September/October 2004
Home
Away From Home
What's behind the new National
Museum of the American Indian?the Smithsonian's Cultural
Resources Center
By Hampton Sides
Picturing
America
How an 1870s bestselling book,
Picturesque America, captured the look of a
nation and brought its splendors into the home
By Jean Dunbar
A
Bridge Too Many?
Louisville, Ky.'s struggle to ease
its traffic woes has been protracted, bitter?and very
American.
By Christopher Swope
Departments
Reporter
Cell phone towers are spreading
in our national parks ? Walkers
and artists reclaim a Cleveland bridge ?
Yikes! in New Windsor, N.Y. ? The
Shady Dell RV park in Bisbee, Ariz. ? Transitions
? Who's News
The
Short Answer: Don Henley, cofounder
of The Eagles rock group, explains why Walden Woods
is important to him and the nation.
Place:
In America, your birthplace says it all.
By Ann Patchett
Traveler:
West Virginia's down-at-the-heels
mining towns hope to cash in on tourists who appreciate
the region's proud history.
By Julia M. Klein
Books:
A newcomer finds that taking root in a small town
means taking stock of the lessons it offers.
By Anne Matthews
House Rules: The
Patterson family of Monterey County, Calif., treasures
its rammed-earth adobe farmhouse.
By Dave Weinstein
Back
Page: Some of our architectural
mistakes might just be worth saving.
By Dwight Young
Your
Trust
Information for members
and friends of the National Trust
Preservation Services Fund seeds
big projects with small grants ? President's Note
? Trust and 3M showcase landmarks and Scotchgard
? Preservation Atlas shows where Trust works ? Historic
Hotels of America allies with European group ? Arnold
Berke's NTHP More
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