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Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary
American Latino Heritage


Credits

The American Latino Heritage Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary was produced by the National Park Service's Heritage Education Services, in partnership with the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers. The itinerary features units of the National Park System and places listed in the National Register of Historic Places, most of which are designated as National Historic Landmarks, that preserve and tell the stories of Latino/Hispanic heritage in the United States and the role Latinos have played in American history and the development of the nation. The itinerary uses registration information on historic places in the National Park Service National Register of Historic Places and National Historic Landmarks collections and National Park Service websites and brochures for units of the National Park System, and other information. The National Park Service National Register of Historic Places and National Historic Landmarks collections archives are kept at 1201 Eye St., NW, Washington, D.C. and are open to the public. Much of the collection is online, particularly for the units of the National Park System and National Historic Landmarks that are included in this itinerary.

Carol Shull, Interim Keeper of the National Register of Historic Places and Chief, Heritage Education Services, National Park Service, developed the concept for the itinerary, edited it, and provided overall management of its production. Cassie Ward was the Project Manager for the itinerary. Dr. Joseph Sanchez, Superintendent of the Petroglyph National Monument and the National Park Service Spanish Colonial Research Center, wrote the essay “The National Park Service and American Latino Heritage."  Katherine Orr, Zachary Lifton, and Cassie Ward wrote most of the content and selected most of the photos.  Mallory Shramek, Jillian Peets, Brittany Bowers, Rachel Notson, and Sarah Clemons contributed written material, editorial comments, and wrote some site descriptions. Units of the National Park System featured in the itinerary and their staffs provided a number of images and other information. Kelly Colacchio, Laura Heiman, Cody Vander Clute, and Rachel Firgens also assisted in the preparation of the itinerary while serving as graduate student interns for the National Park Service Heritage Education Services. Cassie Ward programmed the itinerary into the template. Hyejung Kwon designed the original computer template for the itineraries as the practicum for her Masters of Tourism Administration (MTA) at George Washington University’s School of Business, Department of Tourism and Hospitality Management. Kathryn Warnes, when she was a contractor with the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers, adjusted the template.

Christine Messing and Stephanie Massaro, contractors with the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers with the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places, assisted with the National Register nomination research. Jeff Joeckel of the National Register of Historic Places and the National Historic Landmarks staff provided very valuable advice and assistance in the development of the itinerary. Amber Dumler of the National Park Service Museum Management Program provided technical advice about programming the itinerary. Beth Boland, Historian and Manager, Teaching with Historic Places, Heritage Education Services, provided advice as did Barbara Little, Outreach and Diversity Program Manager and Paloma Bolasny of the Outreach and Diversity Program.

Nancy Schamu, Executive Director, and Sharon Smith, Business Manager, of the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers have been involved in a variety of important ways to make this partnership project possible.

The itinerary was produced with the support of the National Park Service's Stephanie Toothman, Associate Director for Cultural Resources, Partnerships and Science; Jon Smith, Deputy Associate Director Preservation Assistance Programs; Paul Loether, Chief, National Register of Historic Places and National Historic Landmarks; Robert Sutton, Chief Historian; Ronald C. Wilson, Chief Curator; and Richard O’Connor, Chief, Historical Documentation Programs.

 

U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, National Park System Advisory Board, American Latino Scholars Expert Panel

Co-Chairs
Belinda Faustinos was a member of the National Parks Second Century Commission. She was Executive Officer of the San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles River and Mountains Conservancy, where she served since June 2002.  She has been a leader in the development of the Greater Los Angeles County Integrated Regional Watershed Management; serves as the Executive Officer of three joint powers authorities, including the Los Cerritos Wetland Authority; and is a Board member of the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Rivers Watershed Council and the Latino Urban Forum.  Faustinos earned a bachelor’s degree from Pitzer College and has completed courses offered by the EPA and the Harvard Graduate School of Design.

Luis Hoyos, AIA is Associate Professor of Architecture and Urban design at California State Polytechnic University in Pomona.  He serves as an advisor to the National Trust for Historic Preservation and served as past member and chair of the California State Historical Resources Commission from 2001 to 2006.  In addition, he serves on the Board of the Los Angeles Conservancy and as its vice-president for advocacy.  As an architect he has received awards for the design of several historic building rehabilitations, including El Pueblo de Los Angeles and the Point Fermin Lighthouse. 

Members
Antonia Castañeda, Ph.D., is a retired Professor of History from St. Mary’s University in Texas.  She previously held appointments at the University of California, Santa Barbara and the University of Texas at Austin.  She is co-editor of the Chicana Matters Series and of the anthology, Gender on the Borderlands: The Frontiers Reader.  Additionally, she is the recipient of the 2007 Scholar of the Year award from National Association for Chicano and Chicana studies.  Castañeda received her BA from Western Washington State College, MA from the University of Washington, and Ph.D. from Stanford University. 

Rudolfo O. de la Garza, Ph.D. is the Eaton Professor of Administrative Law and Municipal Science at Columbia University, Political Science and School of International and Public Affairs.  He specializes in ethnic politics and immigration and previously held academic positions at the University of Texas and the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.  His extensive list of publications includes Beyond the Barrios, Latinos in the 2004 Elections, and The Future of the Voting Rights ActHispanic Magazine named de la Garza one of the most “100 influential Hispanics” in 1998 and 2002.  He is a founding member of the National Association of Chicano Studies and the Inter-University Program for Latino Research.  De la Garza received his Ph.D. from the University of Arizona. 

Frances Negrón-Muntaner, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University and director of the University's Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race.  She is an award winning film maker, whose titles include  Brincando el charco: Portrait of a Puerto Rican and War in Guam.  Negrón-Muntaner is also the founder of Miami Light Project's Filmmakers workshop and is a founding board member of the National Association of Latino Independent Producers.  Her books include Boricua Pop: Puerto Ricans and the Latinization of American Culture and None of the Above: Puerto Ricans in the Global Era.  In 2005 Hispanic Business magazine named her one of the “100 most influential Hispanics” and in 2008 the United Nations recognized as a global expert in global expert in Latin/o American studies. She received her M.A. from Temple University and her Ph.D. from Rutgers University.

Stephen J. Pitti, Ph.D., is Professor of History and American Studies, Director of the Program in Ethnicity, Race, and Migration, and Master of Ezra Stiles College at Yale University.  He teaches courses in Latino studies, ethnic studies, Western history, 20th-century immigration, and civil rights.  Pitti is the author of The Devil in Silicon Valley: Race, Mexican Americans, and Northern California and is working on two books: The World of Céasar Chávez and Leaving California: Race from the Golden State.  He received his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in American Studies from Stanford University. 

Estevan Rael-Gálvez, Ph.D., is Vice President of Historic Sites at the National Trust for Historic Preservation.  He has served as the State Historian of New Mexico, the chairman of the New Mexico Cultural Properties Review Committee, and the Director of the National Hispanic Cultural Center.  Rael-Gálvez has received numerous fellowships including the Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship, and from the School of American Research, the University of Michigan, and Yale University.  He received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. 

Raymond Rast, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of History at California State University, Fullerton and Associate Director of Fullerton’s Center for Oral and Public History.  His research interests include the history of the American West and the farmworkers movement. He has worked at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody, Wyoming and the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial in St. Louis.  Rast prepared the 2007 National Historic Landmark nomination for Forty Acres, which is nationally significant for its role as the headquarters of the United Farm Workers.  He received his Ph.D. from the University of Washington, where he completed his dissertation on tourism and San Francisco. 

Maggie Rivas-Rodriquez, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin. She was a journalist for over 17 years. Her career in journalism includes reporting for the Boston Globe, WFAA-TV in Dallas, and the Dallas Morning News, where she most recently served as chief of the border bureau. She helped organize the creation of and participated in the founding of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists. In 2007, she received the National Council of La Raza’s Ruben Salazar’s Award for Communications. In 1999, she founded the U.S. Latino & Latina WWII Oral History Project (now the VOCES Oral History Project) and has directed it since. She is the lead editor of four books based on the Latino/a WWII experience and is writing a fifth that examines three examples of civil rights advancements by Mexican Americans of the World War II generation. Rivas-Rodriquez received her bachelors in journalism from UT-Austin, her masters from the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism and her Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Vicki Ruiz, Ph.D., is the Dean of Humanities and Professor of History at the University of California, Irvine.  She has served on the National Museum of American History Latino Advisory Committee and was President of the Organization of American Historians.  In 2000 Ruiz was awarded Latina magazine’s “Woman of the Year” award and in 2007 was inducted into Stanford University’s Multicultural Alumni Hall of Fame. Ruiz has written extensively on topics including civil and labor rights activists, female cannery workers, and Chicana history.  Her publications include Latinas in the United States: A Historical Encyclopedia, 3 vols. and From out of the Shadows: Mexican Women in Twentieth-Century America.  Ruiz received her Ph.D. from Stanford University. 

Virginia Sánchez-Korrol, Ph.D. (accent on the a in Sanchez), is Professor Emerita at Brooklyn College, City University of New York. She serves on the Advisory Board of the Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage, is a founding member of the New York History Academy, and is history consultant at the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College. The recipient of the 2012 Inter-University Program for Latino Research Lifetime Achievement Award, Dr. Sanchez-Korrol's publications include From Colonia to Community: The History of Puerto Ricans in New York City, and the three volume Latinas in the United States: A Historical Encyclopedia. She heads the Latinas in History, interactive website project, and authored the forthcoming historical novel, Feminist and Abolitionist: The Story of Emilia Casanova. Dr. Sanchez- Korrol received her Ph.D. in History from Stony Brook University, State University of New York.

 

American Latinos and the Making of the United States: A Theme Study: See the biographies of the authors by referring to the online theme study.

Homepage Image Captions (in order of appearance): The Santa Mónica Mountains National Recreation Area, Courtesy of Jeffery Turner, Flickr’s Creative Commons; Spanish Franciscan Fathers, Francisco Atanasio Domínguez and Silvestre Vélez de Escalante, Courtesy of the Bureau of Land Management; Danza Folclórica Mexicana, Courtesy of Jovino, Flickr’s Creative Commons; Close up view of the interior wall murals at the Mission San Miguel, originally painted in the 1800s by Salinan Indian neophytes (converts), which have never been retouched or repainted, Courtesy of Del Puerto Photography, Flickr’s Creative Commons; César Chávez, Courtesy of Palomar College, Tampa Bay Hotel; Courtesy of the Florida Photograph Collection, Florida Memory Project; U.S. Postal Service released this stamp in 2007 to commemorate Méndez v. Westminster, Courtesy of the  U.S. Postal Service; The San Jacinto Monument, Courtesy of Daniel Thibodeaux, Flickr’s Creative Commons; Sculpture of a Saint inside the San Xavier del Bac Mission, Courtesy of Rwarrin, Flickr’s Creative Commons; San Xavier del Bac Mission, Courtesy of Jay Davis, Flickr’s Creative Commons; General Antonio López de Santa Anna, Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons; The Petaluma Adobe is the largest adobe structure in the United States, Courtesy of the Historic American Building Survey; Cannon Art at Castillo de San Marcos National Monument, Courtesy of Erica Frank, Flickr’s Creative Commons; A former resident of Las Trampas, photographed in 1968, National Park Service; The Spanish Governor’s Palace, completed ca. 1749, Courtesy of Steven Martin, Flickr’s Creative Commons; Biscayne National Park, Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons; Castillo de San Marcos National Monument, Courtesy of the National Park Service; Divers exploring the Populo shipwreck, Courtesy of the Florida’s Division of Historical Resources Bureau of Archaeological Research; The keystone above the front entrance to the Spanish Governor’s Palace, Courtesy of John Flannagan via Photobucket; La Catedral de San Juan Bautista, Courtesy of OZinOH, Flickr Commons; Thomas O. Larkin, Courtesy of the Online Archive of California, California Digital Library; Amistad National Recreation Area, Courtesy of Jonathan McIntosh, Flickr’s Creative Commons; Cuban; Hoover Hotel, Village of Columbus and Camp Furlong, Courtesy of Paul Garland, Flickr’s Creative Commons; Young Cuban refugee holding her dolls in airport in 1961, Courtesy of the Florida Photographic Collection; The second capital of Puerto Rico was set directly on the wide bay in a new settlement called San Juan.  Many of its original buildings remain in Old San Juan today; The Freedom Tower, Courtesy of the National Park Service; Father Serra, Public Domain; San Diego Mission Church, Courtesy of Bill Gracey, Flickr’s Creative Commons; Castillo San Cristóbal, Courtesy of the National Historic Landmarks Program; Big Bend National Park, Courtesy of Robbie, Flickr's Creative Commons; Yakutat Bay and Mt. St. Elías, Courtesy of the U.S. Forest Service; Alessandro Malaspina, Courtesy of the Naval Museum of Madrid.

Banner Photo Captions: Portrait of José Antonio Estudillo from about 1830, Public Domain; San Francisco De Assisi Mission Church, Courtesy of Larry Lamsa; Mission Los Santos Ángeles de Guevavi, Jesuit Father Eusebio Francisco Kino founded missions throughout New Spain to spread Christianity, Courtesy of the Architect of the Capitol;The San Juan Bautista Mission, Courtesy of ~MVI~, Flickrs Creative Commons; José Antonio Castro, Public Domain; The Viceroy of New Spain, Antonio de Mendoza sent expeditions north in search of the rumored Seven Cities of Gold, Public Domain; The second capital of Puerto Rico was set directly on the wide bay in a new settlement called San Juan.  Many of its original buildings remain in Old San Juan today, Courtesy of John Rudolph Photography, Flickr’s Creative Commons; Channel Islands National Park, Courtesy of Jason Holmberg, Flickr’s Creative Commons; Sylvia Méndez received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011, Courtesy of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Ybor City Cigar Factory, Courtesy of the Historic American Buildings Survey; Santa Bárbara was the only California mission to remain continually occupied by Franciscan friars at the Santa Bárbara Mission, Courtesy of the New York Public Library; Painting represents America’s “Manifest Destiny” to expand from the east to the west coast, Public Domain; Bead artisan from Mexico, with colorful beaded hat, Mr. T. in DC, Flickr’s Creative Commons; Carmel Mission, Courtesy of Justin Kern, Flickr’s Creative Commons; Women in the 1940s exit the San José de Gracia churchyard, Public Domain; Hoover Hotel, Village of Columbus and Camp Furlong, Courtesy of Paul Garland, Flickr’s Creative Commons; Outside the main society building a group of sculptures by Anna Hyatt Huntington features El Cid on horseback, Courtesy of thefuturistics, Flickr’s Creative Commons; Today both the John Muir House (mansion) and The Martínez Adobe are open to the public. Pictured is Muir’s original desk as displayed in the “scribble den,” Courtesy of rscottjones, Flickr’s Creative Commons; Castillo de San Marcos National Monument , Courtesy of the National Park Service; View of the library in Randall House Rare Books in the González Adobe, California, Courtesy of Randall House Rare Books; Buildings of the Treviño-Uribe Rancho, Courtesy of Jess Merrill; Cuban Refugees, 1961, Courtesy of the State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Juan Lorenzo Hubell, Courtesy of the National Park Service; Canaveral National Seashore, Courtesy of the National Park Service; General José de San Martín Memorial,Courtesy of NCinDC, Flickr’s Creative Commons; San Diego Mission Church, Courtesy of Bill Gracey, Flickr’s Creative Commons;  Spanish Soldier at Fort Matanzas, Courtesy of Jim Gramann, National Park Service; Mexican-American politician Ygnacio del Valle inherited Rancho Camulos from his father and moved to the ranch in 1861, Public Domain; Llambias House, Courtesy of UncleBucko, Flickr’s Creative Commons; The José Artigas Statue, located at 18th street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Courtesy of Wally G, Flickr’s Creative Commons; Mesilla Plaza c. 1885, as depicted by French painter, León Trousset.  Note the original church (which no longer stands) and the long, low adobe façades, Public Domain; Cannon Art at Castillo de San Marcos National Monument, Courtesy of Erica Frank, Flickr’s Creative Commons; Amistad National Recreation Area, Courtesy of Jonathan McIntosh, Flickr’s Creative Commons; Cuban American Vicente Martínez-Ybor founded Ybor City in 1886 (ca. 1890), Tampa Bay History Center; Estudillo House, Courtesy of Cassie Ward; Interior of the Kit Carson House in Taos, New Mexico, Courtesy of Snap Man, Flickr’s Creative Commons; Sculpture of a Saint inside the San Xavier del Bac Mission, Courtesy of Rwarrin, Flickr’s Creative Commons; The historic San Bernardino Ranch complex, Photo courtesy of the Johnson Historical Museum of the Southwest; Mexican vaquero, 1901, Courtesy of the Library of Congress;  Drakes Bay, California, Courtesy of Jonathan Percy, Flickr’s Creative Commons; San Luis Ray Mission Church, Courtesy of Lance McCord, Flickr's Creative Commons; Divers exploring the Populo shipwreck, Courtesy of the Florida’s Division of Historical Resources Bureau of Archaeological Research; Taos Pueblo, Courtesy of Paige Henderson, Flickr’s Creative Commons; Admiral David Farragut, Public Domain;Ballet Folclórico Alegría Dancers, Scottsdale Parada Del Sol 2009, Al_HikesAZ; U.S. Postal Service released this stamp in 2007 to commemorate Mendez v. Westminster, Courtesy of the  U.S. Postal Service; Latin American Maize, Courtesy of the USDA, Photo by Keith Weller; The Carmel Mission, Courtesy of Jim Nix, Flickr’s Creative Commons; Olympic National Park, Courtesy of the National Park Service; The Cabildo, Courtesy of CoolValley, Flickr’s Creative Commons; "Nuestra Herencia" Mural at Chamizal National Memorial, Courtesy of the National Park Service; Santa Elena Canyon, Big Bend National Park, Courtesy of R. Hensley, Flickr’s Creative Commons; Spanish moss along the Natchez Trace Parkway, Courtesy of the National Park Service, Marc Muench; Emigrants along the California National Historic Trail, Courtesy of the Library of Congress; Along the Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail in Saguaro National Park, Courtesy of Informedmindtravel, Flickr’s Creative Commons; Mexican and Early American style painted gourds, Courtesy of Cassie Ward; The Forty Acres Service Station, Courtesy of the National Historic Landmarks Program; The Old Custom House in Monterey, California, Courtesy of the California Department of Parks and Recreation; Preparing Tortillas, Courtesy of Carolyn Williams 2005 and the National Historic Landmarks Program.

List of Sites Photo Captions: Alabama: Natchez Trace Parkway stretches between Natchez, MS and Nashville, TN. Along the way, visitors have countless opportunities to explore the history of the region, Courtesy of the National Park Service, Marc Muench; Alaska: Yakutat Bay and Mt. St. Elias, Courtesy of the U.S. Forest Service; Arizona: The Baroque architecture of the San Xavier del Bac Mission church was influenced by Byzantine and Moorish design, Courtesy of Jay Davis. San José de Tumacácori Mission Church, Courtesy of Ken Lund through Flickr's Creative Commons; Arkansas: Aerial View of Arkansas Post National Memorial, Courtesy of the National Park Service; California: Carmel Mission Today, Courtesy of Justin Kern, Flickr’s Creative Commons; The Old Custom House is the oldest extant public building on the Pacific Coast, Courtesy of the California Department of Parks and Recreation; Fort Point National Historic Site, Courtesy of Cassie Ward; The Casa Grande, built in 1854. Courtesy of the Historic American Buildings Survey; Angel Island in the San Francisco Bay, Courtesy of Franco Folini, Flickr’s Creative Commons; Colorado: The Pedro and Sofia Trujillo Homestead, Photo by Thomas H. Simmons, Courtesy of the National Historic Landmarks Program. District of Columbia: Columbus Fountain in Washington, D.C., Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons; Florida: Biscayne National Park, Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons; El Centro Español de Tampa, Public Domain Image, Wikimedia Commons; Tampa Bay Hotel, Courtesy of the Florida Memory Project; Georgia: Cumberland Island National Seashore, Courtesy of the National Park Service Historic Photograph Collection; Idaho: White Bird Canyon, Courtesy of Flickr’s Creative Commons; Illinois: Old Cahokia Courthouse, Cahokia, Illinois, Public Domain Image; Iowa: Sergeant Floyd Monument, Courtesy of Denise Krebs, Flickr’s Creative Commons; Kansas: Last Chance Store, Courtesy of J. Stephen Conn, Flickr’s Creative Commons; Louisiana: The Cabildo, Courtesy of Wally Gobetz, Flickr’s Creative Commons; Maryland: In 1750, La Galga ran aground at Assateague and sank into the sand. Its location today is unknown, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Massachusetts: Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor, Courtesy of the National Park Service; Mississippi: Concord Mansion, residence of Spanish Governor, Manuel Gayoso, which burned down in 1901, Courtesy of Mississippi Library Commission Reference Blog; Missouri: Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, Courtesy of the National Park Service; Montana: Traveler’s Rest State Park, Courtesy of Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks; Nevada: Valley of Fire State Park in the Moapa Valley near the Old Spanish National Historic Trail, Courtesy of Richard Sugden, Flickr’s Creative Commons; New Mexico: The ruins of the San Gregorio de Abó Mission Church, originally built in the Abó Pueblo in 1629, Courtesy of the National Park Service; The National Park Service Region III Headquarters was built in 1937 and mimics the Spanish-Pueblo style of the 17th Century, Public Domain; Residents of Ranchos de Taos re-mud the San Francisco de Assisi Mission Church every spring, Courtesy of Larry Lamsa, Flickr's Creative Commons; Taos Pueblo, Courtesy of Josh Andrews, Flickr’s Creative Commons; New York: The Hispanic Society of America in the Washington Heights Neighborhood of New York City Courtesy of masck, Flickr's Creative Commons; North Carolina: St. Philip's Anglican Church in the Town of Brunswick, North Carolina, Courtesy of Travis S., Flickr’s Creative Commons; North Dakota: Missouri – Yellowstone River’s Confluence, Courtesy of the State Historical Society of North Dakota; Oklahoma: A name inscribed on Autograph Rock along the Cimarron Route of the Santa Fe Trail, Courtesy of the Oklahoma Historical Society; Oregon: Fort Clatsop National Memorial, Courtesy of the National Park Service; Puerto Rico: San Juan National Historic Site, Courtesy of Jorge Lascar, Flickr’s Creative Commons; South Carolina: Charlesfort Excavation , Courtesy of the South Carolina Department of Archives and History; South Dakota: Spirit Mound, South Dakota, Courtesy of South Dakota Game , Fish, & Parks; Tennessee: Part of the animal and hunting trails that grew into the Natchez Trace, the Sunken Trace is pictured here (milepost 41.5), National Park Service / © Marc Muench; Texas: The Alamo, Courtesy of John Koetsier, Flickr's Creative Commons; Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park, Courtesy of Wikicommons; Utah: Arches National Park along the Old Spanish National Historic Trail, Courtesy of the National Park Service; Washington: Sol Duc Falls at Olympic National Park, Courtesy of Bryan Bell and the National Park Service.

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