Promised Land State ParkPhoto credit: Google street view Promised Land State Park in Pennsylvania is now…
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In 1934, Black cave guide Matt Bransford sold his 14-room Mammoth Cave hotel and land for just $3,000, far below market value; the family then moved 20 miles away as the national park took shape
Matt Bransford and a glimpse of Mammoth Cave National Park Deep below the forests of Kentucky…
In 1916, a Texas woman left six acres of riverbank for the public; her governor son later added 250 acres and the tiny gift helped create Texas’ first state park
Mother Neff State Park (Image Credit: Wikipedia) In 1916, a small piece of land along Texas’…