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From the National Park Service in the Northeast

Marie Rust
Regional Director

  

 

Intermountain Regional Winners
Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Montana, Texas, Utah, Wyoming

The Intermountain Region of the National Park Service received 14 entries from our National Historic Landmark Stewards in 5 of the 7 states in the region.

1st Place Winner

The setting sun illuminates the Battleship Texas

Texas (USS)
The setting sun illuminates the Battleship Texas

San Jacinto Battleground State Park
Harris County, Texas
Photographed by Tom Scott

USS Texas is the sole survivor of six American "dreadnoughts, built between 1911 and 1912 by the Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia. Texas was the first battleship to launch an aircraft carrier from its decks and had a distinguished career, serving in the two World Wars and in the Pacific. Texas was decommissioned in 1948 and is now moored as a museum vessel at San Jacinto Battleground State Park.

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2nd Place Winner

The "Silverton Train" passing through rough mountain terrain

Durango-Silverton Narrow-Gauge Railroad
The "Silverton Train," the first train to Silverton in the 21st century

Between Durango and Silverton
La Plat and San Juan Counties, Colorado
Photographed by James Burke

Part of the original Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway, the Durango-Silverton Narrow-Gauge Railroad is one of only a few narrow-gauge railroads that survive in America. Built in 1882, this 45 mile stretch of railway was built to facilitate the delivery of ores from the isolated mines to the plants for processing. Today, tourists and enthusiasts enjoy riding the railroad in the summer months.

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3rd Place Winner

The iron gate at the McDonald Ranch

Trinity Site
The iron gate at the McDonald Ranch

Bingham vicinity
Socorro County, New Mexico
Photographed by James Hare

On July 16, 1945, the "unprecedented, magnificent, beautiful, stupendous, and terrifying" detonation of the world's first nuclear device, code named "Trinity," took place on this site, the White Sands Missile Range. "Trinity" was delivered to the site from the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, also in New Mexico.

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Last Updated:
September 29, 2003