US HISTORY ROAD TRIP PROJECT

Tierra Burks
Period 2

Directions
Vacaville to Staples Center: 5 Hours and 48
minutes.

Los Angeles, CA
In Los Angeles, I would
Love to see a concert.
Maybe see my favorite
Boy Band. This would
Be something that
I would love to do.
Located at the Staples Center

Staples Center to Universal Studios

14 mins. In current traffic 20 mins.
Universal Studios Hollywood
100 Universal City Plaza
Universal City, Ca, 91608

Los Angeles, CA- Tourist

Attraction
Universal Studios would
be a great attraction
For love of fun and
Entertainment for
all

Universal Studios Hollywood to Downtown

LA
19 mins
In current traffic 25 mins.

Los Angeles, CA- Historical

Landmark
Angeles Flight Railroad
Location: Downtown Los Angeles
Landmark funicular railway
In the Bunker Hill District
of Los Angeles

Arizona- Historical Destination

Grand Canyon National Park

Although first afforded Federal protection in 1893
as a Forest Reserve and later as a National
Monument, Grand Canyon did not achieve National
Park status until 1919, three years after the creation
of the National Park Service. Today Grand Canyon
National Park receives close to five million visitors
each year - a far cry from the annual visitation of
44,173 which the park received in 1919.
This link takes you to the
Administrative History of Grand Canyon National Par
k
, a political and

Arizona- Tourist
Arizona Historical Society Pioneer
Museum
The museum is adjacent to the schools
grounds and is located in the historic
Coconino County hospital, a 1908 building
made of tufa stone. Operated by the
Pioneers Society of Arizona , this facility has
artifacts pertaining to pioneer life in Arizona

Arizona to Utah

12 hours 17 miles

Utah- Tourist

Zion National Park

4 hours 59 mins

Utah- Historical Destination

Fort Buenaventura

Fort Buenaventura was the first

permanent Anglo settlement In the Great
Basin. It marked the close of the
exploration, trapping and trading era in
the West. The fort was originally
established by Miles Goodyear in the
early1840s.

10 hours 35 mins

Nevada- Tourist Destination

Hoover Dam

Hoover Dam, once known as Builder

Dam, is a concrete arch-gravity dam in
the black Canyon of the Colorado River,
on the border between the US states of
Arizona and Nevada.

Nevada- Historical Destination Fort Ruby

* Fort built during the Civil War to protect

links between the Union and California, via
the Overland Trail. Landmark status is under
review due to fire damage.

11 hours 18 mins

Idaho- Tourist Destination

Shoshone Falls

Shoshone Falls is among the most

spectacular of natural beauty along
the Snake River. At 212 feet, the falls
are higher than Niagara Falls. They are
best viewed during the spring and
early summer, when water flows are
high- depending on winter snow melt.

Idaho- Historic Destination Lolo

Trail

Difficult trail followed by the Lewis and

Clark Expedition in 1805 and returning in
1806.

7 hours 48mins

Oregon- Tourist Destination Oregon

Museum of Science and Industry

Is a science and technology museum in

Portland, Oregon, United States. It
contains three auditoriums, including the
IMAX Dome theatre, planetarium, and
exhibition halls with a variety of hands-on
permanent exhibits focuses on natural
sciences, industry, technology.

Oregon- Historic Destination

Columbia River Highway

Constructed between 1913 to 1922 , this

was the first scenic highway in the United
States Designed specifically to provide
visitors across to the most outstanding of
the scenic features of the Columbia River
Gorge, the highway is also an
outstanding example of modern highway
development for its pioneering advances
in road engineering .

6 hours 28 mins

Washington- Tourist Destination

United States Capitol

The United States Capitol is the meeting

place of the US Congress, the legislature
of the U,S Federal Government

Washington- Historic Destination

ADVENTURES (Schooner)
Built in 1913 as a yacht for private Arctic
exploration, this schooner actually spent
most of its career as a pilot boat at San
Francisco. It is significant as an example of
the work of the naval architect Bowdoin B
Crowninshield, who greatly influenced 20th
century American yacht and schooner
design.

11 hours 9 mins

Montana- Tourist Destination

Glacier National Park
The mountains of Glacier National Park
began forming forming 170 million years
ago when accent rocks were forced
eastward up and over much younger rock
strata.

Montana- Historic Destination

Great Falls Potage

The Lewis and Clark Expedition under

look an 18 mile, 31 days portage of Great
Falls, one of the most difficult ordeals of
their westward trip.
May 23, 1966

9 hours 13 min

North Dakota- Tourist

Destination Fort Abraham Lincoln

Fort Abraham Lincoln state park is

located 7 miles (11 km) south of Mandan,
North Dakota, United States. The park is
home to On-A-Slant Indian Village, the
blockhouses and the Custer House.
President Theodore Roosevelt signed the
deed to the land to the state in 1907as
Abraham Lincoln States Park.

North Dakota- Historic Destination

Fort Union Trading Post

Fort Union was the most important fur

trading post on the upper Missouri until
1967. Today the partially reconstructed
Fort Union interprets how portions of the
fort may have looked in 1951, based on
archaeological excavations as well as
sketches by contemporaries.

5 hours 52 min

South Dakota- Tourist

Destination Mount Rushmore

symbol of presidential greatness and has

appeared in works of fiction, and has
been Mount Rushmore has become an
iconic discussed or depicted in other
popular works.

South Dakota- Historic

Destination Bloom Site

South Dakota to Nebraska

4 hours 3 min

Nebraska- Tourist Destination Joslyn ArtMuseum

The Joslyn Art Museum is the principal

fine fart museum in the state of
Nebraska, the United States. Among
other great museums, its greatest
strengths are outstanding art collections
of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
of American and European artists.

Nebraska- Historic Destination Homestead

National Monument of America

Date established: March 19, 1936

The first claim made under the
Homestead Act of 1962

Nebraska to Wyoming

7 hours 21 min

Wyoming- Tourist Destination

Jackson Hole

Wyoming- Historic Destination

Expedition Island

Expedition Island is a park in Green River,

Wyoming that makes the area where
Major John Wesley Powell started an
expedition down the Green River and
Colorado River in 1871.

Wyoming to Colorado

6 hours 6 min

Colorado- Tourist Destination

Rocky Mountain National Park

Colorado- Historic Destination Central

City/Black Hawk Historic District

Former gold mining camps in the Fort

Range of the Rocky Mountains, once
known as the Richest Square Mile on
Earth.

Colorado to Kansas

7 hours 5 min

Kansas- Tourist Destination

Liberty Memorial

Memorial Association: By the time World

War 1 ended on November 11, 1918,
many citizens of Kansa and Missouri had
lost their lives and movement to build a
monument for their sacrifices and the
surviving veterans arose. A group a
citizens formed a Memorial Association .

Kansas- Historic Destination Hollenberg

(Cottonwood) Pony Express Station

Built by Great H. Hollenberg in 1858, this

cabin was associated with Oregon and
California trails, as well as the Pony
Express. Hollenberg traded with
emigrants on the trails, operated the
westernmost Pony Express Station in
Kansas, provided relay services for the
Overland Mail.

Kansas to Oklahoma

5 hours 20 min

Oklahoma- Tourist Destination

Oklahoma City National Memorial

Oklahoma- Historic Destination

Boley Historic District

All-black town founded in 1903, product

of segregationist polices.

Oklahoma to New Mexico

11 hours 37 min

New Mexico- Tourist Destination

Carlsbad Carverns National Park

New Mexico- Historic Destination

Barrio De Analco Historic District

Location: Santa Fe
Historic district including the oldest house
in the state of New Mexico, and the
oldest Catholic church in the United
States.

New Mexico to Texas

7 hours

Texas- Tourist Destination

Garner State Park

Texas- Historic Destination

Alamo

Former mission and fortress compound;

now a museum; built by the Spanish
Empire in the 18th century, later used as a
fortress I the 19th century; scene of the
1836 Battle of the Alamo.

Texas to Louisiana

7 hours 58 min

Louisiana- Tourist Destination

National World War II Museum

Louisiana- Historic Destination

Fort Jesup

Fort Jesup was built in1822 to help

protect the western border between
American and Spanish territories. Under
the command of future U.S President
Zachary Taylor, soldiers at the fort
monitored Texas as they passed from
Spanish and American control until the
Mexican-American War in 1846.

Louisiana to Mississippi

3 hours 58 min

Mississippi- Tourist Destination

Della Blues Museum

The museum has been visited by many

notable artists such as Eric Clapton and
Paul Simon. The museum also focuses on
educating young people interested in
learning musical instruments.

Mississippi- Historic Destination

Beauvoir

Post-war home and liberty Confederate

President Jefferson Davis, damaged by
Hurricane Katrina in the year of 2005,
restored by 2008.

Mississippi to Arkansas

1. Head west on US-80 W

2. Turn right on to MS-35 N/Hwy 35 N
3. Turn left onto MS-12 W
4. Turn right onto MS-35 N/Hwy 35 N/N Jackson St
5. Turn right to merge onto I-55 N toward Grenada
6. Continue onto I-55 N/I-69 N
7. Take the interstate 55 N exit on the left toward St Louis
8. Merge onto I-55
9. Take the exit onto I-55 N/US-61 N toward St Louis and Little Rock
10. Merge onto I-40 W/I55 N/US-61 N
11. Keep right to continue on I-55 N follow signs for Blytheville/Jonesboro
12. Take exit toward 10 toward US 64 W/Marion/Sunset/Wynne
13. Merge onto interstate 55 Access Rd
14. Turn left onto Hwy 64 W/US 64 W/E Military Rd and Old Military Rd
15. Turn left to emerge on US

Arkansas- Tourist Destination

Crater of Diamonds State Park

Arkansas- Historic Destination

Arkansas Post

Commemorates the first semi-permanent

European settlement in the Lower
Mississippi Valley (1868); an American
Revolutionary War. The first territorial
capitol of Arkansas (1819-1821), and the
American Civil War Battle of Fort
Hindman (1863)

Slight

left onto

Copperas Springs Rd

Arkansas to Missiouri

Missouri- Tourist Destination

Missouri Botoncal Garden

Missouri- Historic Destination

Arrow Rock

The crossing of the Missouri River at

Arrow Rock, which was recorded in the
1700s, played an important role in early
explorations, such as the
Lewis and Clark expedition in 1804, that
led to the opening of the American West.
A ferry was later established near Arrow
Rock, at what became a starting point for
traders on the Santa Fe Trail. The district
is now home to Arrow Rock State Park.[9]

Missouri to Iowa
1.Head southsouth on on Co Rd 20/Co Rd 8150Co Rd 20/Co Rd 8150

0.2 mi
2.Turn left to stay on to stay on Co Rd 20/Co
Rd 8150Co Rd 20/Co Rd 8150
3. 1.1 mi
4.Turn left onto Co Rd 19/Co Rd 8100Co
5. 1.0 mi
6.Turn right onto Co Rd 22/Co Rd 8130Co 2o
Rd 8130
7. 0.2 mi
8.Turn left onto Co Rd 8160/Old Wire Outer
1.

Iowa- Tourist Destination Living

History Farms

Iowa- Historic Destination

Segment Floyd Monument

Monument to the only member of the

1805 Lewis and Clark expedition who
died during the trip. First declared U.S
National Historic Landmark.

Iowa to Minnesota
1.6

hours 10 mins

Minnesota- Tourist Destination

Minnehaha Falls

Minnesota- Historic Destination

Mountain Iron Mine

Discovered in 1890, this mines first

shipment of iron ore occurred in 1892. Its
production led to the realization that the
Mesabi Range possessed the worlds
largest deposits of iron ore, making
Minnesota the nations premier supplier of
the resource.

Minnesota to Wisconsin
1.-64

0.7 mi
3.Take the 1st Take the 1st leftleft onto onto
MN-64 SMN-64 S
4. 28.7 mi
5.Turn tht onto MN-210 WMN-210 W
2.

Wisconsin- Tourist Destination Milwaukee Art

Museum

Wisconsin- Historic Destination

Silver Mound Archeological District

Site of early Native American settlement.

Wisconsin to Illinois

4 hours 14 min

Illinois- Tourist Destination

Starved Rock State Park

Illinois- Historic Destination

Ulysses S. Grant

A house given to General of the Army

Ulysses S. Grant following the Civil War.
Grant was elected
President of the United States while
residing here.

Illinois to Indiana

Indiana- Historic Destination

Akima Pensiwa

This house is a rare surviving example of

a treaty house. Built as a part of the
terms of 1826 Treaty of Mississinwas
between the Miami and the United
States.

Indiana- Tourist Destination

Turkey Run State Park

Michigan- Tourist Destination

Warren Dunes State Park

Michigan to Ohio

Head west on W 30 Rd
Take the first left toward No 23 Rd
Continue straight onto No 23 Rd
Continue onto S 23 Rd/S Haskins St
Turn left onto W 34 Rd
Slight right onto M-115 E
Merge onto US-10 via the ramp to Claire/Bay City
Keep left on the fork, follow signs for US 127 S/US 10 E/ Bay
City/Lansing and merge onto US-10 E/US-127 S
Keep left to continue on US-10 E
Take the exit onto I-75 S/US-23 S toward Flint/Detroit
Keep right to continue on US-23 S, follow signs for Ann Arbor
Keep right to stay on US-23 S, follow signs for Ann Arbor

Ohio- Tourist Destination National

Museum of United States Air Force

The National Museum of the United

States Air Force would be a great
experience, and a great place to learn the
history of the United States Air Force.

Ohio- Historic Destination

The Tyler Davidson fountain or The

Genius of Water is a statue and fountain
located in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is regarded
by the citys symbol and one of the areas
most-visited attraction. It was dedicated
in 1871 and is the centerpiece of
Fountain Square, a hardscape plaza. It is
surrounded by hotels, stores, restaurants
and offices.

Ohio to Kentucky

Head south on Co Rd 165/Kilbourne-Cardington Rd

toward OH-229 W/ Marengo-Norton
Turn left onto OH-229 E/Marengo-Norton
Turn right onto OH-61 S
Turn right to merge onto I-71 S
Merge onto I-71 S
Keep right to stay on I-71 S
Take exit 95 KY-627 towards
Boonesborough/Winchester
Turn left onto KY-627 N/ Boonesborough Rd
Turn right onto Lost Fork Rd
Turn left onto KY-388/Red House Rd

Kentucky- Tourist Destination

Mammoth Cave National Park

This National seems to offers several

cave tours for the visitors.

Kentucky- Historic Destination

Belle Louisville (river Steamboat)

One of the last authentic steamboats in

exsistence.

Kentucky to Tennessee

Head southwest on KY-388/Red House Rd

toward Peacock Rd
Turn right onto State Hwy 1986 N
Turn right onto US-25/US-421 N/Dr. Robert
R Martin Bypass
Turn left merge onto I-75 south toward
Knoxville
Turn right onto Richmond St
Turn right onto KY-80 W
Turn right onto KY-914

Tennessee- Tourist Destination Great

Smoky Mountains National Park

The park was designated an international

Biosphere Reserve.

Tennessee- Historic Destination

Andrew Jackson National Historic Site

The Andrew Jackson National Historic Site

includes the tailor shop where Johnson
worked in the 1830s and two of his
homes, both restored, one containing
many of his personal belongings.

Tennessee to Alabama

Head south on pass Rd toward fishing

Ford Pike/Warner Bridge Rd
Turn right onto Simons Rd
Turn right onto TN-64 W/TN-64 Scenic W
Turn left onto TN-11 S/US-31 Alt S
Nashville Hwy
Turn right onto N Ellington Pkwy
Turn right onto Ellington Pkwy
Turn right onto TN-373 W/Mooresville Hwy

Alabama- Tourist
Destination

Opened on 1970, just after the second

manned mission to the lunar surface, the
center not only showcases Apollo
Program hardware but also house
interactive science exhibits, Space
Shuttle, and Army rocketry and aircraft.

Alabama- Historic Destination

The Battle of Columbus

Also called the battle of Grand because

most of it is fought in the town of Grand
(Now Phenix City, across the
Chattahoochee River in Alabama), the
battle of Columbus was the last major
battle of the Civil War.

Alabama to Georgia

Head north on Co Rd 43 Dallas County 43 toward AL-8

E/US-80 E
Take the 1st right onto AL-8 E/US-80 E
Merge onto I -65 N via the ramp to Birmingham
Take exit 171 to merge onto I-65 N toward Atlanta
Take exit 62 to merge onto US-280 E/ Columbus Pkwy
toward Phenix City
Turn left onto GA-26 E/Riverview Dr
Turn right onto Jackson St S
Take the first left onto GA-27 E/US-341 S/Broad St
Turn left onto Jaybird Springs Rd
Continue onto New Bethel Church Rd

Georgia- Tourist Destination

North Georgia Mountains
This would be a great tourist destination
because I love nature and hiking. This
would be fun not just for me but my whole
family.

Georgia- Historic Destination

Battle of Picketts Mill

The Battle of Picketts Mill is one of the

ten major Civil War Sites in Georgia, and
among the more decisive encounters of
the Atlanta campaign during the Civil War
(1861-65) and today the Picketts
Battlefield Historic site in Paudling County
is one of the most thoroughly preserved
and interpreted Civil War battlefields in
the nation

Georgia to South Carolina

Head east to New Bethel Church Rd toward GA-31 N/US319 N/US-44 N

Turn left onto GA-31 N /US-319 N/US-441 N
Turn right onto GA-126 E/GA-46 E
Turn right onto W Main St
Take the 2nd left onto GA-56 N/US-221 N/2nd St
Turn right onto GA-56 N
Turn left onto Tyson St
Take the first right onto W Main St
Turn left onto GA-36 N
Slight left onto Lovers Ln
Turn left onto Quaker Rd
Turn left onto Cohen Rd

South Carolina- Tourist Destination

Congaree National Park

Park History: In 1969, the Sierra Club

launched a grassroots campaign to save
this area of old growth forest from private
landowners interested in relatively high
timber prices. The result of this campaign
was the establishment by Congress
Conagree Swamp National Monument on
October 18, 1976.

South Carolina- Historic

Destination

South Carolina to North

Carolina

Head northwest toward Placid Valley Rd

Turn right onto Placid Valley Rd
Turn right onto Fish Hatchery Rd
Turn left onto Hatchery Rd/State Rd S-32-73
Merge onto l-77 N via the ramp to Charlotte
Take exit 16 to merge onto l-20 E toward Florence
Take exit 98 for US-521 N/Sumter Hwy
Turn right onto U.S 1 N/E Dekalb St
Turn left onto 2nd St
Take the third right onto SC-9 S/Powe St
Turn left onto SC-177 N (Entering North Carolina)
Continue onto NC-177 N
Continue onto U.S 1 N
Turn right onto Main St
Take exit 81Pea Ridge Rd

North Carolina- Tourist

Destination

North Carolina to Virginia

Head east to McCoy Rd toward Farrington Rd

Turn left onto Farrington Rd
Continue onto Farrington Point Rd
Turn right onto Old Farrington Point Rd
Continue onto Farrington Mill Rd
Turn right onto Farrington Rd
Turn right onto NC-54 E
Turn right onto the interstates 40 W ramp to
Greensboro
Merge onto l-40 W
Take exit 270

Virginia- Tourist Destination

Virginia State Capitol

The capitol was conceived of by Thomas

Jefferson and Charles Louis Clerisseau
France.

Virginia- Historic Destination

Williamsburg, Jamestown and Yorktown

Known as the historic triangle, these

three towns are the finest examples of
Colonial America to be found. Colonial
Williamsburg looks as it appeared when it
was the capitol of Virginia in the 18th
century.

Virginia to West Virginia

Head North on State Rte 640/Woodridge Rd toward State Rte

336/Francisco Rd
Sharp left onto State Rte 636/Francisco Rd
Turn left onto VA-24 W/Mt Rush Hwy
Turn right onto State Rte 654/Watt Abbitt Rd
Slight right onto US-80 W
At the traffic circle, continue straight onto US-80 W/Lexington
Turnpike
Merge onto l-80 N via the ramp to Stauton
Take exit 191 on the left to merge onto l-64 W toward Charleston
Take exit 156 for US-60 toward Sam Black Church
Turn right onto US-60 W/Midland Trail W
Turn right onto WV-20 N
Turn right onto WV-20 N/WV-39 E
Turn left onto WV-20 N/WV-55 W

West Virginia- Tourist Destination

Hawks Nest State Park

West Virginia- Historic Destination

Reber Radio Telescope

Reber sold the telescope to the US

National Bureau od Standurds

West Virginia to
Pennsylvania

Head northwest
Continue onto Big Run/Co Rte 5/2
Turn right onto WV-15 W
Turn right onto Days Dr
Turn left to stay on Days Dr
Turn right onto WV-4 N/Sutton Ln
Turn left onto US-19 S/ Scott Fork Rd
Turn right to merge onto l-79 N Toward Clarksburg
Take exit 148 to merge onto l-68 E toward Cumberland
Take exit 46 for US-220 N toward Bradford
Take the ramp onto Rte 220 N/US 220 N
Turn right onto Level Corners Rd
Turn right

Pennsylvania- Tourist Destination

Eastern State Penitentiary

Notorious criminals such as bank robber

Willie Sutton and Al Capons were held
inside its innovative wagon wheel design.
This would be an interesting tourist
destination.

Pennsylvania- Historic
Destination Battle of Gettysburg

The battle of Gettysburg is considered is

considered the most important
engagement of the American Civil War.

Pennsylvania to New York

Head east toward Level Corners Rd

Turn left onto Level Corner Rd
Turn right onto Rte 220 N/US-220 N
Continue onto I-80 E/Rte 220 n/US-220 N
Take exit onto 27A for US-15 S/ Market St toward
Lewsberg
Turn right onto US-15
Take exit 4 toward downtown
Turn left onto Varick St
Turn left onto Franklin St
Turn right onto Broadway

New York-Tourist Destination

Statue of Liberty

This would be great for site seeing and

Ive always wanted to see the Statue of
Liberty.

New York- Historic Destination

Empire State Building

New York to Vermont

Head southwest on Broadway toward Chambers St

Take the first right onto Chambers St
Turn right onto West St
Continue onto West Ave
Continue onto NY-9A N/12 Ave
Continue onto Henry Hudson Pkwy
Continue onto Saw Mill River Parkway N
Turn right onto Route 100/VT-100 N
Continue onto Upper Main St
Continue onto Elmore Rd
Turn left onto Fairwood Pkwy

Vermont- Tourist Destination

Round Church Richmond

Vermont- Historic Destination

Jay Peak

Vermont to Maine

Head southwest onto Fairwood Pkwy

toward Paine Ave
Turn onto Elmore Rd
Turn onto upper Main St
Turn right onto Summer St
Turn right onto VT-15A E/Park St
Turn right onto VT-15 E
Turn right onto VT-15 E/ S Main St

Maine- Tourist Destination

Acadia National Park

History- The area was first inhabited by

the Wabanaki people

Maine- Historic Destination

Part of the fun of a visit to Maine is its

great diversity

Maine to New Hampshire

Head on Steward Rd
Take the first left
Slight right onto ME-15
Turn right onto ME-15
Turn right onto ME-23
Turn right onto Church St
Continue onto Spring St
Slight right onto ME-7 S
Take exit 2 for State Route 101 W
Merge onto NH-101 W
Take exit onto I-89 N

New Hampshire- Tourist

Destination Mount Washington

New Hampshire to
Massachusetts

Turn right onto Pleasant St

Turn right onto Langley Pkwy
Take the first right onto Clinton St
Turn left to merge I-89 S

Massachusetts- Tourist
Destination Boston Common

Summary

Traveling through the United States would

take me approximately two months. I
would go to hotels that are under ninety
dollars.