Acadia National Park on Maine’s Mount Desert Island
Michael Bushnell Publisher Acadia National Park was originally recognized on July 8, 1916, as Sieur de Monts National Monument, then as Lafayette National Park on February 26, 1919. Both names…
Michael Bushnell Publisher Acadia National Park was originally recognized on July 8, 1916, as Sieur de Monts National Monument, then as Lafayette National Park on February 26, 1919. Both names…
Michael Bushnell Publisher In October of 1776, two Spanish Priests, Silvestre Vélez de Escalante and Francisco Atanasio Domínguez traveled up the Virgin River Valley on an exploration mission of the…
Michael Bushnell Publisher Formerly known as Mount McKinley National Park, Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska was originally established on Feb. 17, 1917, when President Woodrow Wilson signed legislation…
Excelsior Springs Historic downtown district suffers yet another setback as the old Royal Hotel, located at 210 South Street is being demolished brick by brick after part of its 122…
Michael Bushnell Publisher This week our tour of National Parks takes us to the Big Island of Hawaii as we visit Volcanoes National Park. On August 1, 1916, House Resolution…
Michael Bushnell Publisher This week, we visit the top of the world in terms of National Parks in the lower 48 United States. Part of a Linen era postcard folder…
Dorri Partain Contributor The United States Congress was setting aside lands for national parks years before they had created a department to oversee those lands. Yellowstone, the first national park,…
Michael Bushnell Publisher This week we visit one of the most remote national parks on our 13-week historic postcard tour of America’s National Parks, Glacier National Park located in Northwest…
Michael Bushnell Publisher This week we feature a linen-era postcard showcasing another National Park out west, Crater Lake National Park, in south-central Oregon. At a depth of approximately 1,900 feet,…
Michael Bushnell Publisher Traveling southwest from last week’s visit to Yellowstone National Park, we reach the Sierra Nevada Mountains just east of Sacramento for a visit to Yosemite National Park.…