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Alamosa National Wildlife Refuge

Alamosa National Wildlife Refuge is located a few miles southeast of Alamosa, Colorado. It features wetlands along the Rio Grande River. The 12,026 acre Alamosa Refuge include wetland areas, riparian corridors, wet meadows, and river oxbows. The wetland and ...

Baca National Wildlife Refuge

Baca National Wildlife Refuge was created in 2004 as part of the expansion of Great Sand Dunes National Monument into a national park and preserve, protecting the entire natural hydrological system of the Great Sand Dunes. It is adjacent ...

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Montville Nature Trail

The federally designated Wilderness Areas within the Park and Preserve are part of the National Wilderness Preservation System, established in 1964 with the passage of the Wilderness Act. Today, over 100 million acres across the country are protected as ...

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National Historic Landmark- Trujillo Homestead / Zapata Ranch

After the United States annexed Mexico’s northern territories in 1848, the new American citizens of the Southwest moved north and east. One of these Hispano Americans was Teofilo Trujillo, who settled with his wife in the San Luis Valley ...

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Bathhouse Row

In the1880s, elegant frame bathhouses were erected along Bathhouse Row on the east side of Central Avenue. First to appear was the Ozark Bathhouse, built on bathhouse sites no.4, taking over the previous spot of the Weir and George’s Iron ...

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Government Free Bathhouse

U.S. Free Bathhouse, or Government Free Bathhouse was opened in 1878, when the first superintendent of the Hot Springs Reservation, Gen. Benjamin F. Kelley, recognized that large numbers of poor visitors were using a spring known as “Mud Hole.” Kelley ...

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Crystal and Pythian Bathhouses

Little is known about African American bathing services during the 1860s and 1870s. In the 1880s black patrons could buy bath tickets at the Ozark Bathhouse, the Independent Bathhouse, and possibly the Rammelsberg Bathhouse on Bathhouse Row, but they were ...

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Fordyce Bathhouse

Businessman and railroad magnate Samuel Wesley Fordyce was a key figure in the early development and promotion of Hot Springs as an international spa and resort. He first visited in 1873 seeking a cure for lingering health problems caused by ...

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Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Composed of over 2.3 million acres of land, the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest includes areas within Oregon and Idaho. Within the boundaries of the forest visitors can enjoy the scenic beauty of four separate wilderness areas, ten designated Wild a Scenic ...

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Initial Engagement and Mexican Retreat

A second detachment of Houston's cavalry had been sent to New Washington to reconnoiter Santa Anna's movements. This detachment found the Mexicans had burned the town and were advancing toward Lynch's Ferry. The Mexican Army arrived at site Marker 11 ...

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