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I have visited Hot Springs National Park and the town of Hot Springs several times over the years. Although it is easy to get to . . .
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It was the summer of 1952, and my husband, his cousin and wife, and I were on our way to California. My husband’s cousin was . . .
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Once upon a time there was a very old tree. It sat alone atop a solid granite dome in Yosemite National Park. This Jeffrey pine . . .
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Martha Windsor-Walker Story: by Kenneth Basaker (her grandson)
This is a story about my grandmother Martha Windsor. I was attending an international trade show in Washington . . .
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In 1953 as a 15 year old Boy Scout I left by Train from Port Kent Station for a trip across the Northern United States . . .
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I grew up, from ages 6-16, in the shadow of then Joshua Tree National Monument, in Twentynine Palms, CA. In 1994 the Monument became a . . .
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I was the child of a military family, and my parents were both great appreciators of the outdoors and the (relatively new) national parks. So, . . .
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In 1954 our parents moved us 4 children from Michigan to Arizona. It probably was the most profound experience of my youth. We drove out . . .
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This neat text is from a postcard dated 1957 on a trip to Yellowstone that has been in the family...
Along the edges is written “21 . . .
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