Tags: Pathways
Iditarod NHT 2017 Highlights
Iditarod Historic Trail Alliance (IHTA) OUTREACH Education — IHTA’s seventh class of Iditarod Trail to Every Classroom (iTREC!) teachers completed their yearlong place-based service learning professional development program that connects youth and communities along the trail, promoting resource stewardship, recreation, and community engagement. Since 2010,…
Juan Bautista de Anza NHT 2017 Highlights
Anza Trail Foundation (ATF) OUTREACH Interpretive Wayside — Held a ribbon cutting on an interpretive wayside near the entrance to Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park overlooking the Colorado River. Events — Carlos Herrera, ATF Board Member and Director of Imperial Valley Borderlands Institute, gave…
Lewis and Clark NHT 2017 Highlights
Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation (LCTHF) Lewis and Clark Trust, Inc. (LCT) OUTREACH Grants — LCTHF established the Burroughs-Holland/Bicentennial Education and Scholarship Grant Program, developed criteria and an application form, and gave grants from that fund in small amounts of $500 to $1,000; LCTHF…
Mormon Pioneer NHT 2017 Highlights
Mormon Trails Association (MTA) OUTREACH Exhibit — Opened “Pioneer Pathways to Zion, 1846-1890,” a new exhibit at the LDS Church History Museum in Salt Lake City, UT, after a year of work. It features 50 of the museum’s most treasured pioneer artifacts and reflects decades…
Nez Perce (Nee-Me-Poo) NHT 2017 Highlights
Nez Perce Trail Foundation (NPTF) OUTREACH Education — Highest attendance for the annual NPNHT Teachers Summer Tour with educators from five Northwest States who will take historical lessons relative to the Nez Perce War of 1877 back to their classrooms. Exhibits — More than 1,800…
Old Spanish NHT 2017 Highlights
Old Spanish Trail Association (OSTA) OUTREACH Interpretive Wayside — Developed and installed a new wayside at Whitewater and Orchard Mesa trailheads, Mesa County, CO. Programs — Held an interpretive tour for 50 participants in Cajon Pass, San Bernardino County, CA; held the fifth annual OST…
Oregon and California NHTs 2017 Highlights
Oregon-California Trails Association (OCTA) OUTREACH Events — OCTA co-sponsored a symposium in Vancouver, WA with the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation; celebrated its 35th annual convention in Council Bluffs, IA (its first-ever convention in Iowa). Solar Challenge — OCTA partnered with the NPS offices…
Overmountain Victory NHT 2017 Highlights
Overmountain Victory Trail Association (OVTA) OUTREACH Programs — OVTA drew over 15,000 attendees during its Annual March to Kings Mountain; OVTA is working with NPS to provide year-round interpretive programming along the 330-mile stretch of trail. Trail Communities — A new Gateway Communities program was…
Pony Express NHT 2017 Highlights
National Pony Express Association (NPEA) OUTREACH Re-Ride Tracker — NPEA held its Annual Re-Ride of the Pony Express Trail from St. Joseph, MO to Sacramento, CA (June 5-15, 2017) and linked the tracker in the mochila to the website to provide rider and mail exchange…
Santa Fe NHT 2017 Highlights
Santa Fe Trail Association (SFTA) OUTREACH Social Media — Shared weekly e-blast and social media posts of the 52 ways to discover the trail using the hashtag #discoverSFNHT. Programs — Managed the Junior Wagon Master educational program; assisted NPS on a media tour project and…
