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Gold Fever in Clear Creek

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Redding, California.
The discovery of gold... Major Pierson B. Reading discovered gold in Clear Creek in 1848 at what is now known as Reading Bar, located about a mile upstream. Thousands of people rushed here in search of fortune. Gold fever . . .

(Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Water Trough

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Coachella, California.
This water trough was constructed on the Southern Pacific Railroad property along Cantaloup Avenue for watering teams of horses hauling cantaloupes and onions. It replaced a wooden trough on Front Street used in the early . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Welcome to the Historic Tallac Resort

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South Lake Tahoe, California.
You're standing on the site of the Tallac Resort and Casino, a turn of the century Tahoe destination promoted as "The Grandest Resort in the World." The Resort filled more than 40 acres and offered all the amenities a guest . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features • Parks & Recreational Areas) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Before the Nobles Trail

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Litchfield, California.
American Indians, including the Kammu Tukadu and Wadakhut bands of the Northern Paiute peoples, played a key role in the Euro-American overland migration. Although some of the emigrant trails were new, many mirrored earlier . . .

(Native Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

"Bridges for Canada"/« Ponts pour le Canada »

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Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
In 2000, to commemorate a century of service, Canadian Military Engineers embarked on a three-year program of assisting communities along the Trans Canada Trail to construct and restore bridges. Thirty of these bridges are . . .

(Bridges & Viaducts • Parks & Recreational Areas) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Lydert Bartels' Hus (House)

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, Sweden.
Huset uppfördes av köpmannen Lydert Bartelsåren kring 1660 med utnyttjande av en äldre byggnad åt Köpmangatan. Portalen är utförd av stenhuggaren Johan Wendelstam. I flera av våningarna finns högklassig inredning från . . .

(Notable Buildings) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

down the trodden path...

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St. Helens, Oregon.
The path before you represents the Corps of Discovery's journey on the Columbia River – from its confluence with the Snake to the Pacific Ocean. Entering the Columbia in mid-October 1805, they travelled along the river from . . .

(Exploration • Native Americans • Science & Medicine • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Fire on the Edge

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near Hot Springs, South Dakota.
You are Standing in the Middle of a Community Meeting! This area is the meeting place of three distinct plant communities ~ The ponderosa pine woodland, the mixed grass prairie, and the Cascade warm springs ecosystem.. Their . . .

(Environment • Horticulture & Forestry • Parks & Recreational Areas) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Reading the Rocks

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near Interior, South Dakota.
These rocks were deposited millions of years ago when rivers and wind spread silt, sand, and ash across the landscape. About 500,000 years ago, ancient rivers began eroding this area, leading to the present day landscape. . . .

(Environment • Parks & Recreational Areas) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Working Farm Roots

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Alturas, California.
The first Euro-Americans arrived in 1870 when Presley A. Dorris, Henry Fitzhugh, and several other Dorris family members drove cattle and horses into the area. With land granted under the Homestead Act, the Dorris family . . .

(Environment • Parks & Recreational Areas • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Bands of Time

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near Interior, South Dakota.
Rock layers in Badlands National Park contain fossils that show a dramatic cooling and drying of global climate over millions of years. The oldest rock layers contain marine fossils, roughly 70 million years old, from when . . .

(Environment • Paleontology • Parks & Recreational Areas) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

A 75-Million-Year Walk

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near Interior, South Dakota.
This trail features seven types of animals that once lived in the area now known as Badlands National Park. Each of these lineages met a different fate as the climate changed. Some moved, some adapted to the changes, and . . .

(Environment • Paleontology • Parks & Recreational Areas) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

A Relic from the Old Logging Days

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Castella, California.
The boiler you see here was part of a steam donkey. In the late 1880s, logging around the Castle Crags area was booming. Steam donkeys were used to haul heavy logs from the cutting site to the milling area. Steam donkeys . . .

(Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Lewis & Clark Discovery Trail

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St. Helens, Oregon.
In 1804-06, Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led 31 men and one dog on an epic journey. President Thomas Jefferson commissioned this "Corps of Discovery" to find a route to the Pacific Ocean through the newly . . .

(Exploration • Native Americans • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

History of Scappoose

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Scappoose, Oregon.
Panel 1 Once covered by an Ice Age ocean, then home to the Diersinno (Keeassino) Indian Tribe led by Chief Cassino, this area then became the meeting grounds for all the Northwest Indians who gathered each year to hold their . . .

(Exploration • Native Americans • Notable Places • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Lewis and Clark on the Columbia

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Scappoose, Oregon.
Lewis & Clark on the Columbia River The Lewis and Clark Expedition made the first documented descent of the Columbia from the mouth of the Snake River to the Pacific. This voyage strengthened the claim of the young United . . .

(Exploration • Native Americans • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Route of Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail

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Scappoose, Oregon.
Lewis & Clark and the Corps of Discovery In 1803, the United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from France, expanding this country from the Mississippi River west to the Rocky Mountains and from the Gulf of Mexico . . .

(Exploration • Native Americans • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Camp Collier

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near Hot Springs, South Dakota.
Camp at the Mouth of the Red Canyon, sometimes called Camp Collier, was established at this site in mid-June 1876 tp protect travelers over the 150-mile Cheyenne - Black Hills stage road. It came into being after the Sioux, . . .

(Wars, US Indian) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Archaeological Work

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, Mexico.
Trabajo Arqueológico Donde hoy se encuentra el pueblo de San Joaquín, se funda, en 1622, San Nicolás Tolentino de las Ranas, tomando este nombre por el gran número de ranas que habitaban una laguna del lugar. En 1872, . . .

(Anthropology • Man-Made Features • Native Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Ball Court Three

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, Mexico.
Juego de Pelota 3 Este juego de pelota aprovecha la unión de dos cerros o puertos. Para su construcción se edificaron dos grandes muros de contención. Actualmente, está restaurado el paramento norte que es el mejor . . .

(Anthropology • Architecture • Native Americans • Sports) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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