New River Gorge National Park & Preserve, Gauley River National Recreation Area, and Bluestone National Scenic River used $35,900 in Eastern National (the parent of America’s National Parks™) funds to support its educational programming in 2023. These donations paid for buses bringing 6th graders participating in West Virginia University’s Science Adventure School into the park for curriculum-based programs on biodiversity. Aid also covered one park ranger and partially funded another to present educational programs in both the classroom and the park. Finally, a portion of this support compensated local musicians during the park’s annual Mountain Music Festival and covered travel expenses for park staff to attend the Fall Friends Alliance.
A “Dark and Bloody” Path of Resistance: The Chickamauga Cherokee
After the Seven Years War, King George III issued the Royal Proclamation of 1763, restricting colonists from encroaching on Native American lands west of Appalachia. The decree was largely ignored. Then, in 1774, a land speculator coerced the Cherokee to part with 20...
