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Trail of Tears National Historic Trail 2021 Highlights
The National Trail of Tears Association provided the following highlights for the Trail of Tears NHT during the 2021 calendar year: Collaboration and Engagement In June 2021, the Center for Historic Preservation at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU-CHP) completed and submitted to the National Park…
Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route 2021 Highlights
The National Park Service provided the following highlights for the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route NHT during the 2021 calendar year: Conserving Trail Lands and Boosting Climate Resilience In collaboration with the National Park Service, W3R-US provided technical assistance with locally based organizations along the Trail and…
Short Film Spotlights Pilgrimage on the Juan Bautista de Anza NHT
Every year beginning in late September and culminating on October 4, thousands of pilgrims from all over Mexico and southern Arizona converge on the city of Magdalena de Kino, Mexico, bringing a 120-mile stretch of the Juan Bautista de Anza Trail National Historic Trail (JBDANHT)…
Fall 2021 Comings and Goings
We welcome… Federal Agency Partners: Tracy Stone-Manning was confirmed as the head of the Bureau of Land Management. She will be the first person to lead the organization since the Obama Administration. Dr. Tracey Ritchie joined the National Park Foundation as vice president of education and…
National Park Service Volunteer Rides and Kayaks All 680 Miles of Washington-Rochambeau Trail
by Johnny Carawan, Trail Administrator, National Park Service, Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail Lilienthal is the first person to complete the “Revolutionary Ride” On Saturday, August 28, National Park Service volunteer Sal Lilienthal completed a 680-mile revolutionary ride at the Yorktown Victory Monument, becoming…
Rethink Outside™ – It’s Time to Tell a New Story
by Berkeley Bryant, Program Coordinator, Blue Sky Funders Forum The Rethink Outside™ Shared Narrative was the subject of the opening session of the 2021 National Trails Workshop Time in nature has often been seen as a ‘nice to have’ and not a critical need for…
Arizona Trail Association Releases Trail Skills Institute Series
by Wendy Lotze, Volunteer Program Manager, Arizona Trail Association The Arizona Trail Association’s (ATA) Trail Skills Institute video series is now online and available to the public. Each of the eight videos are less than six minutes long and are available for anyone to stream…
Missouri’s Jewels of the Santa Fe Trail
by Marcia Will-Clifton Franklin, Missouri, Arrow Rock Ferry Landing and Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge are three jewels along the Santa Fe National Historic Trail. September 1, 2021, 200 years to the day since September 1, 1821, historians, friends, descendants and visitors gathered…
Santa Fe National Historic Trail Commemorates 200 Years with Events Along the Entire 1,200-Mile Trail
The origin of the Santa Fe National Historic Trail (SFNHT) can be traced back to June 10, 1821, when William Becknell published a notice in the Missouri Intelligencer newspaper soliciting participants for a trip “to the westward for the purpose of trading for Horses &…
Historic Iron Forge Discovered on the Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail
The David Allen Iron Works site may have been critical to America’s victory in the Revolutionary War The discovery of a long-lost iron forge on the Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail by a grandfather and his grandsons Jonah (age 9) and Phillip Walker (age 6),…
