CCSP Past Projects
CCSP funded an outdoor kiosk shelter with wayside exhibits about the Santa Fe, Oregon, and California National Historic Trails in Gardner, Kansas. NPS Through the Challenge Cost Share Program (CCSP), the NPS assists and supports the work of its partners. The types of projects are wide-ranging, but always related to national historic trails. These include projects involving original research on trail-related topics, development of outdoor wayside exhibits, resource preservation activities, or creation of educational materials. View a list of past projects (PDF) funded by the National Trails Intermountain Region, with staff in Santa Fe and Salt Lake City. In case you didn't know, staff with the National Trails Intermountain Region administer nine national historic trails: California National Historic Trail El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail (jointly with the Bureau of Land Management) El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail Old Spanish National Historic Trail (jointly with the Bureau of Land Management) Oregon National Historic Trail Pony Express National Historic Trail |
Did You Know?
Brought to the New World by Spaniards, horses first arrived in New Mexico in the 16th century. For years afterward, many more horses were brought in via El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro. Indian tribes captured thousands of them, which were dispersed across the plains and integrated into American Indian culture.