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Paso de Francia crossing, Maverick County, Guerrero, Coahuila, Mexico
Paso de Francia crossed the Rio Grande River six miles southeast of Mission San Juan Bautista. It is believed that the name Paso de Francia (France Way) was given to this ford after Alonso De León's third entra... More
Mission Nuestra Señora Mission de los Dolores de los Ais, San Augustin...
First established in January of 1717, this mission was abandoned in 1719 with the advent of hostilities between Spain and France. When the mission was reestablished in August 1722, Father Antonio Margil de Jesú... More
Lucky Loop Swales, Sabine County, Texas
These parallel trail swales are found in the front yard of an occupied house. Time period: 1800s Ownership: Private
Nuestra Señora de Loreto de la Bahía
This National Historic Landmark dates from April 6, 1722, when the Marqués de Aguayo laid out the plan for construction of fortifications at the La Salle settlement site in southern Victoria County. The presidi... More
Paso las Islas, Maverick County, Guerrero, Coahuila, Mexico
Paso las Islas, on the Rio Grande about one mile below the more famous Paso de Francia, was one of the fords that served Spanish travelers between Mission San Juan Bautista and the Texas settlements. At that po... More
Secretary Cabinet, Ireland - Public domain dedication, Art Institute o...
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1860s Christmas Foods - National Parks Gallery
Our Christmas event is called a Taste of Christmas Past because we researched different kinds of food people made for the holiday in the 1860s. We then baked them using recipes from that time period. The visi... More
Munitions Experts from Travis Air Force Base preparing UXO for detonat...
Munitions Experts from Travis Air Force Base preparing UXO for detonation. This 1880's projectile (UXO) was found near Hawk Hill in the Marin Headlands of Golden Gate National Recreation Area. It is the type th... More
1880's projectile depicted in US Army Manual of the time
This is a drawing of an 1880's projectile as depicted in US Army Manual of the time period.
Munitions Experts from Travis Air Force Base preparing UXO for detonat...
Munitions Experts from Travis Air Force Base preparing UXO for detonation. This 1880's projectile (UXO) was found near Hawk Hill in the Marin Headlands of Golden Gate National Recreation Area. It is the type th... More
1880's projectile near Hawk Hill in the Marin Headlands of Golden Gate...
This 1880's projectile was found near Hawk Hill in the Marin Headlands of Golden Gate National Recreation Area. It is the type that was used by the US Army at Fort Point during that time period.
The grand re-opening of the Mascot Sal
Celebrating the grand re-opening of the newly renovated Mascot Saloon. Up front and center is Albert Reinert, proud owner of Skagway’s longest-lived saloon (1898-1916). The Mascot has been restored to this time... More
The Mascot Saloon, Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, 2016.
Photo date unknown. Front and center is Albert Reinert, proud owner of Skagway's longest-lived saloon (1898-1916), The Mascot Saloon. The Mascot has been restored to this time period by the National Park Servic... More
Old Stone Fort, Nacogdoches County, Texas
Built by Antonio Gil Y’Barbo as a market or storage area for the town of Nacogdoches, the trading post is located on Old San Antonio Road and La Calle del Norte. This location may have also been associated with... More
Cush Jones, brother of Buffalo Jones at Mammoth Buffalo cabin, note pe...
Cush Jones, brother of Buffalo Jones at Mammoth Buffalo cabin, note pelts & antlers; Yell 106377; 1902-1905 time period
Gravemarkers 39, 43, and 42 at Kennecott Cemetery
Kennecott Cemetery - Kennecott Mines National Historic Landmark. Burials at the cemetery occurred between 1908 and 1938, coinciding with the industrial and domestic development of the Kennecott Mill Town. The... More
Rose [Rosa 'Daybreak'] - Flowers from National Park Gallery
Common name: Rose Origin: Introduced in 1909 by Pemberton Uses: Hybrid Musk Class. A re-bloomer that is fragrant. The buds are golden-yellow that give way to clusters of yellow flowers. The foliage is smooth an... More
Golden gate national recreation area - Rose 'Daybreak'
Common name: Rose 'Daybreak' Scientific name: Rosa Origin: Introduced in 1909 by Pemberton Uses: Hybrid Musk Class. A re-bloomer that is fragrant. The buds are golden-yellow that give way to clusters of yell... More
Presidio San Antonio de Bexar (San Pedro Springs), Bexar County, Texas
Listed in the National Register of Historic Places, San Pedro Springs was an American Indian village named Yanaguana and may have been used as a paraje (campsite) as early as 1692. The site, known popularly as ... More
Views at Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park, Texas
Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park tells the story of our 36th President in a unique and encompassing way. The story begins with Lyndon Johnson's ancestors, tracing the influences his family and his bel... More
Views at Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park, Texas
Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park tells the story of our 36th President in a unique and encompassing way. The story begins with Lyndon Johnson's ancestors, tracing the influences his family and his bel... More
Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- Retired space shuttle astronaut Dick Gordon is...
Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- Retired space shuttle astronaut Dick Gordon is warmly greeted by spectators while sitting in a vintage Chevrolet Corvette after a commemorative parade in Cocoa Beach, Florida. A gro... More
Views at Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park, Texas
Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park tells the story of our 36th President in a unique and encompassing way. The story begins with Lyndon Johnson's ancestors, tracing the influences his family and his bel... More
Historic National Road - Path to Peters Creek S-Bridge
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: In the distance you can see the Peters Creek S-Bridge, typical of its time period of the mid-1800s. S-Bridges were so built to reduce th... More
Endeavour on Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
The Space Shuttle orbiter Endeavour passes over KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility atop NASA's Boeing 747 Shuttle carrier Aircraft (SCA) as it returns March 27, 1997 from Palmdale, California, after an eight-month ... More
Moose Hide Leggings - GRPO 868 - Public Domain image, National Parks G...
Pair or moose hide leggings with fringe decorated with glass beads in floral design. These leggings are indicative of a much later time period than those which would have been worn during the fur trade era; thi... More
Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- Retired space shuttle astronaut Susan Kilrain ...
Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- Retired space shuttle astronaut Susan Kilrain waves to spectators from a Chevrolet Corvette during a commemorative parade in Cocoa Beach, Fla. A group of current and retired NASA ... More
Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- Retired astronaut and STS-26 Commander Rick Ha...
Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- Retired astronaut and STS-26 Commander Rick Hauck greets spectators from a Chevrolet Corvette during a commemorative parade in Cocoa Beach, Fla. A group of current and retired NASA ... More
Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- Retired Mercury 7 astronaut Scott Carpenter gi...
Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- Retired Mercury 7 astronaut Scott Carpenter gives a thumbs-up to spectators from a Chevrolet Corvette after a commemorative parade in Cocoa Beach, Florida. A group of current and ret... More
Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- Kennedy Space Center Director and former space...
Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- Kennedy Space Center Director and former space shuttle astronaut Bob Cabana waves to spectators from a Chevrolet Corvette during a commemorative parade in Cocoa Beach, Fla. A grou... More
Cape Canaveral, Fla. – Suzan Cooper, representing her late husband Mer...
Cape Canaveral, Fla. – Suzan Cooper, representing her late husband Mercury 7 astronaut Gordon Cooper, waves to spectators from a vintage Chevrolet Corvette during a commemorative parade in Cocoa Beach, Fla. ... More
Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- Retired Mercury 7 astronaut Scott Carpenter is...
Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- Retired Mercury 7 astronaut Scott Carpenter is warmly greeted by spectators while sitting in a vintage Chevrolet Corvette after a commemorative parade in Cocoa Beach, Florida. A g... More
Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- Retired Apollo astronaut Edgar (Ed) Mitchell w...
Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- Retired Apollo astronaut Edgar (Ed) Mitchell waves to spectators from a vintage Chevrolet Corvette during a commemorative parade in Cocoa Beach, Fla. A group of current and reti... More
Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- Retired Apollo astronaut Walt Cunningham greet...
Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- Retired Apollo astronaut Walt Cunningham greets spectators from a vintage Chevrolet Corvette during a commemorative parade in Cocoa Beach, Fla. A group of current and retired ... More
Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- Retired Gemini and Apollo astronaut Dick Gordo...
Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- Retired Gemini and Apollo astronaut Dick Gordon waves to spectators from a vintage Chevrolet Corvette during a commemorative parade in Cocoa Beach, Fla. A group of current and retir... More
Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- Retired shuttle and Skylab astronaut Dick Lous...
Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- Retired shuttle and Skylab astronaut Dick Lousma greets spectators from a Chevrolet Corvette during a commemorative parade in Cocoa Beach, Fla. A group of current and retired NASA... More
Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- Kennedy Space Center Director and former space...
Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- Kennedy Space Center Director and former space shuttle astronaut Bob Cabana gives a thumbs-up to spectators from a Chevrolet Corvette during a commemorative parade in Cocoa Beach, Fla. ... More
Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- Retired space shuttle astronaut James Reilly w...
Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- Retired space shuttle astronaut James Reilly waves to spectators from a vintage Chevrolet Corvette during a commemorative parade in Cocoa Beach, Fla. A group of current and retired NA... More
Galena, Alaska, June 30, 2013 -- The road to the landfill was temporar...
The original finding aid described this as: Date Taken: 2013-06-30 00:00:00 UTC Photographer Name: Adam DuBrowa City/State: Galena, AK Disaster Types: Flooding Categories: Conceptual Imagery ^ Debris ^ Mis... More
Mission Espada Aqueduct, Bexar County, Texas
This National Historic Landmark shows the vital role of water in the survival of missions in the vicinity of San Antonio. According to tradition, goat’s milk served as a cementing agent in the mortar used in co... More
Mission Tejas State Park, Houston County, Texas
This 1.5-mile-long trail segment crosses an area that has remarkable visual integrity. The trail segment courses parallel to State Road 21 and at times crosses the highway. One of the Caddo Indian sites within ... More
Olmos Basin Road Segment, Bexar County, Texas
A branch of the old Nacogdoches Road used to run from Olmos Dam to Hildebrand Avenue. The trail segment can be seen from the right-of-way. Time period: 1700s Ownership: Private
Camino de la Laguna, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana
In 1767 José de Urrutia prepared a map that clearly designated Camino de la Laguna as a road that advanced north from Los Adaes to La Laguna de Los Adaes. It’s location was confirmed on the ground during the de... More
Mission San Juan Bautista ruins, Guerrero, Coahuila, Mexico
Established in 1700 and located on a strategic location near a series of crossings on the west bank of the Rio Grande, Mission San Juan Bautista is often called the mother of the Texas missions. It was created ... More
Mission San Juan Acequia, Bexar County, Texas
Listed in the National Register of Historic Places, this acequia (irrigation ditch) is associated with Mission San Juan. Time period: 1700s Ownership: Public (National Park Service)
El Paso de Jacinto/Paso de los Indios, Webb County, Texas
Around 1746, explorer Jacinto de León discovered a ford that allowed safe passage across the Río Grande in this vicinity; it had probably been used for centuries by American Indians. The ford came to be known a... More
Rancho los Ojuelos, Webb County, Texas
This national historic district consists of 13 stone houses (several in ruins) constructed from hewn sandstone blocks, chinked and plastered, ranging from rectangular flat roofed Colonial style buildings to hip... More
Caddo Mounds State Historic Park, Cherokee County, Texas
Recent data of existing subsurface swales and the 1806–1807 Juan Pedro Walker map clearly indicate the relationship of El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail to three Caddo mounds. Spanish document... More
Lonely Dell Ranch - National Parks Gallery
Farming Equipment at the Cabin In the early 1930s, Leo Weaver arrived at Lonely Dell Ranch and identified it as an ideal isolated location for his dude ranch operation. Weaver feared that the polygamist communi... More
Lobanillo Swales, Sabine County, Texas
Two sets of deep and parallel swales extend about one-quarter mile through the forest. One set of swales has seven parallel ruts reaching a depth of 18-feet and 12-feet wide. A state historic marker in nearby G... More
Acequia Madre Mission de Valero, Bexar County, Texas
The Spanish and their Indian charges built this irrigation ditch (acequia) after the founding of San Antonio in 1718. Construction of the acequia began a year later. Hand dug and made of dressed limestone, the ... More
McKinney Falls State Park, Travis County, Texas
Father Isidro Félix Esty Espinosa, with the Olivares-Aguirre expedition, first described the arroyo/río de las Garrapatas (present-day Onion Creek) in 1709. Recent research reveals that in 1716 the expedition o... More
Mission San Bernardo ruins, Guerrero, Coahuila, Mexico
Located just north of Guerrero in Mexico, construction of the mission church began in 1760 but was never completed. The outstanding ruins are virtually the only visible remains of the complex of missions establ... More
Fort Saint Jean Baptiste State Historic Site, Natchitoches Parish, Lou...
French-Canadian trader Louis Juchereau de St. Denis was on a mission to establish trading ties with Mexico. After traveling nearly 140 leagues up the Red River, he encountered an impenetrable logjam. At this sp... More
Mission Nuestra Señora del Espíritu Santo de Zúñiga (La Bahía), Victor...
Unlike most Spanish missions excavated during the Work Progress Administration era, this mission’s extensive ruins have not been reconstructed. The ruins exist as an excellent example of unaltered early Spanish... More
Gaines-Oliphant House, Sabine County, Texas
Listed in the National Register of Historic Places, the Oliphant House was built in 1818 and is one of the earliest pre-Republic, Anglo structures in Texas. The log house is the only surviving structure of Jame... More
Past and Present Painted Hills - Public Domain image, National Parks G...
Created by Solomon Solis-Cohen Elementary School, Philadelphia, PA Artists: Claire, Karen, Danielly, Melody Title: Past and Present Painted Hills Teacher: Ms. Elizabeth Wetzler Theme: Conservation Materials: Af... More
Past and Present Painted Hills - Public Domain image, National Parks G...
Created by Solomon Solis-Cohen Elementary School, Philadelphia, PA Artists: Michelle, Scarlet, Eugene, Jason Title: Past and Present Painted Hills Teacher: Ms. Elizabeth Wetzler Theme: Conservation Materials: A... More
Present Painted Hills Of John Day Fossil Beds National Monument
Created by Solomon Solis-Cohen Elementary School, Philadelphia, PA Artists: Tanner, Marco, Karen, Saige, Rayan, Urooj Title: Present Painted Hills Of John Day Fossil Beds National Monument Teacher: Ms. Elizabet... More