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Showing posts with label Midwest. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Midwest. Show all posts

6/28/18

(90) Agate Fossil Beds National Monument


Visited Together:
  1. June 2018 + OZL + CZL + mZL
Type: National Monument
Region: Midwest
Location: Harrison, Nebraska
Link: NPS website

Passport Description: During the 1880s, scientists rediscovered what the Lakota Sioux and others already knew about: 20-million-year-old bones, deposited in what many paleontologists believe is one of the best-preserved Miocene mammal sites in the world.

Official Passport Stamp:
Cancellations:  


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Junior Ranger worksheet 2018

Junior Ranger Badges for OZL & CZL, July 2018

(88) Scotts Bluff National Monument


Visited Together:
  1. June 2018 + OZL + CZL + mZL
Type: National Monument
Region: Midwest  
Location: Gering, Nebraska
Link: NPS website
 
Passport Description: A prominent natural landmark for emigrants on the Oregon Trail, this 3,000-acre National Monument protects Scotts Bluff, Mitchell Pass, and the adjacent prairie lands and the memory of westward expansion on the historic Oregon, California, and Mormon Trails.

Official Passport Stamp:
Cancellations:  

Other Stickers: 
Other Photos:
Scotts Bluff 2018

3/17/10

(46) Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (Now Gateway Arch National Park)


Visited Together:
  1. October 2005
Type: National Memorial
Region: Midwest Region
Location: St. Louis, MO
Link: NPS website

Passport Description: Made up of the Gateway Arch, the Museum of Westward Expansion, and the Old Courthouse, this breathtaking national park stands in tribute to Thomas Jefferson - the man whose dream inspired the westward spread of freedom and democracy.

Official Passport Stamp:
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 St. Louis, October 2005


  St. Louis, October 2005

3/14/10

(32) Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore (Now Indiana Dunes National Park)


Visited Together:
  1. October 2005
Type: National Lakeshore
Region: Midwest Region
Location: Porter, IN
Link: NPS website

Passport Description: Stretching nearly 25 miles along southern Lake Michigan, this park contains approximately 15,000 acres, including beaches, sand dunes, bog, wetlands, woodland forests, and a working 1900-era farm.

Official Passport Stamp:
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 Indiana Dunes, October 2005

  Indiana Dunes, October 2005

Lake Michigan, October 2005