History on Display: Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield

I recently took a short, (relatively) spontaneous trip home to the Missouri Ozarks. While I was there, my parents and I visited the nearby Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield, site of the first major Civil War battle fought west of the Mississippi on August 10, 1861.* Wilson’s Creek became part of the National Park System in…

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One Hundred Years and a Day

A hundred years ago yesterday, President Woodrow Wilson signed the act that created the National Park Service.*  I’ve spent many happy hours at facilities run by the NPS.  I look forward to spending many more.  So I’d feel bad about sending the agency the equivalent of a belated birthday card, if it weren’t for the…

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