Driven by the Past

A Road Trip through our National Parks

Monday, June 13, 2016

Lewis and Clark National Historical Parks and National Historic Trail from Illinois to Oregon and Washington

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The Route of the Lewis and Clark Expedition The Columbia River  The Columbia River has shaped the history of the Pacific Northw...
Monday, June 6, 2016

The Oregon National Historic Trail

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Oregon National Historic Trail from Independence, Missouri through Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, and Oregon. On our Interstate highways, we...
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Friday, June 3, 2016

Minidoka National Historic Site, near Jerome, Idaho

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Minidoka National Historic Site The reconstructed watchtower at Minidoka NHS (Photo by Hunner) In south central Idaho, the NPS is r...
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Monday, May 30, 2016

Arches National Park and Golden Spike National Historic Site

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Arches National Park, Moab, Utah Delicate Arch (Photo by Hunner) I usually write histories from documents, oral history interview...
Monday, May 23, 2016

The Sand Creek Massacre NHS near Ead, Colorado

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Sand Creek Massacre  After I visited Bent’s Old Fort, I drove north some seventy miles to one of the most shocking events of the Indian...
Monday, May 16, 2016

Santa Fe National Historic Trail

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Along the Santa Fe National Historic Trail I became a historian because of the Santa Fe Trail. As a teenager, I hiked fifty miles of th...
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Jon Hunner
I have traveled over 60,000 miles since 2012 visiting places preserved by the National Park Service where history actually happened. "Driven by History: A Road Trip through our National Parks" explores the past of the U.S. from the Bering Land Bridge to the Moon Landing.
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