker, Columbus, Nebraska
Pawnee and Oto (French allies) defeated Spanish soldiers,
Pueblo Indian allies, and Apache scouts (August 1720).
French North America
La Salle Monument, Indianola, Texas (1685–1687)
Fort de Cavagnial marker, Atchison Co., Kansas (1744–1764)
Fort Carillon (= Fort Ticonderoga), New York (1755–1759)
Illinois Country
Cahokia Courthouse SHS, Illinois (~1740)
Fort de Chartres SHS, Illinois (wood, 1720s; stone, 1750s)
Fort Kaskaskia SHS, Illinois (~1759)
Fort Massac SP, Illinois (1757–1763)
Ste. Genevieve, Missouri
Bolduc House (~1785), Bolduc–LeMeilleur House (~1820),
Felix Vallé House SHS (1818), Bauvais–Amoureux House (~1792)
English North America
Colonial NHP, Virginia
Cape Henry Memorial (April 1607 landing site)
Historic Jamestowne (1607)
Hawaiian Culture
Pu’uhonua o Hōnaunau NHP, Hawai’i
Kealakekua Bay, Captain Cook Monument, Hawai’i
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Western Exploration
Corps of Discovery (1803–1806, 1809): Lewis and Clark NHT
Pre-departure sites on eastern (US) side of Mississippi River
Lewis and Clark SHS, Illinois
Fort River Dubois (1803–1804)
Fort Kaskaskia SHS, Illinois (1803)
Cahokia Courthouse SHS, Illinois (1803–1804)
Clark’s Hill–Norton SHS, Missouri (June 1804)
Kaw Point Park (Kansas River mouth), Kansas (June 1804)
4th of July 1804 Creek marker, Atchison, Kansas
Independence Creek marker, Kansas (4 July 1804)
Atchison County Historical Site
Sergeant Floyd Monument, Iowa (Aug 1804)
Spirit Mound State Historic Prairie, South Dakota (Aug 1804)
Niobrara (River) SP, Nebraska (Sep 1804)
Fort Mandan Historic Site, North Dakota (1804–1805)
Knife River Villages NHS, North Dakota
Missouri Headwaters SP, Montana (July 1805)
Lost Trail Pass, Idaho–Montana (Sep 1805)
Travelers Rest, Montana (Sep 1805)
Lolo Pass, Montana–Idaho* (Sep 1805)
Weippe Prairie, Idaho* (Sep 1805)
Canoe Camp, Idaho* (Sep–Oct 1805)
Lewis and Clark NHP, Washington–Oregon (1805–1806)
Sites near the Columbia River mouth:
Clark’s Dismal Nitch rest area markers, Washington
Station Camp site markers, Washington
Cape Disappointment SP, Washington
Fort Clatsop National Memorial, Astoria, Oregon
Salt Works markers and replica furnace, Seaside, Oregon
Long Camp, Idaho* (Spring 1806)
Weippe Prairie, Idaho* (June 1806)
Lolo Pass, Montana–Idaho* (June 1806)
Travelers Rest, Montana (June–July 1806)
Camp Disappointment marker and monument, Montana (23–25 July 1806)
Pompeys Pillar NM (BLM), Montana
“Wm. Clark July 25th 1806” carved into sandstone
Two Medicine River Fight marker, Montana (26 July 1806)
Fort Belle Fontaine County Park, St. Louis, Missouri (22 Sep 1806)
Natchez Trace, Grinder’s Inn, Tennessee (Oct 1809)
Meriwether Lewis grave
* = Nez Perce NHP
Zebulon Pike: Central Plains (1806–1807)
Fort Belle Fontaine County Park, St. Louis, Missouri
Cottonwood River marker, west of Durham, Kansas (Sep 1806)
Pike Monument, west of Delphos, Kansas (Sep 1806)
Pawnee Village site marker, Guide Rock, Nebraska
(25 Sep–7 Oct 1806)
Zebulon Pike Plaza markers, Larned, Kansas (Oct 1806)
Pike’s Tower, Lamar, Colorado
Willow Creek Campsite memorial (Nov 1806)
Pike’s Stockade site, Sanford, Colorado (Winter 1806–1807)
John Wesley Powell: Colorado River (1869, 1871)
Expedition Island City Park, Green River, Wyoming
John Wesley Powell River History Museum, Green River, Utah
Colorado River, Grand Canyon NP, Arizona
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Historical Trails (1)
Santa Fe NHT: Auto Tour, (only a few sites visited in Kansas City metropolitan area) (sites listed east to west)
Franklin, Missouri to Independence, Missouri
Old Franklin marker, Missouri
Arrow Rock SHS, Missouri
Fort Osage, Jackson County Historic Site, Missouri
Jackson County, Missouri and Johnson County, Kansas Sites
Minor Park–Blue River (Red Bridge) Crossing, Missouri
Shawnee Indian Mission SHS, Kansas
Gardner, Kansas* to Cimarron, Kansas (Arkansas River Crossings)
Kaw Mission SHS, Council Grove, Kansas
Lost Spring site marker, Kansas
Cottonwood River Crossing site marker, Kansas
Walnut Creek Crossing, Fort Zarah Park marker, Kansas
Pawnee Rock SHS, Kansas
Ash Creek Campsite marker, Kansas
Santa Fe Trail Survey, 30 Aug 1825
Ash Creek Crossing marker, Kansas
Later Eastern Fork of Wet–Dry Routes marker, Kansas
Pawnee River Campsite, Larned, Kansas
Santa Fe Trail Survey, 31 Aug 1825
Pawnee River Crossing (Wet Route) markers, Kansas
Santa Fe Trail Center, Larned, Kansas
Later Pawnee River Crossing (Dry Route) marker, Kansas
Fort Larned NHS, Kansas
Initial Eastern Fork of Wet–Dry Routes marker, Kansas
Sibley’s Ridge marker, Kansas
Santa Fe Trail Survey, 1 Sep 1825
Coon Creek Crossing marker, Kansas
Santa Fe Trail Survey campsite, 1–2 Sep 1825
Love’s Defeat marker, Kansas (1847)
Coon Creek Battlefield marker, Kansas (1848)
Jackson’s Island marker, Kansas
Captain Philip St. George Cooke and US Dragoons disarm
Colonel Jacob Snively and Texas free-booters intending
to raid Mexican caravans on Santa Fe Trail (1843)
Later Western Fork of Wet–Dry Routes marker, Kansas
Fort Mann and Fort Atkinson markers, Kansas
Caches (Initial Western Fork of Wet–Dry Routes) marker, KS
Point of Rocks site marker, Kansas
Lower Crossing of Arkansas River marker, Kansas
Cimarron Crossing of Arkansas River marker, Kansas
Cimarron, Kansas to Santa Fe, New Mexico: Mountain Route
Chouteau Island site and Indian Mound, Kansas
Bent’s New Fort marker, Colorado
Old Fort Lyon (Fort Wise) site, Colorado
Bent’s Old Fort NHS, Colorado
Iron Spring site marker, Comanche NG, Colorado
Raton Pass, New Mexico
Fort Union NM, New Mexico
Old Town Plaza, Las Vegas, New Mexico
Puertocito de Piedra Lumbre, New Mexico
Meeting site of William Becknell’s trading caravan and
Captain Pedro Ignacio Gallegos’ Mexican troops (1821)
Pecos NHP, New Mexico
Glorieta Battlefield (1862)
San Miguel del Vado and San Jose, New Mexico
Pecos River crossings
Cimarron, Kansas to Santa Fe, New Mexico: Cimarron Route
Chouteau Island site and Indian Mound, Kansas
Lower Cimarron (Wagon Bed) Spring site marker, Kansas
Middle Cimarron Spring marker, Cimarron NG, Kansas
Point of Rocks marker, Cimarron NG, Kansas
McNees Crossing Monument, New Mexico
Trail Ruts, Kiowa NG, New Mexico
Wagon Mound, New Mexico
Old Town Plaza, Las Vegas, New Mexico
Puertocito de Piedra Lumbre, New Mexico
Pecos NHP, New Mexico
Glorieta Battlefield (1862)
San Miguel del Vado and San Jose, New Mexico
Pecos River crossings
* Gardner, Kansas is where the Santa Fe Trail and
Oregon Trail (Independence Branch) split.
El Camino Real del Tierra Adentro NHT: Auto Tour Completed (sites listed north to south)
Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico to Albuquerque, New Mexico
Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo (first Spanish capital)
Santa Fe Plaza, San Miguel Mission, Palace of Governors,
and Cathedral Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi;
Agua Fria Street (original El Camino Real route)
La Cieneguilla Petroglyph Site (BLM)
La Bajada (Santa Fe River bridge)
Santo Domingo Pueblo
San Felipe Pueblo
La Angostura of the Rio Grande marker, Algodones
Coronado SM
Albuquerque, New Mexico to El Paso, Texas
Peralta (Civil War marker)
Socorro Plaza and San Miguel Mission Church
Bosque del Apache NWR
Fort Craig NHS (BLM)
El Camino Real International Heritage Center
Jornada del Muerto (south of Elephant Butte, CR A013 / E070)
Fort Selden SM
Mesilla Plaza (Las Cruces)
El Paso Mission Trail
Ysleta Mission (El Paso)
Nuestra Señora de Socorro Mission (Socorro)
Presidio Chapel de San Elizario (San Elizario)
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Historical Trails (2)
Oregon NHT: Auto Tour Completed from Gardner, Kansas* to Oregon City, Oregon (sites listed east to west)
Vermillion River Crossing, Vieux Cemetery Park, Kansas
Scott Spring Park, Kansas
Alcove Spring Park, Kansas
Hollenberg Station SHS, Kansas
Rock Creek Station SHP, Nebraska
Kiowa Station site marker, Nebraska
Emory Stagecoach Ambush site marker, Nebraska (1864)
Bowie Ranch site marker, Nebraska
Oak Grove Station site marker, Nebraska
Pawnee Ranch site marker, Nebraska
Spring Ranch site markers, Nebraska
Thirty-two Mile Creek Station site, Nebraska
Fort Kearny SHP, Nebraska
Plum Creek Massacre site marker, Nebraska
Plum Creek Station site, Nebraska
Willow Island Station building, Cozad, Nebraska
Midway Station site and building, Nebraska
Fort McPherson National Cemetery, Nebraska
Fort McPherson site monument, Nebraska
California Hill site (Lower California Crossing), Nebraska
Upper California Crossing marker, Colorado
Ash Hollow SHP, Nebraska
Bluewater Creek Battlefield site and marker, Nebraska (1855)
Courthouse Rock and Jail Rock, Nebraska
Chimney Rock NHS, Nebraska
Scotts Bluff NM, Nebraska
Horse Creek Treaty Grounds marker, Nebraska (1851)
* Gardner, Kansas is where the Oregon Trail (Independence Branch)
and Santa Fe Trail split.
Grattan Battlefield marker, Wyoming (1854)
Fort Laramie NHS, Wyoming
Register Cliff SHS, Wyoming
Oregon Trail Ruts SHS, Wyoming
Fort Caspar Historic Site (Platte Bridge), Wyoming
Independence Rock SHS, Wyoming
Devil’s Gate (BLM), Wyoming
Split Rock (BLM), Wyoming
Ice Slough site marker, Wyoming
South Pass, Wyoming
Big Sandy Crossing and Station site marker, Wyoming
Simpson’s Hollow marker, Wyoming
Lombard Ferry site marker, Seedskadee NWR, Wyoming
Fort Bridger SHS, Wyoming
Soda Springs area, Idaho
Fort Hall replica, Pocatello, Idaho
Raft River–Parting of the Ways, Idaho
Three Island Crossing SP, Idaho
Ward Massacre Memorial County Park, Idaho
Fort Boise site, Fort Boise Wildlife Management Area, Idaho
South Alternate Route (S of Snake River, W of Three Island Crossing)
Bruneau Sand Dune, Idaho
Utter Disaster (Sep–Oct 1860)
Wagon Train Attack marker, near Murphy, Idaho
Starvation Camp marker, near Owyhee Junction, Oregon
Van Ornum massacre marker, north of Farewell Bend, Oregon
Farewell Bend, Oregon
Flagstaff Hill (Trail Interpretive Center, BLM), Oregon
Blue Mountain Segment (Meacham–Deadman Pass), Oregon
Whitman Mission NHS, Washington
The Dalles, Oregon
Columbia River Gorge Segment, Oregon
and
Barlow Trail Segment, Oregon
Barlow Pass, Oregon
Barlow Tollgate reconstruction, Oregon
Oregon City, Oregon
California NHT: Auto Tour (sites listed east to west)
Same sites as Oregon Trail to Raft River, Idaho
Raft River–Parting of the Ways, Idaho to City of Rocks National Reserve, Idaho
City of Rocks National Reserve, Idaho
Truckee Route
Carson Route
Wells, Nevada to Cisco, California
Wells, Nevada to Humboldt Sink, Nevada
Fallon, Nevada to Carson City, Nevada
Fort Churchill SHP, Nevada
Nobles Trail
Wells, Nevada to Mill City, Nevada
Sites visited in California (auto tour not followed):
Roop’s Fort, Susanville
Lassen Volcanic NP
Shasta SHP
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Historical Trails (3)
Mormon Pioneer NHT: Auto Tour Completed
Pony Express NHT: Auto Tour
(sites listed east to west)
(auto tour segments and stations listed east to west)
Nauvoo, Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah
John Smith Historic Site, Nauvoo, Illinois
Garden Grove site marker, Iowa
Mount Pisgah site marker, Iowa
Winter Quarters, Omaha, Nebraska
Old Florence Mill
Mormon Monument, Niobrara, Nebraska (1846–1847)
Roadometer Starting Point marker, North Platte, Nebraska
Chimney Rock NHS, Nebraska
Scotts Bluff NM, Nebraska
Grattan Battlefield marker, Wyoming (1854)
Fort Laramie NHS, Wyoming (Mormon Trail joins Oregon Trail)
Register Cliff SHS, Wyoming
Oregon Trail Ruts SHS, Wyoming
Fort Caspar Historic Site (Mormon Ferry), Wyoming
Independence Rock SHS, Wyoming
Devil’s Gate (BLM), Wyoming
Martin’s Cove marker, Wyoming
Martin Handcart Company Refuge site (Winter 1856), Wyoming
Split Rock (BLM), Wyoming
Ice Slough site marker, Wyoming
South Pass, Wyoming
Big Sandy Crossing and Station site marker, Wyoming
Simpson’s Hollow marker, Wyoming
Lombard Ferry site marker, Seedskadee NWR, Wyoming
Fort Bridger SHS, Wyoming (Mormon Trail splits from Oregon Trail)
Echo Canyon, Utah
East Canyon, Utah
Big Mountain Pass, Utah
Emigration Canyon, Utah
This Is the Place Monument, Utah
St Joseph, Missouri to Fort Bridger, Wyoming
Pony Express Museum (stable) and Patee House, Missouri
Pony Express Home Station No. 1 Museum (stable), Kansas
Hollenberg Station SHS, Kansas
Rock Creek Station SHP, Nebraska
Thirty-two Mile Creek Station site, Nebraska
Fort Kearny SHP, Nebraska
Plum Creek Station site, Nebraska
Willow Island Station building, Cozad, Nebraska
Midway Station site and building, Nebraska
Station building, Gothenburg, Nebraska
Julesburg (No. 1) Station site marker, Colorado
Mud Springs Station site marker, Nebraska
Fort Laramie NHS, Wyoming
Platte Bridge Station, Fort Caspar Historic Site, Wyoming
Fort Bridger SHS, Wyoming
Eastern Utah
Echo Canyon station site marker
East Canyon station site marker
Emigration Canyon station site marker
Camp Floyd Stagecoach Inn SP Museum, Utah
Austin, Nevada to Lake Tahoe, Nevada
Cold Springs Station marker (BLM), Nevada
(also later stage station and telegraph station ruins and markers)
Sand Springs Station ruins, Sand Mountain Recreation Area (BLM),
Nevada
Fort Churchill SHP (Buckland Station), Nevada
Smoky Hill Trail–Butterfield Overland Despatch: Auto Tour
Western Kansas and Eastern Colorado: 1865–1870 (sites listed east to west)
Auto Tour Route Traveled (pdf files: text and maps)
Fort Ellsworth site marker, Ellsworth County, Kansas
Smoky Hill Springs Station site, Logan County, Kansas
Kanopolis Reservoir Wildlife Area
Smoky Valley Ranch, The Nature Conservancy
Fort Harker Museum, Kanopolis, Kansas
Eaton Station area, Russell Springs, Kansas
Fort Fletcher and Forks of Big Creek Station area, Kansas
BOD marker, Butterfield Trail Museum
BOD marker, Walker Avenue, Ellis County
Fort Wallace Cemetery, Wallace County, Kansas
Fort Fletcher Bridge (1936 WPA; 4-span, limestone arch)
Fort Wallace Museum, Wallace, Kansas
Fort Hays SHS, Hays, Kansas
Pond Creek Station building
Monument Rocks (Monument Station area), Kansas
Trail Monument, west of Cheyenne Wells, Colorado
BOD marker, Gove County Road 16
Trail Monument, north of Kit Carson, Colorado
Fort Hays–Fort Dodge Military Road, Kansas: Auto Tour Completed
Fort Hays SHS and marker, Hays, Ellis County
Five-Mile Hollow marker, Butterfield Trail Road, Ellis County
(now known as Lookout Hollow)
Military Road–Smoky Hill Trail Junction marker, Ellis County
Smoky Hill River Crossing marker, Ellis County
Big Timber Creek Crossing marker, Rush County
Walnut Creek Crossing marker, Alexander, Rush County
Pawnee Fork (River) Crossing marker, Hodgeman County
Buckner Creek Crossing marker, Hodgeman County
Road crossing marker, 221 Road, Hodgeman County
Road crossing marker, Antelope Road, Ford County
Sawlog Creek Crossing marker, Ford County
Road crossing marker, north of Fort Dodge, Ford County
Fort Dodge, Santa Fe Trail, and marker, Ford County
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Historical Trails, Roads, Canals, and Railroads
National Road: Auto Tour Completed from Cumberland, Maryland to Vandalia, Illinois (sites listed east to west)
Cumberland, Maryland to Wheeling, West Virginia
Bridgeport, Ohio to Vandalia, Illinois
US Highway 40 and parallel roadbeds
US Highway 40 and parallel roadbeds
La Vale Toll House (1835), La Vale, Maryland
Stone Arch Bridge (1813), Casselman River Bridge SP,
Maryland
Old Petersburg Toll House (1835), Addison, Pennsylvania
Searight’s Toll House, west of Uniontown, Pennsylvania
Stone S-Bridge, east of Claysville, Pennsylvania
Wheeling Suspension Bridge (1849), West Virginia*
* = I drove on this historic road segment or bridge in June 2012.
Numerous buildings in many towns along the route are not listed.
Blaine Hill Stone S-Bridge (1828), Blaine, Ohio
Black Horse Inn (~1807), Morristown, Ohio
Salt Fork Stone S-Bridge, west of Middlebourne, Ohio*
Peacock Road (1918 brick), east of Cambridge, Ohio
Peters Creek Stone S-Bridge, Ohio
Fox Run Stone S-Bridge, Ohio
Y-Bridge (replica of 1902 bridge), Zanesville, Ohio*
Pennsylvania House (1838–1839), Springfield, Ohio
Knightstown Original Road Section, Indiana*
Putnamville Original Road Section, Indiana*
Stone Arch Bridge (1831), Marshall, Illinois*
Embarras River Covered Bridge (replica), Greenup, Illinois*
Covered Bridges
Missouri
Locust Grove Covered Bridge SHS (1868)
Union Covered Bridge SHS (1871)
New York
Hyde Hall Covered Bridge, Glimmerglass SP (1825)
Oregon
Drift Creek Covered Bridge (1914, rebuilt 1933)
Lost Creek Covered Bridge (~1881, rebuilt 1919)
Pennsylvania
Chisholm Trail: Auto Tour (sites listed south to north)
Red River Crossing through Oklahoma
Trail’s End (railroad sites in bold)
Oklahoma to Caldwell, Kansas
US Highway 81
Chisholm Trail Monument, Caldwell (“Queen City”), Kansas
Caldwell, Kansas to Wichita (Delano), Kansas
KS Highway 49, US Highway 160, US Highway 81, Broadway (Wichita)
Chisholm Trail Monument, 1 mile east of Mayfield, Kansas
Delano Clock Tower (Window in Time), Wichita, Kansas
Chisholm Trail Stone Monument, McLean Park, Wichita, Kansas
Wichita, Kansas to Newton, Kansas
Kellogg Avenue (Wichita), I-135, KS Highway 15
Newton, Kansas to Abilene, Kansas
KS Highway 15
Trails Monument, ~6 miles north of North Newton, Kansas
Chisholm Trail marker, Abilene, Kansas
Canals
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal NHP
Cumberland, Maryland to Paw Paw, West Virginia
Oldtown Lock Number 70
Paw Paw Tunnel
Transcontinental Railroad (Union Pacific–Central Pacific)
Golden Spike NHS, Utah
Kansas Pacific Railroad (Union Pacific Eastern Division) and US Highway 40 (Pre-Interstate Highway 70)
Lawrence, Kansas to Watkins, Colorado (selected sites listed east to west)
Old Dutch Mill, Wamego, Kansas
Fort Hays SHS, Hays, Kansas
Fort Riley, Kansas
Grainfield Opera House, Kansas
Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum, and Boyhood Home,
Fort Wallace Museum, Wallace, Kansas
Abilene, Kansas
Kansas Pacific Railroad Superintendent’s House, Wallace, Kansas
Midland Hotel and Czech Opera House, Wilson, Kansas
Final Spike marker, Strasburg, Colorado
St. Fidelis Minor Basilica (Cathedral of the Plains), Victoria, Kansas
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Historical Highways (1)
Natchez Trace Parkway: Auto Tour Completed
Natchez, Mississippi to Tupelo, Mississippi
0.0 – Southern Terminus, Mississippi
10.3 – Emerald Mound, Mississippi
15.5 – Mount Locust Inn, Mississippi
41.5 – Sunken Trace, Mississippi
106.9 – Boyd Site (Moundbuilder Culture), Mississippi
122.0 – Cypress Swamp, Mississippi
232.4 – Bynum Mounds (Moundbuilder Culture), Mississippi
259.7 – Tupelo National Battlefield (Civil War), Mississippi
261.8 – Chickasaw Village Site, Mississippi
Tupelo, Mississippi to Nashville, Tennessee
286.7 – Pharr Mounds (Moundbuilder Culture), Mississippi
308.8 – Bear Creek Mound (Moundbuilder Culture), Mississippi
364.5 – Glenrock Branch, Tennessee
375.8 – Old Trace Drive, Tennessee
385.9 – Meriwether Lewis grave, Grinder Inn, Tennessee
404.7 – Jackson Falls, Tennessee
444.0 – Northern Terminus, Tennessee
Lincoln Highway and the First Transcontinental Motor Train (July‒September 1919): Auto Tour
(auto tour completed from Dyer, Indiana to Salt Lake City, Utah; sites listed east to west)
Dyer, Indiana to Missouri Valley, Iowa
US Highway 30; Illinois Highways 31, 38, 2, 136; US Highway 30
Lincoln Highway–Route 66 intersection, Joliet, Illinois
First Seedling Mile (repaved), Malta, Illinois
Standard Oil Station (1928), Rochelle, Illinois
Lincoln Highway Association, Franklin Grove, Illinois
Lincoln Hotel, Lowden, Iowa
1910 Bridge, Mount Vernon, Iowa
Iowa Seedling Mile (repaved), west of Mount Vernon, Iowa
Youngsville Station, west of Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Lincoln Highway Bridge, Tama, Iowa
Merle Hay Memorial, Glidden, Iowa
Original Brick Pavers, Woodbine, Iowa
Elkhorn, Nebraska to Salt Lake City, Utah
US Highway 275; US Highway 30; Interstate Highway 80
Elkhorn Bricks, Nebraska (>3 miles of original bricks)
southeast of Elkhorn between 174th and 203rd Streets
Nebraska Seedling Mile (original), Grand Island, Nebraska
Lincoln Highway Bridge, Overton, Nebraska
Lincoln Monument, Wyoming
Fort Fred Steele SHS, Wyoming
Fort Bridger SHS, Wyoming
Great Salt Lake, Utah to Dugway, Utah
Utah Highways 36, 199
Ely, Nevada to Lake Tahoe, California
US Highway 50
Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Interstate and Defense Highways (29 June 1956)
First construction started, St. Charles County, Missouri
I-70 (US Highway 40), west of St. Louis
Contract awarded: 2 Aug 1956
Construction started: 13 Aug 1956
First section opened, Shawnee County, Kansas
I-70 (US Highway 40), west of Topeka
Contract awarded: 31 Aug 1956
Paving started: 26 Sep 1956
Highway opened: 14 Nov 1956
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Historical Highways (2)
US Route 66 (The Mother Road): Auto Tour (sites listed east to west)
Chicago, Illinois to Joliet, Illinois (not completed)
Joliet, Illinois to Mitchell, Illinois (rural segments)
IL Highway 53 and I-55 Frontage Roads to Springfield
1926–1930 alignment south of Springfield: IL Highways 4, 140, 157 (*)
Lincoln Highway–Route 66 intersection, Joliet, IL
Eagle Hotel (1836), Wilmington, IL
Ambler–Becker Texaco Service Station (1940s), Dwight, IL
Standard Oil Service Station (1932), Odell, IL
Original Brick Pavers (1931), north of Auburn, IL
Snell Road and Curran Road for 1.4 miles (west of IL Highway 4)
1920s Narrow Concrete Segments, Nilwood to Carlinville, IL
Donaldson Road and Allen Road for 1.5 miles (east of IL Highway 4) and
Harvest Road for 1.2 miles (east of IL Highway 4)
Macoupin County Million Dollar Courthouse, Carlinville, IL
1920s Narrow Concrete Segment, south of Carlinville, IL
Deerfield Drive, 0.8 and 0.6 mile (west and east of IL Highway 4)
Soulsby Shell Service Station (1926), Mount Olive, IL
St. Louis, Missouri to Joplin, Missouri (not completed)
Chain of Rocks Bridge, Mississippi River, St. Louis, MO
Joplin, Missouri to Tulsa, Oklahoma
MO Highway 66, Old Route 66, KS Highway 66, US Highway 69 Alt, Old Route 66,
50th Street, 3rd Street, US Highway 69, and OK Highway 66
Kan-O-Tex Service Station and Tow Mater, Riverton, KS
Empire District Electric Company (1890‒1910), Riverton, KS
Eisler Brothers Old Riverton Store (1925), Riverton, KS
Marsh Rainbow Bridge (1923), Riverton, KS
Mickey Mantle boyhood home (1934‒1944), Commerce, OK
Sidewalk Highway (concrete pavement 9 feet wide)
Miami to Narcissa and Buffalo Springs segments (6 miles)
Afton Service Station and Route 66 Packards, Afton, OK
Will Rogers Memorial Museum, Claremore, OK
Tulsa, Oklahoma to Edmond, Oklahoma
Amarillo, Texas
B Avenue, Amarillo Boulevard, Pierce Street, 6th Avenue, Bushland Boulevard,
9th Avenue, Amarillo Boulevard, Indian Hill Road, Blassan Drive
Amarillo, Texas to Santa Rosa, New Mexico
I-40 Frontage Roads and I-40*
Blue Swallow Motel (1939; restored), Tucumcari, NM
[I spent the night in Room Number 5 on 3 January 2015.]
Pre-1937 Route: Santa Rosa–Santa Fe–Los Lunas–Mesita, NM
I-40; US Highway 84; Old Las Vegas Highway; Old Pecos Trail; NM Highway 14;
I-25; NM Highway 313; 4th Street (+2nd Street); Bridge Boulevard;
Isleta Boulevard; NM Highways 147, 47, and 6; and Sparrow Hawk Road
Santa Fe: San Miguel Mission, Plaza, Palace of Governors,
and Cathedral Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi
La Bajada and Santa Fe River Bridge (north of NM Highway 16)
Post-1937 Route: Santa Rosa–Albuquerque–Mesita, NM
I-40, NM Highway 333, Central Avenue, I-40 North Frontage Road, I-40, and
Sparrow Hawk Road
Whiting Brothers Service Station, Moriarty, NM
Rio Puerco Steel Truss Bridge, Rio Puerco, NM
Mesita, New Mexico to Laguna, New Mexico
Old Route 66 Road
Laguna, New Mexico to Flagstaff, Arizona
NM Highways 124, 117, 122; I-40; NM Highway 118; I-40;
Townsend-Winona Road; US Highway 89; I-40 BL/Route 66 (in Flagstaff)
El Rancho Hotel, Gallup, NM
Wigwam Village Motel #6, Holbrook, AZ
Standin’ on the Corner Park, Winslow, AZ
Flagstaff, Arizona to Barstow, California
I-40; Route 66 (Wagon Wheel Road); I-40; AZ-66; Oatman Road; OatmanTopock Highway; I-40; US-95; County Road 66; I-40
Barstow, California to Santa Monica, California (not completed)
11th Street, Southwest Boulevard, Frankhoma Road, and OK Highway 66
Rock Creek Bridge (1921), Sapulpa, OK
Original Concrete Segment, Chandler, OK
Round Barn (1898) and Pops (2007), Arcadia, OK
Edmond, Oklahoma through Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
US Highway 77, Kelly Avenue, Britton Road, Western Avenue, 23rd Street, and May
Avenue
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Amarillo, Texas
OK Highway 66, US Highway 281 Spur, Old Highway 66, I-40 Frontage Roads, and I-40*
Lake Overholser Bridge (1925), Bethany, OK
Fort Reno, El Reno, OK
Original 1933 Concrete Segments, Fort Reno to McLean, TX
Pony Bridge (William Murray Bridge, 1933), Bridgeport, OK
Lucille’s Store and Service Station, Hydro, OK
Beckham County Courthouse, Sayre, OK
Tower Service Station (1936), Shamrock, TX
Phillips 66 Service Station (1929), McLean, TX
Super 66 Service Station (1930), Alanreed, TX
* Includes I-40 Business Loops through several towns in Oklahoma, Texas, New
Mexico, Arizona, and California.
Numerous motels (or neon signs) and service stations in towns along the route
(some in ruins and some restored) are not listed.
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Forts and Trading Posts
Apple River Fort SHS, Illinois
Arkansas Post National Memorial, Arkansas
Bent’s New Fort marker, Colorado
Bent’s Old Fort NHS, Colorado
Camp Floyd Stagecoach Inn SP Museum, Utah
Castillo de San Marcos NM, Florida
Fort Apache Historic Park, Arizona
Fort Atkinson marker, near Dodge City, Kansas
Fort Atkinson SHP (replica), Nebraska
Fort Belle Fontaine County Park, St. Louis, Missouri
Fort Boise site marker, near Parma, Idaho
Fort Bowie NHS, Arizona
Fort Bridger SHS, Wyoming
Fort Brown markers and buildings, Texas
Texas Southmost College/UT-Brownsville
Fort Caspar Museum and Historic Site, Wyoming
Fort Churchill SHP, Nevada
Fort Clatsop National Memorial, Oregon
Fort Concho, San Angelo, Texas
Fort Craig NHS (BLM), New Mexico
Fort Crawford (second fort site), Wisconsin
Fort Davis NHS, Texas
Fort de Cavagnial marker, near Atchison, Kansas
Fort de Chartres SHS, Illinois
Fort Donelson NB, Tennessee
Fort Fred Steele SHS, Wyoming
Fort Gaines, Alabama
Fort Gibson SHS, Oklahoma
Fort Griffin SHS, Texas
Fort Hall replica, Pocatello, Idaho
Fort Harker Museum, Kansas
Fort Hays SHS, Kansas
Fort Jesup SHS, Louisiana
Fort Kaskaskia SHS, Illinois
Fort Kearny SHP, Nebraska
Fort Lancaster, SHS, Texas
Fort Laramie NHS, Wyoming
Fort Larned NHS, Kansas
Fort Madison site marker, Iowa
Fort Mandan Historic Site, North Dakota
Fort Mann marker, near Dodge City, Kansas
Fort Marcy ruins, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Fort Massac SP, Illinois
Fort McKavett SHS, Texas
Fort McPherson monument, Nebraska
Fort Meigs State Memorial, Ohio
Fort Mims SHS, Alabama
Fort Naco, Arizona
Fort Necessity NB, Pennsylvania
Fort Omaha, Nebraska
Fort Osage, Jackson County Historic Site, Missouri
Fort Phil Kearny SHS, Wyoming
Fort Pillow SHP, Tennessee
Fort Recovery State Memorial, Ohio
Fort Reno Historic Site, Oklahoma
Fort Richardson SP–SHS, Texas
Fort Ridgely SP–SHS, Minnesota
Fort Riley, US Cavalry Museum, Kansas
Fort River Dubois, Lewis and Clark SHS, Illinois
Fort Robinson SP–SHS, Nebraska
Fort St. Jean Baptiste SHS, Louisiana
Fort Scott NHS, Kansas
Fort Sedgwick (Camp Rankin; site marker), Colorado
Fort Selden SM, New Mexico
Fort Shelby site, Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin
St. Feriole Island
Fort Smith NHS, Arkansas
Fort Stanwix NHS, New York
Fort Stevens SP, Oregon
Fort Stockton site marker (Fort Dupont), San Diego, California
Historic Fort Stockton, Texas
Fort Sumner SM and Bosque Redondo, New Mexico
Fort Supply SHS, Oklahoma
Fort Texas markers, Brownsville, Texas
Fort Brown Memorial Golf Course
Fort Ticonderoga, New York
Fort Towson, Oklahoma
Fort Umpqua marker (Hudson Bay Company), Oregon
Fort Union NM, New Mexico
Fort Union Trading Post NHS, North Dakota
Fort Vancouver NHS, Washington
Fort Verde SHP, Arizona
Fort Wallace Cemetery and Museum, Kansas
Fort Washita SHS, Oklahoma
Fort Wingate site marker, New Mexico
Second Fort Wingate site (1868‒1925)
Previously Fort Fauntleroy (1860) and Fort Lyon (1861)
Fort Wise (Old Fort Lyon) site, Colorado
Fort Zarah Park marker, near Great Bend, Kansas
Los Adaes SHS, Louisiana
Presidio de Bahía, Goliad, Texas
Presidio Reál de San Diego, California
Presidio de San Sabá ruins, Menard, Texas
Presidio Santa Cruz de Terrenate ruins (BLM), Arizona
Tubac Presidio SHS, Arizona
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Wars of the Colonies and Early Republic
7 Years War / French and Indian War (1754–1763)
Fort Necessity NB, Pennsylvania
Jumonville Glen (May 1754)
Fort Necessity (July 1754)
Braddock’s Grave (July 1755)
Fort Carillon (= Fort Ticonderoga), New York (July 1758)
American Revolution (1775–1783)
Declaration of Independence
Independence NHP, Pennsylvania (1776)
War in the 13 Colonies — North
Boston NHP (Freedom Trail), Massachusetts
Minute Man NHP, Massachusetts (April 1775)
Fort Ticonderoga, New York (May 1775)
Washington Crossing SP, Pennsylvania (Dec 1776)
Princeton Battlefield SP, New Jersey (Jan 1777)
Morristown NHP, New Jersey (Winter 1777)
Brandywine Battlefield SP, Pennsylvania (Sep 1777)
New York Campaign (June–October 1777)
Fort Ticonderoga, New York (July 1777)
Bennington Battlefield SHS, New York (Aug 1777)
Bennington Battle Monument, Vermont
Fort Stanwix NM, New York (Aug 1777)
Oriskany Battlefield SHS, New York (Aug 1777)
Saratoga NHP, New York (Sep–Oct 1777)
Valley Forge NHP, Pennsylvania (1777–1778)
Monmouth Battlefield SP, New Jersey (June 1778)
Morristown NHP, New Jersey (1779–1780)
War in the 13 Colonies — South
Kings Mountain NMP, South Carolina (Oct 1780)
Cowpens NBP, South Carolina (Jan 1781)
Guilford Courthouse NMP, North Carolina (March 1781)
Colonial NHP, Virginia
Cape Henry Memorial (Battle of the Capes, 5 Sep 1781)
Yorktown Battlefield (Sep–Oct 1781)
War in the Western Territories
George Rogers Clark NHP, Indiana
Capture of British Fort Sackville (Feb 1779)
George Rogers Clark Park, Springfield, Ohio
Kentucky militia defeated British and Indian allies (Aug 1780)
Blue Licks Battlefield SP, Kentucky
British and Indian allies defeated Kentucky militia (Aug 1782)
Arkansas Post National Memorial (Fort Carlos III), Arkansas
Spanish/Quapaw repelled British partisans/Chickasaw (April 1783)
Constitutional Convention
Independence NHP, Pennsylvania (1787)
War of 1812 (1812–1814)
Niagara Region
Atlantic Ocean
USS Constitution, Boston, Massachusetts
Western Lake Erie
*Canard River Skirmishes marker, Ontario (July 1812)
River Raisin NBP, Monroe, Michigan (Jan 1813)
Fort Meigs State Memorial, Perrysburg, Ohio
(May and July 1813)
Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial,
Put-In-Bay, Ohio (Sep 1813)
*Fort Malden NHS, Amherstburg, Ontario (1813–1815)
*Skirmish at McGregor’s Creek marker, Tecumseh Park,
Chatham, Ontario (4 Oct 1813)
*Tecumseh Monument (Battle of the Thames), near
Thamesville, Ontario (5 Oct 1813)
*Fairfield on the Thames (Old Fairfield) Historic Site,
near Thamesville, Ontario (5 Oct 1813)
*Skirmish at McCrae’s House monument, Chatham,
Ontario (Dec 1813)
*Battle of the Longwoods monument, near Wardsville,
Ontario (March 1814)
Chesapeake Bay
* = site in Canada
Creek War
Fort Mims SHS, Alabama (Aug 1813)
Lake Champlain–Quebec Region
Mississippi River Valley
Fort Shelby site, Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin (July 1814)
St. Feriole Island
Campbell’s Island State Memorial, East Moline, Illinois (July 1814)
Credit Island, Davenport, Iowa (Sep 1814)
Hannah Cole’s Fort marker, Boonville, Missouri (1814)
Jean Lafitte NHP and Preserve, Louisiana
Chalmette Battlefield (Battle of New Orleans, Jan 1815)
* = site in Canada
Texas Revolution (1835–1836)
Washington-on-the-Brazos SHS, Texas (1–17 March 1836)
Convention of 1836
Alamo, San Antonio, Texas (23 Feb–6 March 1836)
Battle of Refugio markers, Mt. Cavalry Cemetery, Refugio, Texas
(12–15 March 1836)
Fannin Battleground SHS, Texas (20 March 1836)
Fannin Memorial Monument, Texas (27 March 1836)
San Jacinto SHP, Texas (21 April 1836)
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War and Civil Unrest in the West
US–Mexican War (1846–1848; US sites only)
Texas
Rancho de Carricitos Battlefield markers (25 April 1846)
Siege of Fort Texas, Brownsville (3–9 May 1846)
Site markers at Fort Brown Memorial Golf Course
Palo Alto Battlefield NHS (8 May 1846)
Resaca de la Palma Battlefield (9 May 1846)
California
Fremont Peak SHP (March 1846)
Sonoma SHP
Bear Flag Republic (June 1846), US Flag (July 1846)
Custom House, Monterey SHP (July 1846)
Battle of Natividad marker (16 Nov 1846)
San Pasqual Battlefield markers (6 Dec 1846)
Mule Hill Battlefield markers (7–11 Dec 1846)
Old Town San Diego SHP (1846)
Fort Dupont/Fort Stockton markers, Presidio Park, San Diego
(1846–1848)
Arizona (US 101st Infantry: Mormon Battalion)
Battle of the Bulls marker, San Pedro River (Dec 1846)
El Presidio Real de San Agustín del Tucson (Dec 1846)
New Mexico
Las Vegas Plaza (15 Aug 1846)
General Stephen Kearny proclamation annexing New Mexico
Brazito (Temascalitos) Battlefield site, Mesquite (25 Dec 1846)
Taos Rebellion
Governor Bent’s House, Taos (19 Jan 1847)
Cañada Battlefield site, Santa Cruz (24 Jan 1847)
Battle of Mora site (24 Jan 1847)
Embudo Pass Battlefield site, Embudo (29 Jan 1847)
Destruction of the village of Mora site (1 Feb 1847)
Taos Pueblo Battlefield site (3–5 Feb 1847)
Mesilla Plaza, Las Cruces: Gadsden Purchase (16 Nov 1854)
Flag-changing ceremony for 1853 treaty to set border
Bleeding Kansas (1854–1861)
1854
Kansas–Nebraska Act (May 30)
Kansas Museum of History, Topeka (temporary exhibit)
1855
First Territorial Capitol SHS (July)
Topeka Constitution (first of 4 constitutions)
Constitution Hall (excluded African Americans)
Wakarusa War, Siege of Lawrence (December)
Blanton’s Crossing, Franklin, Lecompton, and Lawrence
1856: Kansas “Civil War”
Camp Sackett*
US Army tent campsite, southwest of Lecompton
Sack of Lawrence, Free State Hotel site (May 21)
Pottawatomie Massacre* (May 24–25; Franklin County)
Battle of Black Jack Park (June 2; Douglas County)
Battle of Franklin* (June 4–5; Douglas County)
Free-state Legislature Dispersed by US Troops (July 4)
Constitution Hall (Topeka)
Removal of Proslavery Outposts around Lawrence:
Battle of Franklin* (Aug 12)
Battle of Fort Saunders* (Aug 15)
Battle of Fort Titus* (Aug 16)
Battle of Middle Creek* (Aug 25; Linn County)
Battle of Osawatomie (Aug 30)
John Brown Memorial Park; John Brown SHS
Battle of Bull Creek* (Aug 31; Johnson County)
Battle of Hickory Point marker (Sep 13–14; Jefferson County)
Siege of Lawrence (September)
1857
Lecompton Constitution (with slavery)
Constitution Hall SHS
Beecher Bible and Rifle Church (Wabaunsee County)
Organized as First Church of Christ in 1857
Limestone Church Dedicated in 1862
1858
Leavenworth Constitution
(without slavery, with African-American citizenship)
Marais des Cygnes Massacre SHS (May 19; Linn County)
1859‒1861
Battle of the Spurs marker (31 Jan 1859; Brown County)
John Brown Leaves for Canada with Freed Slaves
Wyandotte Constitution (1859; without slavery)
Approved by US House (11 April 1860)
Approved by US Senate (21 Jan 1861)
Signed by President Buchanan (29 Jan 1861)
* = no marker to interpret site.
bold = John Brown was a participant.
Utah ‘War’ (1857–1861)
Mountain Meadows Massacre Park, Utah (7–11 Sep 1857)
Simpson’s Hollow marker, Wyoming (Oct 1857)
Mormon attack on US Army supply train
Fort Bridger SHS, Wyoming (Winter 1857–1858)
US Army encampment
Echo Canyon, Utah (1857)
Mormon breastworks to defend approach to Salt Lake Basin
Camp Floyd Stagecoach Inn SP Museum, Utah (1858–1861)
US Army encampment
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American Civil War (1)
Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania
Manassas NBP, Virginia (July 1861)
Manassas NBP, Virginia (Aug 1862)
Antietam NB, Maryland (Sep 1862)
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania NMP, Virginia
Chancellorsville Battlefield (May 1863)
Gettysburg NMP, Pennsylvania (July 1863)
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania NMP, Virginia
Spotsylvania Courthouse Battlefield (May 1864)
Appomattox Court House NHP, Virginia
McLean Home: Lee’s Surrender (9 April 1865)
Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina
Alabama
Fort Gaines, Dauphin Island, Alabama (Aug 1864)
Mississippi River, Ohio River, and Tennessee
Battle of Belmont, Missouri (Nov 1861)
Belmont Landing marker, Missouri
Columbus–Belmont SP, Kentucky
Fort Donelson NB, Tennessee (Feb 1862)
New Madrid–Island No. 10 marker, Missouri (March–April 1862)
Shiloh NMP, Tennessee (April 1862)
Corinth Battlefield, Mississippi (May 1862; Oct 1862)
Perryville Battlefield SHP, Kentucky (Oct 1862)
Stones River NB, Tennessee (31 Dec 1862; 2 Jan 1863)
Arkansas Post National Memorial, Arkansas
Fort Hindman (Jan 1863)
Morgan’s Raid through Indiana and Ohio (July 1863)
Corydon Battlefield Park, Corydon, Indiana (July 9)
Buffington Island State Memorial, Portland, Ohio (July 19)
Old Washington Battlefield marker, Ohio (July 24)
Salineville Battlefield marker, Ohio (July 26)
Surrender marker, West Point, Ohio (July 26)
Louisiana
Red River Campaign
Mansfield SHS, Louisiana (8 April 1864)
Pleasant Hill site, Louisiana (9 April 1864)
Poison Springs Battlefield SP, Arkansas (18 April 1864)
Marks’ Mills Battlefield SP, Arkansas (25 April 1864)
Jenkins Ferry Battlefield SP, Arkansas (29–30 April 1864)
Mansura marker, Louisiana (16 May 1864)
Yellow Bayou (Simmesport) site, Louisiana (18 May 1864)
Vicksburg Campaign
Holly Springs markers, Mississippi (Dec 1862)
Chickasaw Bayou site, Mississippi (Dec 1862)
Grierson’s Raid marker, Newton, Mississippi (April 1863)
Port Gibson markers, Mississippi (1 May 1863)
Raymond markers, Mississippi (12 May 1863)
Champion Hill markers, Mississippi (16 May 1863)
Big Black River Bridge site, Mississippi (17 May 1863)
Vicksburg NMP, Mississippi (March–July 1863)
USS Cairo, Vicksburg, Mississippi (1863)
Port Hudson SHS, Louisiana (May–July 1863)
Battle for Hoover’s Gap park, Tennessee (June 1863)
Chickamauga and Chattanooga NMP
Chickamauga, Georgia (Sep 1863)
Chattanooga, Tennessee (Nov 1863)
Fort Pillow SHP, Tennessee (April 1864)
Brice’s Cross Roads NB, Mississippi (June 1864)
Tupelo NB, Mississippi (July 1864) and
Old Town Creek battlefield site and markers
Carter House and Franklin Battlefield, Tennessee (Nov 1864)
Texas
Camp Ford Park (POW Camp for Union prisoners), Tyler, Texas
Sabine Pass Battleground SHS, Texas (Sep 1863)
Treue der Union Monument, Comfort, Texas (Aug 1866)
Massacre of German Texans by Confederate soldiers (Aug 1862)
Battle of Palmito Ranch markers, Lower Rio Grande Valley NWR,
Texas (13 May 1865)
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American Civil War (2)
Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, and Oklahoma (Indian Territory)
Battle of Boonville marker, Missouri (June 1861)
Battle of Carthage SHS, Missouri (July 1861)
Battle of Athens SHS, Missouri (Aug 1861)
Wilson’s Creek NB, Missouri (Aug 1861)
Battle of Dry Wood Creek marker, Deerfield, Missouri (Sep 1861)
Osceola, Missouri (burned by Jayhawkers; Sep 1861)
Battle of Lexington SHS, Missouri (Sep 1861)
Humboldt markers, Kansas (burned by Confederates; Oct 1861)
Battle of Mt. Zion Church site marker, Missouri (Dec 1861)
Opothleyahola’s Trail of Blood on Ice (Winter 1861–1862)
[Creek + other Unionist Indians forced from Indian Territory]
Round Mountain Battlefield marker (19 Nov)
Round Mountains and Salt Creek? (W of Yale, Oklahoma)
Chusto-Talasah Battlefield area (9 Dec)
Horseshoe Bend, Bird Creek (NE of Turley, Oklahoma)
Chustenahlah Battlefield marker (26 Dec)
Hominy and Battle Creeks (W of Skiatook, Oklahoma)
Indians seek relief in Kansas during winter 1861–1862
Fort Row marker (militia post; N of Fredonia)
Fort Belmont area (militia post; SW of Yates Center)
Opothleyahola Memorial (Le Roy)
Pea Ridge NMP, Arkansas (March 1862)
Battle of Locust Grove marker, Oklahoma (July 1862)
Battle of Bayou Menard marker, Oklahoma (July 1862)
Battle of Kirksville marker, Missouri (Aug 1862)
Battle of Lone Jack marker, Missouri (Aug 1862)
First Battle of Newtonia marker, Missouri (Sep 1862)
Battle of Beattie’s Prairie, Oklahoma (Oct 1862)
Maysville, Arkansas marker (Confederate skirmishers)
Old Fort Wayne Battlefield area (SW of Maysville)
Island Mound SHS, Missouri (Oct 1862)
Battle of Cane Hill marker, Arkansas (Nov 1862)
Prairie Grove Battlefield Historic SP, Arkansas (Dec 1862)
Battle of Van Buren, Arkansas (Dec 1862)
Dripping Springs, Fairview Cemetery, 1842 Courthouse
Headquarters House, Battle of Fayetteville, Arkansas (April 1863)
First Battle of Cabin Creek marker, Oklahoma (July 1863)
Battle of Honey Springs SHS, Oklahoma (July 1863)
Quantrill’s Raid on Lawrence walking tour, Kansas (Aug 1863)
General Order #11, Missouri (Aug 1863)
Given at Pacific House Hotel building, Kansas City, Missouri
New Mexico
San Agustin Springs marker, San Agustin Pass, New Mexico
Capture of Union troops abandoning Fort Fillmore (July 1861)
Fort Craig NHS (BLM), New Mexico
Battle of Valverde (Feb 1862)
Pecos NHP, New Mexico
Battle of Glorieta (March 1862)
Battle of Peralta marker, Peralta, New Mexico (April 1862)
Little Rock Campaign (1863) Auto Tour
Brownsville Battlefield marker, Arkansas (23 Aug)
Reed’s Bridge Battlefield markers, Arkansas (27 Aug)
Ashley’s Mills Battlefield marker, Arkansas (6 Sep)
Arkansas River Crossing marker, Arkansas (9–10 Sep)
Bayou Fourche Battlefield markers, Arkansas (10 Sep)
Union Army Enters Little Rock markers, Arkansas (11 Sep)
Stagecoach House Skirmish marker, Arkansas (11 Sep)
Hempstead County Courthouse, Washington, Arkansas
State Capitol (1863–1865)
Battle of Devil’s Backbone marker, Greenwood, Arkansas (Sep 1863)
Fort Blair and Baxter Springs Museum, Kansas (Oct 1863)
Battle of Marshall marker, Missouri (Oct 1863)
Massard Prairie Battlefield Park, Fort Smith, Arkansas (July 1864)
Second Battle of Cabin Creek marker, Oklahoma (Sep 1864)
Sterling Price’s Raid through Missouri (Autumn 1864)
*Skirmish at Goslin’s Lane marker, Missouri (23 Sep)
*Skirmish at Rocheport area, Missouri (23–24 Sep)
*Skirmish at Fayette area, Missouri (24 Sep)
*Centralia Massacre markers, Missouri (27 Sep)
*Battle of Centralia Historic Site, Missouri (27 Sep)
Fort Davidson SHS, Missouri (26–28 Sep)
Battle of Glasgow marker, Missouri (15 Oct)
Battle of Little Blue River marker, Kansas (21 Oct)
Battle of Independence markers, Missouri (22 Oct)
Battle of Westport markers, Missouri (21–23 Oct)
Big Blue River, Byram’s Ford markers, Missouri (22 Oct)
Mockbee Farm site marker, Missouri (22 Oct)
Brush Creek (Loose Park) markers, Missouri (23 Oct)
Shelby’s Last Stand (Forest Hill Cemetery) site, Missouri (23 Oct)
Big Blue River, Byram’s Ford markers, Missouri (23 Oct)
Battle of Marais des Cygnes site, Trading Post, Kansas (25 Oct)
Mine Creek Battlefield SHS, Kansas (25 Oct)
Battle of the Marmaton River marker, Deerfield, Missouri (25 Oct)
Second Battle of Newtonia marker, Missouri (28 Oct)
Doaksville, Fort Towson, Oklahoma (23 June 1865)
Surrender of CSA General Stand Watie
* = actions by “Bloody Bill” Anderson during Price’s Raid
Arizona
Picacho Peak SP, Arizona (April 1862)
Dragoon Springs Station ruins (USFS), Arizona (May 1862)
Arizona (Confederate) Rangers attacked by Apache
Apache Pass, Fort Bowie NHS, Arizona (July 1862)
California (Union) Volunteers attacked by Apache
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Slavery, Reconstruction, Jim Crow, and Civil Rights
1800s Antebellum
Mulberry Row, Monticello, Virginia
Cane River Creole NHP, Louisiana
Oakland Plantation and Magnolia Plantation
Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, Missouri
Old Courthouse: Dred Scott trials (1847, 1850)
Underground Railroad
Lane Freedom Trail (US Hwy 75 from Topeka, KS to Nebraska City, NE)
Battle of the Spurs marker, Brown County, Kansas
John Brown leaves Kansas with 11 escaped slaves (1859)
Fort Scott NHS*, Kansas
Quindaro Archeological Park Overlook*, Kansas City, Kansas
Grover Barn (converted to fire station), Lawrence, Kansas
Robert Miller House and Barn (private), Lawrence, Kansas
Constitution Hall (being restored), Topeka, Kansas
John and Mary Ritchie House*, Topeka, Kansas
Shawnee County Historical Society
Mount Mitchell Heritage Prairie*, near Wamego, Kansas
William Mitchell House* (private)
Mayhew Cabin*, Nebraska City, Nebraska
Uncle Tom’s Cabin Historic Site, Dresden, Ontario, Canada
US Civil War
Island Mound SHS, Missouri (27–29 October 1862)
Site of Toothman Farm (Fort Africa): First battle for 1st
Kansas Colored Volunteers (Infantry)—mustered into Kansas
service August 1862, but not mustered into Federal service
until 13 January 1863. Redesignated 79th US Colored Troops
on 13 December 1864.
1900s
Brownsville Raid, Fort Brown, Texas (13–14 Aug 1906)
Largest summary dismissal of soldiers from US Army. Despite a
lack of evidence of participation by soldiers in a shooting spree
that left a bartender dead, President Theodore Roosevelt
discharged 167 enlisted men of the 25th US Infantry “without
honor” in November 1906. Changed to honorable discharge in
1972.
Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, Kansas City, Missouri
1950s and 1960s
Brown v. Board of Education NHS, Topeka, Kansas (1954)
Little Rock Central High School NHS, Arkansas (1957)
Chester I. Lewis Reflection Square Park, Wichita, Kansas
Dockum (Rexall) Drugs lunch-counter sculpture commemorating
July–August 1958 sit-in.
Medgar Evers Home Museum, Jackson, Mississippi
Assassination of Medgar Evers (12 June 1963)
16th Street Baptist Church, Birmingham, Alabama
KKK bomb killed 4 young girls (Sunday, 15 September 1963)
Selma to Montgomery NHT, Alabama (1965)
Voting Rights March: “Bloody Sunday” (March 7)
Edmund Pettus Bridge, Selma
Voting Rights March: 5 days, 54 miles (March 21)
National Voting Rights Act passed (August 6)
Lorraine Motel, Memphis, Tennessee
Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. (4 April 1968)
1800s Reconstruction and Exodus
Colfax Courthouse Massacre marker, Louisiana
(Easter Sunday, 13 April 1873)
Nicodemus NHS, Kansas (pre-Exoduster town founded 1877)
* = National Park Service Underground Railroad Network to Freedom site
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American Indian Cities, Villages, and Other Sites
Paleo-Indian – Archaic Cultures
Alibates Flint Quarry NM, Texas
Blackwater Draw Archeological Site, New Mexico
Copper Culture SP, Wisconsin
Mastodon SHS, Missouri
Poverty Point SHS, Louisiana (1700–1300 BCE)
Woodland and Mississippian Moundbuilder Cultures
Conical, Linear, and Platform Mounds
Angel Mounds SHS, Indiana
Aztalan SP, Wisconsin
Buffington Island State Memorial, Ohio
Caddo Mounds SHS, Texas
Cahokia Mounds SHS, Illinois (800–1300 CE)
Clark’s Hill–Norton SHS, Missouri
Grand Village of the Natchez Indians, Mississippi
Hopewell Culture NHP, Ohio
Marksville SHS, Louisiana
Miamisburg Mound, Ohio
Moundville Archeological Park, Alabama
Natchez Trace Parkway, Mississippi
Bear Creek Mound, Boyd Site, Bynum Mounds,
Emerald Mound, and Pharr Mounds
Parkin Archeological SP, Arkansas
Conical, Linear, and Platform Mounds (continued)
Spiro Mounds Archaeological Center, Oklahoma
Toltec Mounds Archeological SP, Arkansas
Towosaghy SHS, Missouri
Van Meter SP, Missouri
Wickliffe Mounds SP, Kentucky
Hilltop Enclosures
Fort Ancient State Memorial, Ohio
Old Stone Fort State Archeological Park, Tennessee
Geometrical Embankments
Mounds SP, Indiana
Newark Earthworks State Memorial, Ohio
Effigy Mounds
Effigy Mounds NM, Iowa
Serpent Mound State Memorial, Ohio
Southwestern Pueblo Cultures
Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi) and Historical Pueblos
Anasazi Heritage Center (BLM), Colorado
Escalante Pueblo and Dominguez Pueblo
Anasazi State Park Museum, Utah
Aztec Ruins NM, New Mexico
Bandelier NM, New Mexico
Canyon de Chelly NM, Arizona
Canyons of the Ancients NM (BLM), Colorado
Lowrey Pueblo and Sand Canyon Pueblo
Chaco Culture NHP, New Mexico (850‒1250 CE)
Chimney Rock Archeological Site (USFS), Colorado
Coronado SM, New Mexico
Edge of the Cedars SP Museum, Utah
El Cuartelejo Pueblo, Scott SP, Kansas
El Morro NM (A’ts’ina Pueblo), New Mexico
Homol’ovi Ruins SP, Arizona
Hovenweep NM, Utah
Square Tower Group
Jemez SM, New Mexico
Mesa Verde NP, Colorado (600–1300 CE)
Navajo NM (Betatakin overlook), Arizona
Pecos NHP, New Mexico
Petrified Forest NP, Arizona
Puerco Pueblo and Agate House
Petroglyph NM, New Mexico
Salinas Pueblo Missions NM, New Mexico
Abó, Gran Quivira, and Quarai Units
Taos Pueblo, New Mexico (1000 CE?‒present)
Yucca House NM, Colorado
Mogollon Culture
Gila Cliff Dwellings NM, New Mexico
Three Rivers Petroglyph Site (BLM), New Mexico
Hohokam Culture
Casa Grande Ruins NM, Arizona
Kinishba Ruins, Fort Apache Historic Park, Arizona
Montezuma Castle NM, Arizona
Montezuma Well Unit
Salado Culture
Tonto NM, Arizona
Sinagua Culture
Elden Pueblo Archeological Site (USFS), Flagstaff, Arizona
Montezuma Castle NM, Arizona
Montezuma Castle and Montezuma Well Units
Tuzigoot NM, Arizona
Walnut Canyon NM, Arizona
Wupatki NM, Arizona
Fremont Culture
Baker Village Archeological Site (BLM), Nevada
Canyon Pintado National Historic District (BLM), Colorado
Fremont Indian SP and Museum, Utah
Grand Staircase–Escalante NM (BLM), Utah
Lower Calf Creek Trail (granaries and pictographs)
Midwestern and Great Plains Villages
Black Hawk SHS, Illinois (Sauk and Mesquakie/Fox)
Iliniwek Village SHS, Missouri
Atchison County Historical Site, Kansas
Grand Village des Canzes marker (earthen lodge replica)
Kaw Mission SHS, Kansas
Knife River Villages NHS, North Dakota (Hidatsa)
Osage Village SHS, Missouri
Pawnee Village SHS, Kansas
Van Meter SP, Missouri (Oneota and Missouri)
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US–American Indian Wars and Removals (1)
Midwest (Old Northwest Territory)
Eastern Region (1774–1813)
Tu-Endie-Wei SP, West Virginia (Oct 1774)
Cornstalk (Shawnee leader)
Fort Recovery State Memorial, Ohio
Little Turtle (Miami leader)
General St. Clair’s Defeat (Nov 1791)
Fort Recovery (June–July 1794)
Battle of Fallen Timbers Memorial, Ohio (Aug 1794)
Blue Jacket (Shawnee leader)
Tippecanoe Battlefield and Museum, Indiana (Nov 1811)
Prophet (Shawnee leader)
Western Region: Black Hawk War (1832) — Black Hawk (Sauk leader)
Black Hawk’s Crossing, near Oquawka, Illinois (April 5)
Stillman’s Run Memorial, Stillman Valley, Illinois (May 14)
Kellogg’s Grove Monuments, Kent, Illinois (June 16 and 25)
Apple River Fort SHS, Elizabeth, Illinois (June 24)
Wisconsin Heights Battlefield, Wisconsin (July 21)
Lower Wisconsin State Riverway
Bad Axe Massacre markers, Wisconsin (Aug 1–2)
Black Hawk Park (US Army Corps of Engineers)
Fort Crawford site, Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin
Black Hawk’s Surrender (Aug 27)
Removals to Indian Territory (Oklahoma and Kansas)
Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole (1830s)
Trails of Tears from the Southeast to Oklahoma
Chickasaw Village Site, Natchez Trace Parkway, Mississippi
Port Royal SHP, Tennessee
Trail of Tears Commemorative Park, Hopkinsville, Kentucky
Mantle Rock Preserve (TNC), Kentucky
Berry’s Ferry site, Kentucky
Trail of Tears SP, Missouri
Fort Gibson SHS, Oklahoma
Fort Towson SHS, Oklahoma
Shawnee
Removal from Ohio to Kansas (1826–1838) to Oklahoma (1864–1871)
Townsite markers at Wapakoneta and St. Johns, Ohio
Shawnee Indian Mission SHS, Kansas (1839–1862)
Ottawa
Removal from Ohio to Kansas (1837) to Oklahoma (1867)
Ottawa Indian Mission and Burying Ground, Ottawa, Kansas
Potawatomi
Trail of Death from Indiana to Kansas (1838)
St. Rose Philippine Duchesne Historical & Memorial Park, Linn
County, Kansas — St. Mary (Sugar Creek) Mission (1838–1848)
Indian Pay Station Museum, St. Marys, Kansas
Mission established 1849; Pay Station 1857–1870
Ponca (Standing Bear, Ponca leader)
Removal from Nebraska to Oklahoma (1877–1879)
Niobrara SP, Nebraska (Niobrara River homeland)
White Buffalo Girl grave, Neligh, Nebraska (23 May 1877)
Fort Omaha, Nebraska (Standing Bear Trial, 1879)
Minnesota and North Dakota
Lower Sioux Agency SHS, Minnesota (18 Aug 1862)
Fort Ridgely SHS, Minnesota (20 and 22 Aug 1862)
Birch Coulee Battlefield SHS, Minnesota (2 Sep 1862)
Wood Lake SM, Minnesota (23 Sep 1862)
Camp Release SM, Minnesota (26 Sep 1862)
Whitestone Hill Battlefield SHS, North Dakota (Sep 1863)
Killdeer Battlefield SHS, North Dakota (July 1864)
Nez Perce NHP
Corps of Discovery
Canoe Camp (Sep–Oct 1805), Idaho
Lolo Pass (Sep 1805 and June 1806), Idaho–Montana
Long Camp (Spring 1806), Idaho
Weippe Prairie (Sep 1805 and June 1806), Idaho
1877 Exodus
Camas Prairie, Tolo Lake Overlook, Idaho (June 1877)
White Bird Battlefield (17 June 1877), Idaho
Cottonwood Skirmishes (3 and 5 July 1877), Idaho
Clearwater Battlefield (12 July 1877), Idaho
Weippe Prairie (July 1877 council), Idaho
Lolo Trail–Lolo Pass, Idaho–Montana
Big Hole Battlefield (9–10 Aug 1877), Montana
Canyon Creek Battlefield (13 Sep 1877), Montana
Bear Paw Battlefield (30 Sep–5 Oct 1877), Montana
Southwest and Great Basin
Ute
Gunnison Massacre site marker, Utah (Oct 1853)
Meeker Massacre site marker, Colorado (Sep 1879)
Milk River Battlefield Park, Colorado (Sep–Oct 1879)
Paiute
Pipe Springs NM, Arizona
Shoshone
Bear River Massacre site marker, Idaho (Jan 1863)
Modoc
Lava Beds NM, California (1872–1873)
Captain Jack’s Stronghold, Thomas–Wright Battlefield,
Canby Cross, Hospital Rock
Navajo Long Walk
Canyon de Chelly NM, Arizona (Kit Carson campaign, Jan 1864)
Fort Sumner SM, New Mexico (Bosque Redondo, 1864–1868)
Apache
Apache Pass, Fort Bowie NHS, Arizona
Cochise Stronghold (USFS), Arizona (1861–1872)
Dragoon Springs Station ruins (USFS), Arizona
Old Camp Grant site, Arizona (Apache massacred, April 1871)
Cibecue Creek Battlefield area, Arizona (Aug 1881)
Battle of Big Dry Wash site marker (USFS), Arizona (July 1882)
Geronimo Surrender Monument (AZ Hwy 80), Arizona (Sep 1886)
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US–American Indian Wars and Removals (2)
Great Plains Sacred Sites
Bear Butte SP, South Dakota
Guide Rock (Pa-hur), Nebraska
Medicine Wheel, Bighorn Mountains, Wyoming (USFS)
Pipestone NM, Minnesota
Great Plains Treaty Sites
Osage Treaty marker, Council Grove, Kansas (1825)
Santa Fe Trail passage treaty with Osage
Kaw Treaty marker, near Elyria, Kansas (1825)
Santa Fe Trail passage treaty with Kansa
Horse Creek (Fort Laramie) Treaty marker, Nebraska (1851)
Fort Wise (Old Fort Lyon) Treaty site, Colorado (1861)
Medicine Lodge Treaty marker, Kansas (1867)
Great Plains Battles, Skirmishes, and Massacres
Love’s Defeat marker, Kansas (July 1847)
Coon Creek Battlefield marker, Kansas (June 1848)
Grattan Battlefield marker, Wyoming (Aug 1854)
Bluewater Creek Battlefield site, Nebraska (Sep 1855)
Solomon’s Fork Battlefield area, Kansas (July 1857)
Battle of Wichita Camp marker, Oklahoma (Oct 1858)
Comanche attacked near Wichita camp near Rush Springs
Crooked Creek Battlefield area, Kansas (May 1859)
Hancock’s War (1867)
Cheyenne–Oglala Village site marker, Kansas
Village destroyed by General Hancock (17 April 1867)
Custer Campsite and Skirmish marker, Nebraska (June 1867)
Kidder Battlefield markers, Kansas (July 1867)
Fort Hays SHS, Kansas
Fort Larned NHS, Kansas
Fort Wallace Cemetery and Museum, Kansas
Indian Raids along the Oregon Trail in Nebraska (Aug 1864)
Kiowa Station site marker
Emory Stagecoach Ambush site marker
Bowie Ranch site marker
Oak Grove Station site marker
Pawnee Ranch site marker
Spring Ranch site markers
Plum Creek Massacre site marker
Fort Phil Kearny SHS, Wyoming
Wagon Box Battlefield (Aug 1867)
Beecher Island Battlefield Park Trail, Colorado (Sep 1868)
Adobe Walls State Archeological Landmark, Texas (Nov 1864)
Sand Creek Massacre and Aftermath (1864–1865)
Fort Wise (Old Fort Lyon) site, Colorado
Departure point to Sand Creek for troops (28 Nov 1864)
Sand Creek Massacre NHS, Colorado (29 Nov 1864)
[First visitor on opening day for NHS: 1 June 2007]
Cherry Creek Encampment Memorial, Kansas
Gathering of Plains tribes (Dec 1864–Jan 1865)
Camp Rankin (Fort Sedgwick) site marker, Colorado
Battle of First Julesburg (7 Jan 1865)
Valley Station site marker, Colorado (Jan 1865)
Godfrey’s Station site marker, Colorado (Jan 1865)
Mud Springs Station site marker, Nebraska (4–6 Feb 1865)
Rush Creek Battlefield area, Nebraska (8–9 Feb 1865)
[near mouth of stream now named Cedar Creek]
Fort Caspar Historic Site, Wyoming
Battle of Platte Bridge (26 July 1865)
Battle of Red Buttes marker, Wyoming (26 July 1865)
Conner Battlefield SHS, Wyoming (Aug 1865)
Fort Phil Kearny SHS, Wyoming
Fetterman Battlefield (Dec 1866)
Battle of the Washita River (1868)
Fort [Camp] Supply SHS, Oklahoma
Washita Battlefield NHS, Oklahoma (Nov 1868)
Kansas Victims of 1868‒1869 Indian Raids — Memorials
Delphos Cemetery, Anna Morgan gravesite (Oct 1868)
Held by Cheyenne; returned by Custer (March 1869)
Lincoln County Courthouse Monument (May 1869)
13 killed, 2 captured (others killed in Republic County)
Summit Springs Battlefield site marker, Colorado (July 1869)
Marias (Bear) River Massacre marker, Montana (Jan 1870)
Little Wichita River Battlefield marker, Texas (July 1870)
Red River War (1874–1875)
Adobe Walls State Archeological Landmark, Texas (June 1874)
Wichita Agency site, Oklahoma (Aug 1874)
Palo Duro Canyon SP, Texas (Sep 1874)
Fort Wallace Cemetery, Kansas
German family gravesites (Sep 1874)
Father, mother, son, and oldest daughter killed; 4 daughters
captured; returned in winter 1874–1875.
Dark Water Battlefield area, Kansas (April 1875)
[Dark Water = Sappa Creek]
Rosebud Battlefield SHS, Montana (17 June 1876)
Little Bighorn Battlefield NM, Montana (25 June 1876)
Dull Knife Battlefield area, Wyoming (25 Nov 1876)
Northern Cheyenne Exodus from Southern Reservation
Fort Reno Historic Site, Oklahoma (Sep 1878)
Darlington Agency site (across Canadian River)
Punished Woman Fork Battlefield site marker, Kansas
(Sep 1878) [Punished Woman Fork = Ladder Creek]
Oberlin Cemetery monument and marker , Kansas (Sep 1878)
19 settlers and herders of 40 killed were in Decatur County
Fort Robinson SP–SHS, Nebraska (Jan 1879)
Wounded Knee Massacre marker, South Dakota (Dec 1890)
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Great Plains Settlement 1850–1899
Plains Homesteads and Towns
Grinter Place SHS, Kansas (1855–1860 ferry and trading post)
Vegetarian Colony marker, Kansas (abandoned)
Agricultural colony of vegetarians: 1856–1857
Homestead National Monument of America, Nebraska
Goodnow House SHS, Kansas (1860s)
Old Mill Museum, Lindsborg, Kansas (1898)
Swedish town founded 1869
Mennonite Settlement Museum, Hillsboro, Kansas
Russian–Polish Mennonite immigrants
Peter Paul Loewen House (1876)
Jacob Friesen Windmill replica (original built in 1876)
Nicodemus NHS, Kansas
pre-Exoduster town founded 1877
Beersheba marker, Kansas (abandoned)
Russian–Jewish agricultural colony: 1882–1886
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Kansas
Spring Hill Farm and Stock Ranch (3-story limestone house, 1881)
Cottonwood Ranch SHS, Kansas
English-style ranch with limestone buildings (1885–1896)
Grant-Kohrs Ranch NHS, Montana (1862–1930s)
Prairie Dog Creek SP, Kansas
Spencer Adobe House (1892)
Kansas County Seat ‘Wars’ (1887‒1893)
Wichita County (Coronado vs. Leoti)
Coronado (abandoned; east of Leoti; unmarked).
27 February 1887: Coronado Fight.
Shootout started by 7 men from Leoti – 3 killed.
Leoti (current county seat).
Stevens County (Hugoton vs. Woodsdale)
Hugoton (current county seat).
5 June 1888: Hugoton Fight.
Shootout with men from Woodsdale attempting to
arrest Hugoton City Marshall.
22–23 June 1888: Vote canvass for railroad bonds.
2 companies of state militia maintained order.
Wild Horse (Playa) Lake, Oklahoma (“No Man’s Land”)
25‒26 July 1888: Hay Meadow Massacre site.
Hugoton City Marshall murdered 4 of 5 men in posse
from Woodsdale.
About 600 state militiamen dispatched to stop violence.
Woodsdale (abandoned; unmarked).
Gray County (Cimarron vs. Ingalls)
Cimarron (current county seat).
12 January 1889: Cimarron Fight.
Shootout with Ingalls men over county records (1 man killed).
2 companies of state militia sent to restore order.
Ingalls (extant town).
Seward County
Springfield (former county seat; abandoned; site marker).
5 January 1892: Big Canyon Fight.
County sheriff shot and killed by men from Springfield who
planned to kill the district judge.
Parts of 3 companies of state militia sent to restore order.
Liberal (current county seat).
Garfield County (Ravanna vs. Eminence)
Ravanna (first county seat; abandoned; unmarked).
Ruins of sandstone courthouse in pasture along county road.
Eminence (second county seat; abandoned; unmarked).
1887–1893: County organized, then disorganized.
Garfield County had the 432 sections required for a county,
but a resurvey showed some sections were not the full 640 acres.
Most of Garfield County now comprises eastern Finney County.
Range Wars
Lincoln County War, NM (1878–1879)
Lincoln SM, Lincoln
Old Courthouse
Tunstall Store
John H. Tunstall Murder marker, Glencoe
Pleasant Valley War, AZ (1882–1892)
Young (formerly Pleasant Valley)
Basque shepherd’s grave and marker
Holbrook
Blevins House and marker
Johnson County War, WY (1891–1892)
Wyoming Hwy 196, Kaycee to Buffalo
John Tisdale Murder marker
KC Ranch House marker
T.A. Ranch marker
Border War (Mexican Revolution) 1910–1919
Arizona
Fort Naco (Camp Newell), Naco, Arizona (1910–1923; adobe fort 1917)
John Slaughter Ranch Museum, Arizona
Camp San Bernardino Ranch ruins (1911–1923)
Camp Stephen D. Little marker (1910–1933), Nogales, Arizona
Railroad border crossing: Battle of Amblos Nogales (27 Aug 1918)
New Mexico and Texas
Pancho Villa SP, Columbus, New Mexico (March 1916)
Big Bend NP (Castolon encampment), Texas (1916–1920)
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World Wars, Cold War, and Terrorism
World War I (US sites only)
Liberty Memorial–National World War I Museum,
Kansas City, Missouri
Winston Churchill Memorial, Fulton, Missouri
World War II (US sites only)
World War II Japanese Internment Camps (1942–1945)
Camp Amache (Granada Relocation Center), Colorado
Manzanar NHS, California
Minidoka NHS, Idaho
Tule Lake Unit NM, California
Camp Tulelake and Segregation Center
World War II POW Camps
Camp Concordia (restored limestone guard tower), Kansas
Housed ~4,000 German military prisoners, 1943–1945.
Tule Lake Unit NM, California
Camp Tulelake
World War II Historic Sites and Museums—Pacific Theater
Pearl Harbor, Hawai’i
WWII Valor in the Pacific NM, USS Arizona Memorial
USS Oklahoma Memorial
USS Bowfin Submarine Museum and Park
Battleship Missouri Memorial
Pacific Aviation Museum
Fort Stevens SP (June 1942), Oregon
Fort Stevens shelled by Japanese submarine.
Japanese Bomb Trail (Sep 1942; USFS), Brookings, Oregon
Plane launched from Japanese submarine dropped incendiary bombs.
Mitchell Monument (May 1945; USFS), Oregon
1 woman and 5 teenagers killed after finding Japanese balloon bomb.
Ice House Memorial and Bathtub Row, Los Alamos, New Mexico
Trinity Site (16 July 1945), White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico
National Museum of the Pacific War, Fredericksburg, Texas
Admiral Nimitz Museum, Fredericksburg, Texas
World War II Historic Sites and Museums—European Theater
USS LST Ship Memorial, Evanston, Indiana
LST-325—North Africa, Sicily, Normandy
Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum, and
Boyhood Home, Abilene, Kansas
Winston Churchill Memorial, Fulton, Missouri
Cold War
Winston Churchill Memorial, Fulton, Missouri
“Iron Curtain” Speech, Westminster College (1946)
Minuteman Missile NHS, South Dakota
Terrorism
Oklahoma City National Memorial, Oklahoma (19 April 1995)
Flight 93 National Memorial, Pennsylvania (11 Sep 2001)
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