Historical Narratives

A primarily visual tour of a general store, or mercantile store. Settlers moving westward would have gone to stores similar to this one during the late 1800s.

A brief video which aids in visualizing the mass of land distributed by the Homestead Act.

An earnest narration detailing the history of the Elkhorn Ranch Site. The narrator outlines the history of the plot of land, and comments on the natural beauty and serenity of the location.

Ranger Jessica walks us through the process of making a claim on a homestead through the Government Land Office. She discusses the requirements necessary to make that claim, and the processes involved in settling for the long term.

Valley Forge NH Park: A brief “first-person” narration of Hannah Till’s time as an enslaved African American cook for George Washington during the American Revolutionary War is given.

Grand Canyon NP: Storyteller “John Hance” returns with another outlandish story about the rough first winter of settling in the Grand Canyon.

Grand Canyon NP: “Captain John Hance,” the first non-Native American resident of the Grand Canyon, tells a wild tale of how he found his way to the canyon on the back of a buffalo.