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2019 Oregon and California National Historic Trails Highlights
Oregon-California Trails Association (OCTA) OUTREACH Technology — OCTA launched a new website (gateway-octa.org), which contains over 200 original trail diaries from those who jumped off from St. Joseph, MO, plus over 200 Pony Express documents and an interactive map that details the trail-related businesses found…
2019 Old Spanish National Historic Trail Highlights
Old Spanish Trail Association (OSTA) OUTREACH Programs — OSTA chapters held Old Spanish Trails Days programs, including a new K-12 Charter School Art Contest. NPS created the first Old Spanish Trail Junior Ranger worksheet and converted an OSTA tabletop game to a digital file printed…
2019 Nez Perce (Nee-Me-Poo) National Historic Trail Highlights
Nez Perce Trail Foundation (NPTF) OUTREACH Programs — NPTF held its annual Summer NPNHT Tour and presented about the Nez Perce War of 1877. NPTF held a seminar in Leavenworth, KS with local and national elected representatives and tourism and business representatives that focused on…
2019 Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail Highlights
Mormon Trails Association (MTA) OUTREACH Website — MTA reworked its website (mormontrails.org) and added new material and links. Partnerships — NPS entered into a partnership certification agreement with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for Martin’s Cove: Mormon Trail Site in Alcova, WY.…
2019 Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Highlights
Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation (LCTHF) Lewis and Clark Trust, Inc. (LCT) OUTREACH Programs — LCTHF grants helped fund a new travel brochure of the eastern portion of the trail; a program to preserve and teach the Lakota language; a program to teach children…
2019 Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail Highlights
Anza Trail Foundation (ATF) and partners OUTREACH Programs — Nearly 36,951 people participated in the NPS Trails and Rails programs. Environmental Education Exchange in Tucson, AZ conducted 100 fourth grade classroom presentations about the Anza Trail and expedition. ATF Board Member Lindy Hatcher spoke about…
2019 Iditarod National Historic Trail Highlights
Iditarod Historic Trail Alliance (IHTA) OUTREACH Programs — IHTA and partners showed the movie “Iditarod National Historic Trail – A History” for free daily during the summer at the library, located about three blocks from Mile Zero of the Iditarod NHT, two statues associated with…
2019 El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail Highlights
El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail Association (ELCAT) OUTREACH Programs — ELCAT created a traveling museum exhibit titled, “El Camino Real de los Tejas: Its History, People, and Places.” Partnerships — ELCAT worked with local leaders in Zapata County toward the first…
2019 El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail Highlights
Camino Real de Tierra Adentro Trail Association (CARTA) OUTREACH Partnerships — BLM, NPS, New Mexico Historic Sites, and the Texas Historical Commission entered into a memorandum of understanding regarding collaboration on interpretation along the national historic trail. NPS and BLM invited CARTA to participate in…
2019 Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail Highlights
Chesapeake Conservancy (CC) OUTREACH Programs — CC and NPS drove the Roving Ranger to 32 locations across Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and D.C., bringing the trail to more than 4,800 individuals. CC outreach staff held painting, storytelling, and music programs with Latino and Hispanic children…