Mammoth District

The Mammoth District of Yellowstone contains a number of constantly shifting and changing hot springs. The springs are formed by hot water rising through limestone, resulting in travertine deposits.

When John Colter, a member of Lewis and Clark’s Corps of ...

National Historic Landmark- Fort Benton Historic District

Established as a fur trading center in 1847, the fort prospered with the growth of steamboat traffic starting in 1859 and an 1862 gold strike, but declined with the advent of the railroad.

National Historic Landmark - Butte-Anaconda Historic District

The American Labor History Theme Study, completed in 2003, identified Butte as one of 16 sites that warranted further evaluation as an NHL for its association with labor history. The Butte-Anaconda district represents several themes discussed in the theme study, ...

National Historic Landmark- Bannack Historic District

Bannack sprang up almost overnight when gold was discovered in 1862. It became the first capital of Montana Territory in 1864. Remaining buildings are of frame and log construction, typical of a frontier boom town and reminiscent of its brief ...

City of Newberry Historic District

The discovery of hard rock phosphate in Alachua County in 1889 sparked the appearance of boom towns wherever large deposits of the mineral were found. Incorporated in 1894, Newberry thrived until 1914 when the onset of World War I forced ...

National Historic Landmark- Clark Thread Co Historic District

National Historic Landmark - Clark Thread Company Historic District

With over 35 buildings on approximately 13 acres of land, this district incorporates most of the extant factory buildings of the Clark Thread Company, the world's foremost maker of cotton thread in ...

National Historic Landmark - Cape May Historic District

National Historic Landmark - Cape May Historic District

With over 600 summer homes, hotels and commercial structures, this venerable seashore resort has one of the largest collections of 19th century frame buildings remaining in the United States.

National Historic Landmark - Abbott Farm Historic District

National Historic Landmark - Abbott Farm

Abbott Farm is the largest known Middle Woodland (ca. 500 B.C.-500 A.D.) village site in the coastal Mid-Atlantic/New England region.

This property became the focal point of a famous 40-year controversy about the antiquity of human ...

National Historic Landmark - Lincoln Historic District

National Historic Landmark - Lincoln Historic District

This is one of the best preserved of the cow towns that sprang up along the cattleman's frontier in the years following the Civil War.

To it drifted cowboys, bad men, gunfighters, rustlers, soldiers, and ...

National Historic Landmark- Las Trampas Historic District

National Historical Landmark- Las Trampas Historic District

First settled in 1751 by 12 Spanish families from Santa Fe, Las Trampas flourished despite Comanche and Apache raids.

The village, a Spanish-American agricultural community, preserves significant elements of its 18th-century heritage in appearance and ...