Sullivan Creek Hydroelectric Project

Located near Metaline Falls, in the northeastern corner of Washington, the Sullivan Creek Hydroelectric Project was constructed in 1909 by the Inland Portland Cement Company (later the Lehigh Cement Company) located in Metaline Falls. The original project included a timber ...

Jemez Pueblo

Jemez Pueblo is a sovereign nation of three and a half thousand people located northwest of Albuquerque, New Mexico. A federally recognized tribe, the Jemez constitute one of New Mexico's nineteen pueblos. The Jemez have lived in the area for ...

Jemez Falls

Nestled in the Santa Fe National Forest in the Jemez Mountains of northern New Mexico, Jemez Falls sits near Valles Caldera, a small super volcano. The East Fork Jemez River begins in a group of springs in the Valles Caldera ...

Navajo National Monument

Navajo National Monument is located within the Navajo Reservation in northeastern Arizona. The site is composed of three prehistoric cliff dwellings and their surroundings, set into the natural sandstone canyons of the region. The sites are located on the Colorado ...

Pojoaque Pueblo

One of 19 Native Indian Tribes in New Mexico, is the Pojoaque Pueblo; just north of Santa Fe, NM. Originally settled around the time of King Arthur’s death in Europe, it stayed undiscovered until the early 1600s by Spanish Missions ...

Tuba City, Navajo Nation

Tuba City is located in the western portion of the Navajo Reservation in Coconino County, Arizona. As early as 1776, Fray Francisco Garces visited the area and encountered Native Americans farming the land. A group of Mormons originally laid out ...

Chinle Navajo Nation

Located in Apache County on the Navajo People Reservation, sits a small but notable town of Chinle. Chinle is named after the Navajo word meaning “at the mouth of Canyon De Chelly.” Historically, Navajo Nation extended between the four sacred ...

Jimitre Perez

Jimitre Perez 1820-1875

Very little is known about Jimitre Perez, largely due to the fact that he is not mentioned in the historic record aside from the carvings on his tombstone. This Pensacola native was born in April 1820, possibly ...

James Maestre

James Luis Maestre 1760-1829

James Maestre was a lucky survivor of one of Pensacola's earliest yellow fever epidemics. Born in 1760 in Massamagrell, Valencia, Spain, Maestre came to Pensacola in the early 1800s. Records indicate that James also went by ...

Lillie James

Lillie Anna James 1878-1957

Lillie Anna James was a remarkable woman. Born in Alabama in 1878, she raised as many as 17 children with her husband Daniel, although the US Census only contains mention of nine. One of her children ...