Step into the rugged history of Apache Pass, where water was more precious than gold, and Fort Bowie once stood proud as both a refuge and a battleground.
I made it to my Dad's house in Wichita after having a blast in Fort Scott, visiting the fort, discovering one of the coolest museums, and eating a spectacular Reuben at a local deli.
Portaging a train over a mountain? Yes, we have! It was a short-lived, fascinating business model captured by the Park Service. And I also took an underground boat tour of a cave!
After the weekend at the Long Pond, I rolled into Pennsylvania to check off another national historic site, with a trolley museum across the parking lot, then headed into the woods.
An unexpected hidden gem of a national historic site! Like all sites in the national Park system this one is unbelievably well done and even has a full-time blacksmith.
It's still hard to believe that at the beginning of World War II, the United States turned over 110,000 Japanese in concentration camps, including this one in southeastern Colorado.
After visiting the Sand Creek Massacre site a few years ago, I knew that visiting where Peace Chief Black Kettle was killed was high on my list of National Treasures to experience.
