Thematic Study MENU Contents Introduction Thematic Framework NPS Units Historic Landmarks		History and Prehistory in the National Park System and the National Historic Landmarks Program Thematic Representation: Units of the National Park System II. Thematic Representation: Units of the National Park System X. Westward Expansion of the British Colonies and the United States, 1763-1898 Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, MO A. British and United States Exploration of the West 1. Early Pathfinders, 1763-1807      Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, KY-TN-VA 2. Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806      Fort Clatsop National Memorial, OR      Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site, ND      Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail, IL-MO-KS-IA-NE-SD-ND MT-ID-WA-OR (Affiliated Area)      Nez Perce National Historical Park, ID 3. Scientific and Topographic Surveys      Fort Smith National Historic Site, KS      Grand Canyon National Park, AZ B. The Fur Trade 1. Old Northwest and Mississippi Valley Fur Frontier, 1763-1815      Grand Portage National Monument, MN      Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore (Bailly Homestead), IN      Voyageurs National Park, MN 2. Fur Trappers and Mountain Men as Pathfinders 3. John Jacob Astor and the American Fur Company, 1808-1840      Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site, ND-MT 4. Rocky Mountain Rendezvous Era, 1824-1839 (including Rocky Mountain Fur Company, 1822-1834)      Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site, CO      Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area, MT-WY      Fort Laramie National Historic Site, WY 5. Southwest Fur Trade      Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site, CO      Fort Smith National Historic Site, KS 6. Hudson's Bay Company and the Northwest Coast Fur Trade      Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, WA      McLoughlin House National Historic Site, OR (Affiliated Area) 7. Alaska Fur Trade      Sitka National Historical Park, AK      Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve, AK C. Military-Aboriginal American Contact and Conflict 1. East of the Mississippi, 1763-1850s      Horseshoe Bend National Military Park, AL 2. The Southern Plains      Fort Davis National Historic Site, TX      Fort Larned National Historic Site, KS      Fort Scott National Historic Site, KS      Fort Smith National Historic Site, AR-OK 3. The Northern Plains      Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area, MT-WY      Custer Battlefield National Monument, MT      Fort Laramie National Historic Site, WY 4. The Southwest      Chiricahua National Monument, AZ      Fort Bowie National Historic Site, AZ      Fort Union National Monument, NM 5. The Western Mountains      Big Hole National Battlefield, MT      Nez Perce National Historical Park, ID 6. The Pacific Coast      Lava Beds National Monument, CA D. Western Trails and Travelers 1. First Westward Trails East of the Mississippi      Natchez Trace Parkway, MS-TN-AL 2. Santa Fe Trail      Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site, CO      Fort Larned National Historic Site, KS      Fort Smith National Historic Site, AR-OK      Fort Union National Monument, NM 3. Oregon Trail and Settlement of Oregon      Chimney Rock National Historic Site, NE (Affiliated Area)      Fort Laramie National Historic Site, WY      Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, WA      McLoughlin House National Historic Site, OR (Affiliated Area)      Oregon National Historic Trail, KS-NE-ID-OR-WA (Affiliated Area)      Scotts Bluff National Monument, NE      Whitman Mission National Historic Site, WA 4. California Trails and Settlement of California      Chimney Rock National Historic Site, NE (Affiliated Area)      Death Valley National Monument, CA-NV      Fort Bowie National Historic Site, AZ      Fort Laramie National Historic Site, WY      Scotts Bluff National Monument, NE 5. Mormon Migration and Settlement of the Great Basin      Chimney Rock National Historic Site, NE (Affiliated Area)      Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail, IL-IA-NE-WY-UT (Affiliated Area)      Pipe Spring National Monument, AZ E. The Mining Frontier 1. California Gold Rush 2. Northwest: Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Western Montana 3. Southwest: Arizona and New Mexico 4. Great Basin: Nevada, Utah, and Eastern California      Death Valley National Monument, CA-NV 5. Rockies: Colorado and Wyoming 6. Black Hills of South Dakota 7. Alaskan Gold Rushes      Iditarod National Historic Trail, AK (Affiliated Area)      Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, AK-WA      Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve, AK F. The Farmers' Frontier 1. Farming Frontier of the Old Northwest, 1763-1820      Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial, IN 2. Settling and Farming the Eastern Prairies, 1820-1861 3. Later Settlements and Farming in the California Valley, Oregon, and Washington      Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve, WA (Affiliated Area)      San Juan Island National Historical Park, WA 4. Settling and Farming in the Great Plains, 1862-1900      Homestead National Monument of America, NE G. The Cattlemen's Empire 1. Great Trail Drives, 1866-1885 2. The Cow Towns, 1866-1885 3. Ranches      Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area (Mason-Lovell Ranch), MT-WY      Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site, MT      Theodore Roosevelt National Park, ND NEXT >>>
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