Oakland, CA – On a cool spring day, Fredrika Newton — the widow of Black Panther co-founder, Huey P. Newton — stands next to a bronze bust of her late husband. It's situated in a wide, landscaped ...
In 1920, Isabel Bassett Wasson blazed a trail as one of the first female park rangers, earning the admiration of officials ...
It's safe to say Yellowstone National Park is still looking good at the ripe old age of 150. The world famous site became the first national park in the U.S. on March 1, 1872, when President Ulysses S ...
Foreword / Marion Clawson -- I. The early parks : 1872-1916. 1. Yellowstone Park -- 2. Yosemite Park -- 3. Sequoia and General Grant Parks -- 4. Mount Rainier Park -- 5. Crater Lake Park -- 6. Three ...
Prologue : a new kind of technician : in search of the culture of public history -- Part 1: science and government ; defining the landscape -- A matter of national dignity : education and federal ...
Like many places, Mammoth Cave—Kentucky’s only national park and the world’s longest cave system—saw its visitation hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2019, more than half a million tourists ...
National Park Service Director Chuck Sams made history on day one in office in 2021, by becoming the first Native American to lead NPS. Sams is Cayuse and Walla Walla and an enrolled member of the ...