Harpers Ferry, Iowa
Visited: Sometime Soon
NPS Site Visited: Not There Yet
NPS Website
Iowa isn’t exactly known as a hot summer vacation destination. But that’s where we’ll be headed once the weather warms. Effigy Mounds NM preserves over two hundred American Indian mounds, many in the shape of animals and birds. This sacred site is located in the [...]
Archive for April, 2006
Effigy Mounds National Monument
Posted in Uncategorized on April 12, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Gettysburg National Military Park
Posted in National Military Park, tagged Battlefield, Civil War, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on April 9, 2006 | 7 Comments »
Gettysburg, Pa.
Visited: April 9, 2006
NPS Site Visited: 283 of 353
NPS Website; Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
Site of the most famous battle fought on United States soil. The dramatic Civil War fight occurred from July 1-3, 1863 and took more than 50,000 casualties.
BEAUTY (6/10)
Over the last fifteen years, groups like the Friends of the National Park at [...]
Johnstown Flood National Memorial
Posted in National Memorial on April 5, 2006 | 2 Comments »
Saint Michael, Pa.
Visited: April 1, 2006
NPS Site Visited: 281 of 353
NPS Website; Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
Site memorializing the victims of the May 31, 1889 flood that killed over 2,000 Johnstown, Pa. residents.
BEAUTY (3/10)
The Park Site vistas overlook what was once Lake Conemaugh and is now (again, post-broken dam), just the Conemaugh River. The former South [...]
Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
Posted in Uncategorized on April 1, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Cresson, Pa.
Visited: April 1, 2006
NPS Site Visited: 280 of 353
NPS Website; Horseshoe Curve Website
WHAT IS IT?
The site of a short-lived, 1834-54, series of incline planes that pulled canal boats up and down the Allegheny Mountains.
BEAUTY (3/10)
The Allegheny Portage Railroad NHS sits along the Allegheny Mountain ridgeline. Strangely enough, its location does not equate to panoramic [...]
