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Echinacea / Purple Coneflower

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Guide to the Robert Cahn Papers

News Release: This finding aid describes the Robert Canh Papers, part of the NPS History Collection. To request an in-person research appointment or for more information, contact the archivist.


Dutchman's Breeches

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News Release: Quick Facts. Location: 161 22nd St, Wellsburg, WV 26070. Significance: Patrick Gass, a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition who was promoted to sergeant during the journey, is buried here. Designation: Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail. Amenities. 1 listed. Parking - Auto. Lewis and Clark NHT Visitor...


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Kelley/Robinson House

News Release: Quick Facts. Amenities. 1 listed. Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits. The Civil War forever changed the two families that lived in this house both during and after the war. At the outbreak of the conflict, widow Elizabeth Kelley lived in this home with Lorenzo Kelley, one of her five sons. By...


The Pathway of a President

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Federal Land Offices

News Release: When Congress established Fort Steuben, the site’s primary purpose was to protect surveyors who Congress had sent to map the Northwest Territory.


DOI-FWS grant application closes on March 2

F23AS00127 Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund: Conservation Planning Assistance grant opened on Dec. 22.


News Release: Quick Facts. Location: Paradise Area Trails. Amenities. 1 listed. Information. Season: Summer. Paradise is open year-round, but this orientation guide is designed for the summer season when trails are snow-free. In spring and fall, there may be patches of snow covering sections of trail. Please stay on trails...


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Manzanar: Recreation Hall

News Release: Quick Facts. Location: southwest corner of Block 14. Amenities. 1 listed. Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits. Community Activities. When not working or attending school, incarcerated Japanese Americans looked for ways to occupy their time within the square-mile camp. When someone “with initiative...


News Release: Quick Facts. Amenities. 1 listed. Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits. Pressing Needs. Original plans for Manzanar did not include ironing rooms. But as Togo Tanaka reported in June 1942, people ironing in their barracks “blew out fuses and plunged the rest of the entire barrack into darkness."...


DOI-NPS offers new grant application process starting Dec. 22

LWCF State Assistance Formula Grants - Acquisition & Construction - FY23 Cycle 1 grant opened on Dec. 22.


Lewis in Steubenville

News Release: Quick Facts. Location: 120 S 3rd St, Steubenville, OH 43952. Significance: Meriwether Lewis stopped in Steubenville in 1803 on his westward journey. Designation: Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail. MANAGED BY: Historic Fort Steuben. Amenities. 10 listed. Benches/Seating, Entrance Passes for Sale, Gifts/Souvenirs/Books...


Lewis’s Air Gun

News Release: In Pittsburgh, Meriwether Lewis purchased a specialty “air gun" that he thought might be a good conversation piece, to help break the ice with people whose territory they would enter along the way-people whose help the party would need to complete the journey.


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