Grand Canyon, AZ –Grand Canyon National Park will be joining national park units across the country in honor of Presidents Day with fee-free entry into the park on Saturday, February 14, 2015 through Monday, February 16, 2015. Park visitors are reminded that fee-free designation applies to entrance fees only and does not affect fees for […]
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February, 1881 – The city of Tombstone was incorporated February 10, 1881 – Johnny Behan becomes sheriff of Cochise County, which includes the town of Tombstone. February 11, 1882 – The defendants (Earps and Holliday) filed a Writ of Habeas Corpus petition, stating that: Judge Smith in Contention City had no right to hold them
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BAKER, NV – On November 6, 2014 Cultural Resource Program Manager, Eva Jensen working with the park archaeology team, noticed an object beneath a Juniper tree. Getting a closer look she discovered that is was a rifle. Numerous questions surround the small piece of American heritage in Great Basin National Park. The 132 year-old rifle,
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Due to insufficient snowfall and unseasonably warm temperatures, all activities on January 24, 2015 for the Mesa Verde Winter Festival have been canceled. Winter trails will continue to be groomed and maintained for skiing and snowshoeing throughout the winter as conditions permit. The status of the Full Moon Ski and Snowshoe event (see below), on
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America’s Best Idea — the national parks — is even better when it’s free! Mark your calendar for these entrance fee-free* dates in 2015: January 19 – Martin Luther King Jr. Day February 14-16 – Presidents Day weekend April 18-19 – opening weekend of National Park Week August 25 – National Park Service Birthday September 26 – National Public Lands Day
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Snow at Montezuma Castle is highly unusual! Due to unsafe road conditions, Montezuma Castle National Monument was closed Wednesday, December 31, 2014. Source: NPS
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January 3, 1882 – John Carr defeated John Clum for mayor of Tombstone. January 4, 1881 – A committee headed by George Parsons substituted John Clum for another candidate after he withdrew from the mayor’s race less than a week before the election. John was elected mayor of Tombstone with 532 out of 697 votes.
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Beatty, Nevada (December, 2014) – In an effort to boost tourism and support the local economy, a non-profit group is preparing to construct a large-scale, recreational trail system on land adjacent to the small mining township of Beatty—located in southwest Nevada’s Oasis Valley. The non-profit group Saving Toads through Off-Road Racing and Mining–Oasis Valley (STORM-OV)
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Imagine trying to make a name for yourself when your uncle is referred to as the Father of our Country. Colonel Henry Washington did a pretty good job of making a name for himself and also for naming many places in California. I guess you could call him the father of our County, actually many
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Rainbow Bridge National Monument will be closed to the public from January 5, through February 15, 2015 to complete repairs to the trail from Lake Powell. Starting on January 5th, crews will work on segments of the trail damaged in monsoon floods that occurred in late September 2013. Because of the nature of the work,
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