Focus Term: History Happened Here
Depot in Center Point Is a Trailside Landmark to Iowa Town’s 1914 Awakening
Home to a museum that preserves the stories of the eastern Iowa town for which it is named, the Center Point Depot is a key piece of history.
Alaska’s Campbell Creek Trail
The 7.5-mile Campbell Creek Trail follows Campbell Creek from the Chugach Mountain foothills ending at Campbell Lake.
First in Class: Washington Trailblazer Clara McCarty Wilt Was UW’s First Graduate
The first graduate from UW was the trailblazing Clara McCarty Wilt, who would also go become the first woman elected to public office in WA.
North Dakota’s Missouri Valley Millennium Legacy Trail
Runner Josh Askvig knows he can head to the Missouri Valley Millennium Legacy Trail for a scenic, safe and invigorating winter workout.
A Cultural Shift as America’s Trail Networks Take Hold
It has been described as a “tipping point,” “critical mass” and “milestone” achievement. Regardless of what it’s called, there’s no doubt that the proliferation of trail networks around the United States is significant.
Elevating Opportunity in 2023—Reflections From the Trails Movement
It has been described as a “tipping point,” “critical mass” and “milestone” achievement. Regardless of what it’s called, there’s no doubt that the proliferation of trail networks around the United States is significant.
Awaiting Takeoff: The Wright Brothers’ Biking Legacy
On a gray North Carolina beach, 120 years ago this December, Wright Brothers completed the first powered flight of a heavier-than-air aircraft.
End of the Line: How Timber and Train Tracks Transformed the Olympic Peninsula
This History Along the Great American Rail-Trail® feature explores the timber industry and creation of two railroads on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula in the early 1900s. The late-1918 completion of the Spruce Railroad, which was meant to aid the war effort, led to a national scandal.
Remembering the Chinese Forerunners Who Built the Northern Pacific
On Aug. 22, 1883, the final tracks of the Northern Pacific Railway were laid when a Chinese crew from the West met an Eastern crew of mostly Irish and Slavic workers near Independence Creek, Montana.
Wisconsin’s Ozaukee Interurban Trail
This is the Ozaukee Interurban Trail, a paved, 30-mile route flanking the Milwaukee River and Lake Michigan through the northern suburbs of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
