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Largest subtropical wilderness in the US. Birds and alligators galore! So many different landscapes from hardwood hammo...
01/02/2022

Largest subtropical wilderness in the US. Birds and alligators galore! So many different landscapes from hardwood hammock forests, to coastline, to marshes, to pine forests. …Emelyn made a new friend! 😉

Dolphins, armadillo, gopher tortoises, lizards galore, sea oats, and amazing shoreline scenery!
01/02/2022

Dolphins, armadillo, gopher tortoises, lizards galore, sea oats, and amazing shoreline scenery!

Spanish watchtower built in the 1700’s to protect St. Augustine from French pirates and English outlaws.
01/02/2022

Spanish watchtower built in the 1700’s to protect St. Augustine from French pirates and English outlaws.

The site of the Spanish colony in St. Augustine. The oldest masonry fortification in the U.S. dating back 450 years.
01/02/2022

The site of the Spanish colony in St. Augustine. The oldest masonry fortification in the U.S. dating back 450 years.

Timucua Indians originally lived here until they were completely wiped out in the 1800’s by disease or forced to move aw...
01/02/2022

Timucua Indians originally lived here until they were completely wiped out in the 1800’s by disease or forced to move away. They left behind the largest totem ever found in the Americas. In the 1500’s, this became the site of the first European colony in the New World, where 300 French explorers established the fort and lived until Spanish explorers from St. Augustine killed them all, making St. Augustine the oldest, continuously inhabited city in America.

Visited NaNa, the tallest dune in Florida, a tabby house, the Ribault club and column, and miles of coastal wetlands.
01/02/2022

Visited NaNa, the tallest dune in Florida, a tabby house, the Ribault club and column, and miles of coastal wetlands.

Fun to see the feral horses, birds, hermit crab nursery, and Carnegie mansion!
01/02/2022

Fun to see the feral horses, birds, hermit crab nursery, and Carnegie mansion!

Fort Frederica NM - the oldest fort we’ve been to yet…it predates the Revolutionary War and was part of the war with Spa...
12/28/2021

Fort Frederica NM - the oldest fort we’ve been to yet…it predates the Revolutionary War and was part of the war with Spain which resulted in a British victory and Georgia being a colony. Anson Phillips

Stones River NB - important victory for the Union and the first battle that used trench warfare. Anson Phillips
12/28/2021

Stones River NB - important victory for the Union and the first battle that used trench warfare. Anson Phillips

Wrapping up the trip with our 105th NPS site! Herbert Hoover worked to help restore his birthplace cottage as physical ...
08/06/2021

Wrapping up the trip with our 105th NPS site! Herbert Hoover worked to help restore his birthplace cottage as physical proof of the unbounded opportunity of American life. He worked on humanitarian efforts around the world to help millions of children and designed the foundation for UNICEF during his lifetime and believed that individuals acting conscientiously and cooperatively could together solve great problems.

The first homestead application was filed in Nebraska in 1862 and the last files in Alaska in 1974. In total 30 states w...
08/06/2021

The first homestead application was filed in Nebraska in 1862 and the last files in Alaska in 1974. In total 30 states were part of the homestead act, giving away 160 acres per family should they improve the land and reside on it continuously for 5 years. Millions of immigrants came from around the world to participate and it also allowed women and free slaves to serve as head of households and own land for the first time. It is estimated 93 million Americans today are ancestors of homesteaders.

Initially established as a private trading post along the journey west as well as part of the route for the Pony Express...
08/04/2021

Initially established as a private trading post along the journey west as well as part of the route for the Pony Express and the Telegraph. Sadly, it became the largest fort on the northern plains and served as the spot where many treaties were signed but as relations changed, many military campaigns against the Northern Plains Tribes were launched from here.

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