National Historic Trail

So many park units… so little time to write about them!

We are on a tear — ten national park units in nine days!  We’ve seen so many wonderful park units on our drive from Salt Lake City to Chicago!!  We were very excited to travel through Colorado where we visited the Colorado Monument, Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, Curecanti National Recreation Area, Old Bent’s …

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Two More for the Tally

For thousands of years, the land we call Texas today was home to Native American Indians. A gigantic field of tall grasses, the Tejas prairie offered no apparent riches, but Spain was intent on claiming this vast land to deter the French from colonizing here. El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail A …

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