This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
National monuments a century hence will be prized possessions
National monuments are neglected now with little funding and awareness. The piece surveys 50 monuments across states, from Bryce Canyon to Muir Woods, detailing origins from the 1906 Antiquities Act, varied stewardship, and notable sites like Montezuma Castle, Chaco Canyon, and El Morro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interior Department
Congress
National Park Service
Sietieasl
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Platt
Oklahoma
Yellowstone
Yosemite
Rocky Mountain
Grand Canyon
Lafayette
Maine
Mississippi
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
War Department
Forest Service
Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Department
United States
Mount Olympus
Washington
Bandelier
New Mexico
Bryce Canyon
Utah
Stephen T. Mather
Secretary of the Interior
Devil's Tower
el Morro
Petrified Forest
Montezuma Castle
Arizona
Chaco Canyon
Navajo
Utah-Colorado
Tumacacori
Gran Quivira
Casa Grande
Yucca House
Colorado
Pipe Spring
Muir Woods
California
Pinnacles
Rainbow Bridge
Sitka
Alaska
Park of Historic Association
Papago Saguaro
Lewis and Clark Cavern
Montana
Shoshone Cavern
Wyoming
Dinosaur
South Dakota
Capulin Mountain
Katmai
Verendrye
North Dakota
Crowhigh Butte
trans-Missouri Territory
Scott's Bluff
Nebraska
American Southwest
Cortez
Mexico
Spain
Vera
el Dorado
Cibola
Quivira
Coronado
Kansas
Carlsbad Cave
Mammoth Cave
Craters of the Moon
Idaho
Coolidge
Utah National Park
Paunsaugunt
Union Pacific
Black Hills
el Morro National Monument
Inscription Rock
Don Juan de Onate
Plymouth Rock
la Mar del Sur
South Sea
Santa Fe
Onate
Gulf of California
Diego de Vargas Zapata Lujan Ponce de Leon
Do de Vargas
Diego de Vargas
Nieto
Zuni
Lujan
Francisco Lerrado
Archuleta
Uribarri