U.S. Border Station

Metaline Falls is a border town. In the early twentieth century, a rough wagon road led the dozen or so miles north into Canada, weaving in and out of forest to cross the international line. In 1923, the route improved ...

Sullivan Lake Ranger Station

National forest lands cover much of Pend Oreille County. To manage the lands, the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), withdrew tracts as administrative sites including 382 acres from the recently established Kaniksu National Forest for use as the Sullivan Lake Ranger ...

Newport's Interstate Bridge

By the first decade of the twentieth century, Newport, Washington, had already become a bustling town that served as a regional rail hub and a gateway to commerce with Idaho via the Newport Ferry. Yet in an age rapidly dominated ...

Crawford State Park and Gardner's Cave

Crawford State Park, the only state park in Pend Oreille County, is the site of Gardner’s Cave—the largest limestone cave system in the state. Ed Gardner, for whom the caverns were named, homesteaded in the area and “discovered’ ...

Elsinore Theatre

On May 28, 1926, on a former livery stable site, the magnificent Elsinore Theatre first opened its doors to the public. Developed by George Guthrie, an entrepreneur and lover of art, the theatre was designed to resemble the castle ...

Bryce Canyon National Park

The person most responsible for Bryce Canyon becoming a National Park was J. W. Humphrey. Mr. Humphrey was a U. S. Forest Service Supervisor who was transferred to Panguitch, Utah in July 1915. An employee suggested that J. W. ...

Salt River National Historical Park and Ecological Reserve

Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve was created in 1992 as part of the National Park System. The National Park Service and the Government of the United States Virgin Islands jointly manage this 1,015-acre park.

The area’s blend ...

Geary Theater

This classical revival building, originally called the Columbia Theater, features tripartitioned Roman columns and Renaissance Italian commedia dell’arte arches. It dates from 1910, and its construction marked a period of massive rebuilding after the 1906 earthquake. William Faville ...

Dragon's Gate, Chinatown

This structure marks the official entrance into Chinatown, which was the main point of entry for Chinese immigrants who arrived during the gold rush. The immigrants, many of them from China’s Guangdong Province, provided services for the miners ...

Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park

Born in a single room log cabin on his father's Sinking Spring Farm on Sunday, February 12, 1809, Abraham Lincoln's early years on the Kentucky frontier helped to shape his character and prepare the boy who would grow up to ...