National Historic Landmark - Union Pacific Railroad Depot

The depot is the last of the grand 19th-century depots remaining on the transcontinental railroad. It formed a strategic point along the Union Pacific Railroad, America's first transcontinental rail line, and was easily the Union Pacific's most grandiose facility west ...

National Historic Landmark - South Pass

South Pass was the easiest passage through the Rocky Mountains and heavily used by westbound settlers, fur traders, and miners in the 19th century. The traffic through the Pass helped establish an effective U.S. claim to the Pacific Northwest.

National Historic Landmark - J.C. Penney Historic District

James Cash Penney stands tall in the history of American retailing. Although not the first to establish a chain of department stores, he was the first to do so on a national scale. It started in Kemmerer in 1902, when ...

National Historic Landmark - Lake Guernsey State Park

This park represents the highest achievements of the collaboration between the NPS and the Bureau of Reclamation in developing what became known as "recreation areas" around reservoirs built in Western states.

Information provided by the National Register of Historic Places, a ...

National Historic Landmark - Independence Rock

Independence Rock is a well-known natural landmark on the Oregon Trail, 1900 feet long and 850 feet wide. Numerous travelers painted, carved, or wrote their names on its surface over the years.

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National Historic Landmark - Fort Phil Kearny

Established in 1866 to protect travelers along the Bozeman Trail, the fort was under virtual siege (1866-68) in the "Red Cloud War" as Sioux groups fought successfully to prevent White invasion of their hunting grounds. This was one of the ...

National Historic Landmark - Expedition Island

This was the embarkation point of Major John Wesley Powell's 1871 expedition down the Green and Colorado Rivers and possibly for his 1869 trip as well. On these trips, Major Powell explored the last large land area unknown to European-Americans ...

St. Sylvester Catholic Parish

The Parish of Saint Sylvester was formed in 1979 to fill the spiritual needs of the increasing population of Gulf Breeze and Navarre.

Parishioners first celebrated in a local country club and also at the parish rectory. A year later, ...

St.Anthony of Padua Catholic Church

Founded in 1941, St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church was originally a mission of the Franciscan Order from the St. Louis Province of the Sacred Heart.

Two years after it was built, a fire destroyed much of the interior of ...

St. Stephen Catholic Church

Saint Stephen Catholic Church and Parish were founded in 1922. As a part of its commitment to Catholic Education, the parish opened a school in 1934, serving about 150 students.

Benedictine Sisters from Cullman, Alabama, ran and taught at the small ...