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Album Published May 11, 2019

Dinosaur National Monument

There's much more to the park than shown here. Our visit was limited to the Quarry Visitors Center. We'll certainly be back for more.

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Album Published May 8, 2019

Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument

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Album Published May 6, 2019

Scotts Bluff National Monument

Scotts Bluff is a geographical feature, Scottsbluff is a town. The geographical feature is protected by the Scotts Bluff National Monument. The bluff, rising 800' above the North Platte River, served as an important landmark for pioneers on the Oregon Trail, California Trail, Mormon Trail and Pony Express Trail. Surprisingly, it is not the highest point in Nebraska.

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Album Published May 2, 2019

Muir Woods National Monument

Muir Woods is a smallish National Monument (established in 1908), protecting less than a square mile of old-growth coastal redwoods. It's part of the Golden Gate National Recreational area and is only about 12 miles from San Francisco.

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Album Published April 23, 2019

Pecos National Historical Park

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Album Published April 23, 2019

Bandelier National Monument

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Album Published April 22, 2019

Mt. St. Helens National Volcanic Monument

Mt. St. Helens National Volcanic Monument was established in 1982, two years after its famous eruption. Mount St. Helens is most notorious for its major eruption on May 18, 1980, the deadliest and most economically destructive volcanic event in U.S. history. I was there for one day, and it rained the whole time.

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Album Published April 22, 2019

Devils Tower National Monument

Devils Tower (also known as Bear Lodge Butte) is a laccolithic butte composed of igneous rock in the Bear Lodge Mountains, part of the Black Hills. It rises 1,267 feet above the Belle Fourche River, standing 867 feet from summit to base. Devils Tower was the first United States National Monument, established on September 24, 1906, by President Theodore Roosevelt.

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Album Published April 22, 2019

Mt. Rushmore National Memorial

Mount Rushmore National Memorial is centered around a sculpture carved by Gutzon Borglum into the granite face of Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills. The sculpture features the 60-foot heads of Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. The four presidents were chosen, respectively, to represent the birth, the growth, the development, and the preservation of the United States. The Park was established in 1925, but the sculpture wasn't completed until 1941.

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