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Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge

Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge and Dungeness Sea Spit

Published on August 25, 2021 | in Historic Place, National Wildlife Refuge By

Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge and Dungeness Sea Spit    August 25, 2021 Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge The Dungeness Sea Spit is entirely within the Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge and home of the New Dungeness Lighthouse. Refuge Map The 756 acre refuge was established in 1915 as a resting and wintering place for Black Brant and […]

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Oatman Massacre-Memorial Sites and Fourr Cemetery

Oatman Massacre-Memorial Sites and Fourr Cemetery (Gila Bend, Arizona)

Published on March 31, 2019 | in Blog, Historic Place By

  Oatman Massacre-Memorial Sites and Fourr Cemetery (Gila Bend, Arizona)   March 31, 20199   Oatman Massacre This terrible massacre occurred at what is now known as “Oatman Flat,” about 100 miles east of Yuma, Arizona. In 1850, Royce Oatman, his wife Mary Ann, and their seven children joined a wagon train traveling west toward Yuma. […]

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Painted Rock Petroglyph Site and Campground

Painted Rock Petroglyph Site and Campground

Published on March 31, 2019 | in Blog, Historic Place By

  Painted Rock Petroglyph Site and Campground March 31, 2019   The Painted Rock Petroglyph Site provides the opportunity to view an ancient archaeological site containing hundreds of symbolic and artistic rock etchings, or “petroglyphs,” produced centuries ago and are thought to be remnants of the Hohokam culture from about 300 to 1400. Human-seeming figures […]

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