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News Release: First impressions are important, and our Fordyce Bathhouse Visitor Center volunteers make sure visitors have a great one! They’re the first smiling face guests see when they enter the building, they’re always ready to share the history of our city's bathing industry, and they are happy to answer any...
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News Release: Boise, Idaho- Trainers approved to adopt a wild horse or burro gathered from overpopulated public rangelands across the West will pick up their animal March 3 - 4 from 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. at the Boise Wild Horse Off-Range Corrals. This pick up launches the journey for both horse, burro and handler to prepare for competition during the 2023 annual Mustang Mania Trainer Incentive Program (TIP), June 30- July 1, in Nampa, Idaho.
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News Release: We are celebrating our interns and fellows and the work they do all April long for National Internship Awareness month! You may have heard of cultural resources, but what exactly does this work entail and what type of work do interns and fellows do?
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News Release: At the Midwest Archeological Center, archeologists travel to National Park sites across the country and work to discover, document, and preserve the past. These pages illustrate some of the most common activities archeologists do - like mapping artifacts or other evidence we find of people in the past, discovering sites with remote sensing technology, and excavating sites.
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News Release: Quick Facts. Location: Presidio La Bahía is across the San Antonio River, 1/4 mile south of the park on U.S. highways 183 and 77A. Significance: Presidio La Bahía is one of the world's finest examples of a Spanish frontier fort. It is also the most fought over fort in Texas history, having seen participation...
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News Release: Why do I need to use a flashlight with a red light to view stars?
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News Release: ARTHUR LOREN WILLIAMS. Camp: Manzanar, CA. Address: D-5 Administrative Housing. My grandfather Arthur F. Williams and his three brothers moved from Bradford, PA, to work in the California oil industry around 1900. My grandfather bought an apple ranch from his brother Leroy in 1912. It was located at Manzanar...
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News Release: Hunter Miles Davis found himself at the National Park Service when he came across an internship opportunity through the Greening Youth Foundation in 2018. He knew he wanted to do something with music and decided to take a chance and apply. He was attending Hampton University at the time. The job was...
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News Release: *Note: What follows is text that is displayed on a panel next to a video touch screen inside the Nature Center.
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News Release: LAS CRUCES, N.M. - In an effort to improve the nation’s energy infrastructure and help meet President Biden’s goal of a zero-carbon electricity sector by 2035, the Bureau of Land Management has approved the La Mesa Gen-Tie Project in Doña Ana County, southeast of Las Cruces in Anthony, New Mexico.
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News Release: Quick Facts. Location: Rancho de las Cabras is managed by the National Park Service as part of San Antonio Missions National Historical Park in San Antonio, Texas. You can visit Rancho de las Cabras as part of a guided tour with a park ranger from San Antonio Missions National Historical Park. Significance:...
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News Release: If Ulysses S. Grant had lived in the 20th century, he probably would not have been a famous general and president. He most likely would have been a well-known jockey or trainer. He may have been the Eddie Arcaro1 of his time, or the Woody Stephens2 of his day. When he graduated from West Point in 1843...
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News Release: This itinerary offers a mix of recreation and history! It is a very full day, so adjust the time you spend or visit to meet your needs. Check the visiting hours for sites and inquire if programs are available.
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News Release: SHIGERU YABU. Family # 26725. Camp: Heart Mountain, WY. Address: 14-2-C. My mother, Hanako (Hana) Horishige, was born in Seattle in 1907 to parents who had come there from Japan. She was a premed student at the University of Washington for two years, then married another student there, my father Frank...
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News Release: Journeys at Katmai: An Activity Book for Not-So-Junior Rangers is geared toward young adults and adults. This book delves deeper into Katmai's history and resources on an exploratory journey fit for any National Park fan.
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News Release: KAZUYUKI YAMAMOTO. Family # 2970. Camp: Manzanar, CA. Address: 17-13-1. My family consisted of my parents, Mr. & Mrs. Denjiro Yamamoto, and the four children: the eldest being my sister Yoneko age 20; myself, Kazuyuki, the oldest son, age 18; my brother Kenichi, age 15; and my younger sister Yeko, age 12.
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News Release: JUN YAMAMOTO. Family # 10006. Camp: Manzanar, CA. Address: 31-10-4. On Sunday, December 7, 1941 the popular background music I had on the radio was interrupted by a special newscast: Japanese aircraft had attacked the US Naval Fleet at Pearl Harbor and Hawaii was in chaos. It was shocking news. Within...
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F23AS00125 - Latin America Regional Program grant opened on March 6.
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News Release: LILIAN BANNAI YAMAMURA. Family # 1107. Camp: Manzanar, CA. Address: 5-5-1. Written by a member of the Bannai Family. I was born on April 5, 1922 in Storrs, UT, the second child of Shino and Sakui (Sam) Bannai. At the time of the mass evacuation of all American Japanese from the West Coast, I was a 19 year...
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News Release: HARRY KIYOTO YASUMOTO. Family # 40675. Camp: Canal Camp, Gila River, AZ. Address: 10-9-C. My paternal grandfather immigrated to Hawaii from Japan in the late 1890s on an indenture of servitude, a contract whereby an immigrant’s passage was paid by an employer or labor contractor in exchange for work until...