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History in State Parks and Public Lands

From State Historic Sites to wilderness relics you will find an abundant and rich history on land managed by the Bureau. Here is just a sample of the stories you will find.

Where Teddy Roosevelt became an outdoorsman and a conservationist

North America's oldest woolen mill

The nation's oldest blockhouse

The first ship ever built in North America

A thousand year old community on the Maine coast

10,000 years of Native American seafood dinners

The Popham Colony of 1607

 

 

 

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