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<\/a><\/p>\nA family outside the Trujillo Adobe. Credit: Spanish Town Heritage Foundation. \u00a9 National Trust for Historic Preservation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The National Trust for Historic Preservation (NTHP) has announced its Most Endangered Places List for 2021<\/a> and, out of 11 sites included this year, it includes important sites on two existing, and one proposed, National Historic Trails (NHTs): the Selma to Montgomery NHT, and Old Spanish NHT, and the proposed Route 66 NHT. This is the 34th year that NTHP has put out such a list and, of the over 300 sites listed in that time, 95 percent are still preserved\u2014a remarkable record of success for the program. Below you will find the NTHP\u2019s short descriptions of the three sites that are on existing or proposed NHTs. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Constructed in 1862 by the Trujillo (pronounced true-HEE-yo) family, and today the oldest known building in Riverside, the Trujillo Adobe (pictured above) tells the story of migration and settlement in inland southern California. Lorenzo Trujillo, who originally settled in the area when it was still part of Mexico, was a Gen\u00edzaro\u2014one of many Native Americans who were captured, sometimes held in slavery, sometimes baptized and raised by Spanish colonists. Trujillo led many expeditions as a scout across the Old Spanish Trail, enabling immigrants to settle inland California, and his home became the beating heart of a community known as La Placita de los Trujillos, Spanish Town, and Agua Mansa.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The Adobe is now deteriorated and fragile, protected only by a wooden structure (also in need of repair) that hides the Adobe from view. Local advocates hope to transform the Adobe into a cultural and educational site to recognize and take pride in the multiple cultures that shaped and continue to define the region.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Photo courtesy National Park Service.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n In March 1965, as thousands of Civil Rights demonstrators marched from Selma to Montgomery to campaign for full voting rights, three African American farm owners along the 54-mile route courageously offered their properties as overnight camp sites for the marchers, including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Coretta Scott King, and Congressman John Lewis. These families are among those who Dr. King called the \u201cordinary people with extraordinary vision\u201d as they risked their lives in support of the Civil Rights movement.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Today, several of these sites\u2014the David Hall Farm and Robert Gardner Farm\u2014are still proudly owned by the same families and are situated along the Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail, but their incredible stories remain largely untold. Many of the farm properties now need stabilization, repair, and interpretation to expand the narrative of this significant landscape in Civil Rights history and share the stories of these families, whose tremendous bravery helped to change American history.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nTrujillo Adobe: Old Spanish NHT, Riverside, CA<\/b><\/h3>\n
Selma to Montgomery March Campsites: Selma to Montgomery NHT, Selma, AL\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nThreatt Filling Station and Family Farm: Proposed Route 66 NHT, Luther, OK<\/b><\/h3>\n
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