VIRGINIA CITY - WHERE HISTORY LIVES! (PART 1)
Virginia City Montana is a National Historic Landmark and the site of many historical firsts for Montana. It has withstood the test of time because of the support and spirit of those who appreciate this very special community. It is a place worth seeing and a place worth saving because Virginia City, Montana is truely where History Lives!
Montana History Foundation
Executive Producer Shelly Chauvet Von Stein
A Film By Justin Lubke and Shasta Grenier. Featuring commentary by Jeffrey S. MacDonald, heritage and historic preservationist.
Historical Place Virginia City, Nevada, USA. The National Historic Landmark District.
Hello guys, please watch with this video the historical place Virginia City. Is home to many interpretive museums and sites, including the Silver Terrace Cemetery, the Fourth Ward School Museum, the Pioneer Cemetery, the Fireman's Museum, the Way It Was Museum, Piper's Opera House, the Police Officer's Museum, St. Mary's Art Center, and numerous exhibits in businesses throughout town.
Virginia City, Montana and beyond
Virginia City is a town in and the county seat of Madison County, Montana, United States.[1] In 1961, the town and the surrounding area was designated a National Historic Landmark District, the Virginia City Historic District. The population was 130 at the 2000 census.
In May 1863, a group of prospectors were headed towards the Yellowstone River and instead came upon a party of the Crow tribe and were forced to return to Bannack. Gold was discovered on the retreat trip when Bill Fairweather stuck a pick near Alder Creek joking he might find something to fund some tobacco.
The prospectors could not keep the site a secret. They were followed on their return to the gold bearing site and set up the town in order to formulate rules about individual gold claims. On June 16, 1863 under the name of Verina the township was formed a mile south of the gold fields. The name was meant to honor Varina Howell Davis, first and only First Lady of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. Verina, although in Union territory, was founded by men whose loyalties were thoroughly Confederate. Upon registration of the name, a Connecticut judge, G. G. Bissell, objected to their choice and recorded it as Virginia City.
In 1864, the Montana Territory was carved out of Idaho Territory. Virginia City, claiming 10,000 citizens, was made the capital of the new territory in 1865. The first public school was built in 1866, but already the most easily accessible gold from placer mining had been exploited and development and population in the territory was moving towards Helena.
wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_City,_Montana
music by 01 - zero-project - 01 - Land of legends
Virginia City, Nevada
Recorded June 19, 1999.
Virginia City is one of the oldest established cities in Nevada. Like many cities and towns in the state, Virginia City was a mining boomtown; in fact it is one of the most famous boomtowns in the Old West as it virtually appeared overnight as a result of the Comstock Lode silver strike of 1859. During its peak, Virginia City had a population of nearly 30,000 residents. When the Comstock Lode ended in 1898, the city's population declined sharply.
The population of Virginia City is 1,000 people in the town. Virginia City was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1961. This in effect created a Virginia City Historic District. Today, Virginia City is but a shadow of its former glory, however, it still draws over 2 million visitors per year. It is one of the nation's larger National Historic Landmarks and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Keeping with tradition, Virginia City does not have any chain stores or fast food restaurants.
This video covers my short visit to the town in June 1999.
From:
Virginia City - A Montana Ghost Town - near Nevada City, Montana MT
Virginia City - A Montana Ghost Town - near Nevada City, Montana
Walk the streets of a gold-rich Montana boomtown of the 1860's, a lawless town of thousands. Most of Montana was then under the rule of the infamous road agents, the Montana Vigilantes, which operated on both sides of the law. Their secret motto, 3-7-77 is still on the badges, patches, and car door insignia of the Montana Highway Patrol. The towns population is now 190 and is a summer tourist destination.
In the 1940s, Charles and Sue Bovey began buying the town, putting much needed maintenance into failing structures. The ghost town of Virginia City began to be restored for tourism in the 1950s. Most of the city is now owned by the state government and is a National Historic Landmark operated as an open air museum.
Music is Nothing Broken by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.
Virginia City, Montana
Video Software we use:
Ad-free videos.
You can support us by purchasing something through our Amazon-Url, thanks :)
Virginia City is a town in and the county seat of Madison County, Montana, United States.In 1961 the town and the surrounding area were designated a National Historic Landmark District, the Virginia City Historic District.The population was 190 at the 2010 census.
---Image-Copyright-and-Permission---
About the author(s): Original uploader was SchmuckyTheCat at en.wikipedia
License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 (CC-BY-SA-3.0)
Author(s): SchmuckyTheCat
---Image-Copyright-and-Permission---
This channel is dedicated to make Wikipedia, one of the biggest knowledge databases in the world available to people with limited vision.
Article available under a Creative Commons license
Image source in video
Road Trip to Virginia City Montana
I noticed the other day, my license plates on my van were two months expired. To get them renewed I drove 14 miles from Ennis, where I live, up over the Gravely Range into the Ruby Valley, into Virginia City, and the Courthouse where I get my new plate tags.
Virginia City where Calamity Jane lived for some time. In 1863, the area was part of the Dakota Territory until March, when it became part of the newly formed Idaho Territory. On May 26, 1864, the Territory of Montana was formed, with Bannack briefly becoming the territorial capital, Virginia City would quickly take that title from Bannack.
In May 1863, a group of prospectors were headed towards the Yellowstone River and instead came upon a party of the Crow tribe and were forced to return to Bannack. Gold was discovered on the retreat trip when Bill Fairweather stuck a pick near Alder Creek joking he might find something to fund some tobacco.
The prospectors could not keep the site a secret. They were followed on their return to the gold bearing site and set up the town in order to formulate rules about individual gold claims. On June 16, 1863 under the name of Verina the township was formed a mile south of the gold fields. The name was meant to honor Varina Howell Davis, first and only First Lady of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. Verina, although in Union territory, was founded by men whose loyalties were thoroughly Confederate. Upon registration of the name, a Connecticut judge, G. G. Bissell, objected to their choice and recorded it as Virginia City. (In full irony, since Virginia itself had seceded, only to have West Virginia secede from the state and stay in the Union, it seemed an appropriate name for aDixie city in Yankee territory.)
Within weeks Virginia City was a veritable boomtown of thousands in the midst of a gold rush with no law enforcement whatsoever, except for vigilantism. Most of Montana became under the rule of aVigilance committee, the infamous Montana Vigilantes, which operated on both sides of the law. Their secret motto, 3-7-77 is still on the badges, patches, and car door insignia of the Montana Highway Patrol.
In 1864, the Montana Territory was carved out of Idaho Territory. Virginia City, claiming 10,000 citizens, was made the capital of the new territory in 1865. The first public school was built in 1866, but already the most easily accessible gold from placer mining had been exploited and development and population in the territory was moving towards Helena.
Ghost town
In the 1940s, Charles and Sue Bovey began buying the town, putting much needed maintenance into failing structures. The ghost town of Virginia City began to be restored for tourism in the 1950s. Most of the city is now owned by the state government and is a National Historic Landmark operated as an open air museum. Of the nearly three hundred structures in town, almost half were built prior to 1900. Buildings in their original condition with Old West period displays and information plaques stand next to thoroughly modern diners and other amenities.
Virginia City also has a Boothill Cemetery.
C-SPAN Cities Tour - Billings: Pompeys Pillar National Historic Landmark
Tour Pompeys Pillar, the only site existing today that shows physical evidence of Lewis and Clarks' expedition. Climb the pillar to see the rock where William Clark signed his name more than 200 years ago. Site Manager Jef Kitchens hikes to the top of Pompeys Pillar to talk about why the site was so important to the growth of Billings.
Spending the Night at the Haunted, Abandoned Yellow Jacket Mine in Virginia City
Welcome to Wonderhussy Adventure #273
My friends and I rented an Air BnB in the historic, supposedly haunted mining town of Virginia City, in the mountains outside Reno...and the Air BnB turned out to be a remodeled old miner's cabin that was ALSO supposedly haunted! Turns out it was right next to an abandoned mine shaft where the worst mining disaster in Nevada history went down -- on April 7, 1869, a fire broke out at the 800 foot level in the mine, and at least 35 miners were killed. YIKES! Come with me as I explore the mine, the mill....and the Air BnB itself, to find out once and for all if it is haunted -- or just hype.
Music:
Easy Lemon 60 Second by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (
Source:
Artist:
Ambush - The Descent by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (
Source:
Artist:
Minor With Cricket by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (
Artist:
Photos:
Virginia City photo: CC BY-SA 3.0,
Virginia City historic photo: inkknife_2000 (7.5 million views +) [CC BY-SA 2.0 ( via Wikimedia Commons
Miners: Public Domain,
Saloon: By Unknown or not provided - U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Public Domain,
SF prostitutes by Unknown - Public Domain,
Scalawags by Unknown - Public Domain,
Virginia City today: by alvito - Flickr, CC BY 2.0,
Haunted house by Roman Eugeniusz, CC BY-SA 3.0,
Wonderhussy, wonder hussy, virginia city, nevada ghost town, yellow jacket mine, abandoned mine, abandoned mill, haunted mine, ghost town, haunted house, haunted virginia city, haunted air bnb, mining disaster, gold hill nevada
Virginia City isn’t an amusement park - It’s the real deal.
Exploring the mines that helped to fund the Civil War and establish Nevada as a state, is only about a 45 minute drive from South Lake Tahoe. With its wooden boardwalk, historic landmarks, including the last school of its kind in the U.S. and most expensive court house built in the state for 50 years, Virginia City, Nevada, offers a real glimpse to what life on the Comstock was all about.
More at
The 7 Most Beautiful Cities in The USA
The 7 Most Beautiful Cities in The USA
Charleston, South Carolina
A lovely historic coastal town, Charleston has sundry Civil War memorials and quaint colonial buildings dating all the way back to the 1600s. Its old-world aesthetic and ‘Gullah’ traditions make visitors feel as if they have stepped out of a time machine. Charleston also has beautiful beaches, famous golf resorts, and plenty of art galleries, for those looking for modern, rather than historical, amusements.
St. Petersburg, Florida
It might not get as much buzz as Miami, but St. Petersburg perfectly embodies Florida’s designation as the ‘Sunshine State’. Its warm, clear weather lasts nearly year-round. Which, given its other big draw, beautiful beaches, is great news. Those who want a little culture with their sand can visit the Salvador Dali Museum, which hosts the largest collection of his work in the western world.
Newport, Rhode Island
Unless you are a Rhode Island native or history buff, you may not be familiar with Newport’s refined offerings and upper-class pedigree. Formerly a favored spot of the iconic Kennedy family, Newport is world-renowned for its architectural landmarks and historic districts, many representing the latter 19th to start of 20th centuries’ Gilded Age here. The city is also considered a top-notch locale for sailing.
San Francisco
Despite some recent dramatic cultural changes, San Francisco remains one of the most beautiful cities in the U.S. The ‘City by the Bay’ is scenic and welcoming, with major landmarks, cultural attractions and streets lined with ornate Victorian homes. And there’s more, parks, stretches of sand, and picture-postcard views, with the Golden Gate Bridge serving as a constant romantic backdrop.
Madison, Wisconsin
Madison is a northern treasure. Besides a beautiful city skyline, it boasts impressive lakeside cycling trails that may make you forget you’re in a major city. The University of Wisconsin’s Bascom Hall on a warm summer day is one of Madison’s must-see sights.
Virginia Beach, Virginia
With miles of extraordinary coastline, Virginia Beach beckons avid surfers looking to tackle its impressive Atlantic waves. Its boardwalks offer mouth-watering restaurants and peaceful romantic scenery, a great evening follow-up to an idyllic beach day. The Busch Gardens amusement park is a great draw for vacationing families. Virginia Beach is located right near Jamestown, America’s oldest existing settlement.
Jackson, Wyoming
Jackson may seem small to visitors, but in America’s least populous state, it qualifies as a mini metropolis. A major gateway for millions of tourists visiting nearby Grand Teton National Park and Yellowstone National Park, Jackson is also well-known for its ski resorts. On the southeast edge of town lies a relatively small but challenging resort known as Snow King, Jackson’s original ski hill. More famous is the nearby Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. The large arches of shed elkantlers at the four entrances to the town square are popular attractions.
Facebook ►
Twitter ►
Google+ ►
Please Like & Subscribe Travel Update
undefined
What if Virginia's regions were resized based on population?
Imagine if Virginia's map was based on population, not geographic boundaries. See for yourself! The video illustrates the dynamic change since 1960 in the state's population: Expansion in the urban corridor and contraction in points south and west.
Data Source: UVA Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service
How to Time-travel in the 21st Century: Exploring Virginia and Nevada Cities, Montana
We had the awesome opportunity to explore Virginia and Nevada Cities for a mid-summer weekend. Join us for some candy-making, stagecoach riding, treasure hunting, and of course lots of exploring. These towns are a wonderful example of living history that is remarkably well maintained through lots of love and care.
Shoutout to the Montana Heritage Commission for this wonderful trip!
Here is the Air BnB link to the cabin we stayed in:
From Boomtown to Ghost Town - Virginia City, Montana
Virginia City was founded after gold was discovered near Alder Creek in 1863. The boomtown became the capital of the newly established territory of Montana in 1865, and held onto that role for 10 years. A number of Montana firsts took place in Virginia City.
Due to rampant crime, a vigilante group, the Vigilance Committee, took matters into their own hands until territorial law enforcement could be established.
Like many mining boomtowns, things eventually went bust, and Virginia City became a ghost town. In the 1940s, Charles and Sue Bovey started to buy up the town and began to restore it, resulting in the establishment of the Historic District of Virginia City and Nevada City.
The Photos (in order)
C14A1852 - Madison County Courthouse
C14A1872 - Kiskadden Stone Block was Virginia City's first stone building; it is believed that the Vigilantes met upstairs
C14A1855 - The Hangman's Building, where in 1864 the Vigilantes hanged five road agents; it would later house the Virginia City Water Company, run by Sarah Bickford; born a slave, and widowed twice, Bickford came to own the city's water utility; enterprising as ever, she installed a trap door which for a fee she would open so visitors could see the beam that the Vigilantes use to hang the road agents
C14A1885 - Once a stable, this building was converted into the Opera House, a theatre that is home to the Virginia City Players, the oldest professional acting company in Montana
C14A1888 - This shop was restored to its historic appearance
C14A1895 - Virginia City retains its old west character
C14A1901 - Stonewall Hall was one of several places where the Montana territorial legislature met and the oldest one still standing
C14A1907 - Boot Hill Cemetery was Virginia City's first cemetery and where the five road agents killed by the Vigilantes were buried; their graves were marked in 1899
Garnet and Virginia City Montana - Timber Sledding - Oatmeal on the Go - Echo Reservoir Ice Fishing
Garnet and Virginia City Montana - Timber Sledding - Oatmeal on the Go - Echo Reservoir Ice Fishing
Season 17 Episode 23
This week on AYL we finish our Parris RV Safari at some ghost towns in Montana, go Timber Sledding, learn how to make some tasty oatmeal, and go ice fishing at Echo Reservoir.
:47 - Chad and Ria finish up their Parris RV Safari with a ghost town adventure in Garnet Montana. They also visit Virginia City Montana and show us all the great places to bring your family.
4:43 - Dave Steadman takes his life long friend out to try Timber Sledding. We show you what a great time can be had on these machines.
10:19 - Laurel Bartmess from Woodland Biscuit Company shows us how to make some tasty Oatmeal on the go.
19:59 - Reece heads up to Echo Reservoir to go ice fishing. He catches some Yellow Perch as well as some Rainbow Trout.
27:32 - Take a sneak peek at next weeks show.
If you would like to watch this video again, click here:
To subscribe to our Youtube Channel click here:
To subscribe to our E-mail list for a chance to win our great prizes click here:
Watch clips from our most recent episode at:
Follow us on Twitter:
Check out our Facebook page:
Google+:
Youtube Channel:
Website:
Also watch our other channel:
The County Seat:
A Chadwick Booth & Co. Production
2469 E. 7000 S. Suite 110
Salt Lake City, Utah 84121
(801) 947-8888
Fax: (801) 947-9888
You can Contact us here:
You can watch the show on these fantastic channels:
#AYLTV
#ATLOutdoors
A september in the Rocky Mountains, 2018 USA road trip
Our road trip through the Rockies took us to Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, South Dakota and Nebraska from September 8th to September 29th. Shot with iphone 8s and some shots with GH4. Music from Kacey Musgraves' Golden hour album, go buy it! Our itinerary was :
Day 1 - Saturday 08th
- Flight from Paris
- Denver
- Night in Denver - Airbnb
Day 2 - Sunday 09th
- Georgetown
- Steamboat Springs
- Night in Steamboat Springs - Steamboat Mountain Lodge
Day 3 - Monday 10th
- Dinosaur National Monument (Colorado and Utah parts)
- Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area (Red Canyon)
- Night in Rock Springs - Quality Inn
Day 4 - Tuesday 11th
- Jackson
- Grand Teton National Park
- Night in Grand Teton - Colter Bay campground
Day 5 - Wednesday 12th
- Grand Teton National Park
- Night in Grand Teton - Headwater's Lodge & Cabins at Flagg Ranch
Day 6 - Thursday 13th
- Yellowstone National Park
- Night in Yellowstone - Madison Campground
Day 7 - Friday 14th
- Yellowstone
- Night in Yellowstone - Old Faithful Inn
Day 8 - Saturday 15th
- Yellowstone
- West Yellowstone
- Earthquake lake
- Ennis
- Virginia City
- Nevada City
- Butte
- Night in Butte - Copper King Mansion
Day 9 - Sunday 16th
- Missoula
- Ronan
- Night in Whitefish - Baymont Inn
Day 10 - Monday 17th
- Glacier National Park
- Night in Glacier - Many Glacier campground
Day 11 - Tuesday 18th
- Glacier National Park
- Night in East Glacier - Whistling Swan Motel
Day 12 - Wednesday 19th
- Helena
- Bozeman
- Night in Bozeman - Royal 7 Budget Inn Motel
Day 13 - Thursday 20th
- Gardiner
- Yellowstone National Park
- Chief Joseph Scenic Byway
- Cody
- Night in Cody - Rodeway Inn
Day 14 - Friday 21st
- Greybull
- Big Horn Scenic Byway
- Sheridan
- Gillette
- Devils Tower
- Night at Devils Tower KOA
Day 15 - Saturday 22nd
- Hulett
- Belle Fourche
- Spearfish
- Deadwood
- Night in Deadwood - 1899 Inn
Day 16 - Sunday 23rd
- Mount Rushmore National Memorial
- Black Hills National Forest
- Custer State Park
- Black Elk Peak
- Needle highway
- Norbeck Byway
- Night in Keystone - Roosevelt Inn
Day 17 - Monday 24th
- Wind Cave National Park
- Hot Springs
- Rapid City
- Night in Rapid City - Americas Best Value Inn
Day 18 - Tuesday 25th
- Wall Drugstore
- Badlands National Park
- Night in Badlands - Cedar Pass campground
Day 19 - Wednesday 26th
- Badlands National Park
- Scenic
- Chadron
- Carhenge
- Alliance
- Chimney Rock National Historic Site
- Night in Scotts Bluff - Super 8
Day 20 - Thursday 27th
- Scottsbluff National Monument
- Cheyenne
- Fort Collins
- Night in Fort Collins - Americas Best Value East
Day 21 - Friday 28th
- Golden
- Denver
- Night in Denver - Comfort Inn Denver East
Day 22 - Saturday 29th
- Flight to Paris
Town Creek Mound ~ N. Carolina
By request. I fly you into Town Creek Ntl. Historic Site near Mount Gilead, N.C. and introduce a few chosen clips that document the excavation and history of the site. Full video link below.
Video clips uploaded under Creative Commons LIc.
The Mystery of Town Creek
Channel - TownCreek Indian Mound
Town Creek Indian Mound (31 MG 2)[2] is a prehistoric Native American archaeological site located near present-day Mount Gilead, Montgomery County, North Carolina, in the United States.[3] The site, whose main features are a platform mound with a surrounding village and wooden defensive palisade, was built by the Pee Dee, a South Appalachian Mississippian culture people (a regional variation of the Mississippian culture)[4] that developed in the region as early as 980 CE.[5] They thrived in the Pee Dee River region of North and South Carolina during the Pre-Columbian era. The Town Creek site was an important ceremonial site occupied from about 1150—1400 CE. It was abandoned for unknown reasons.[4] It is the only ceremonial mound and village center of that culture located within North Carolina.[4]
The Pee Dee were part of a larger complex society known for building earthwork mounds for spiritual and political purposes. They participated in a widespread network of trading that stretched from Georgia through South Carolina, eastern Tennessee, and as well as the mountain and Piedmont regions of North Carolina. The Town Creek site is not large by Mississippian standards. The earthwork mound was built over the remains of a rectangular-shaped earth lodge. The site was declared a National Historic Landmark on October 15, 1966 as reference number 66000594.[1]
Virginia Cities Boot Hill In Silver Terrace Cemeteries
I took this footage almost at the top of Boot Hill a place where hangings were said to have taken place in Virginia City. This is so that they could bury the dead after the hanging. The Pacific Coast Pioneers section only plays a small part in the size of the Silver Terrace Cemeteries which are said to be haunted as well as named one of the largest historic landmarks in the state of NV. This video isnt the greatest but it gives everyone a perspective of the size and history that surrounds this hill.
States & Capitals of USA with flags, location and seal
State Capital
1 Alabama Montgomery
2 Alaska Juneau
3 Arizona Phoenix
4 Arkansas Little Rock
5 California Sacramento
6 Colorado Denver
7 Connecticut Hartford
8 Delaware Dover
9 Florida Tallahassee
10 Georgia Atlanta
11 Hawaii Honolulu
12 Idaho Boise
13 Illinois Springfield
14 Indiana Indianapolis
15 Iowa Des Moines
16 Kansas Topeka
17 Kentucky Frankfort
18 Louisiana Baton Rouge
19 Maine Augusta
20 Maryland Annapolis
21 Massachusetts Boston
22 Michigan Lansing
23 Minnesota Saint Paul
24 Mississippi Jackson
25 Missouri Jefferson City
26 Montana Helena
27 Nebraska Lincoln
28 Nevada Carson City
29 New Hampshire Concord
30 New Jersey Trenton
31 New Mexico Santa Fe
32 New York Albany
33 North Carolina Raleigh
34 North Dakota Bismarck
35 Ohio Columbus
36 Oklahoma Oklahoma City
37 Oregon Salem
38 Pennsylvania Harrisburg
39 Rhode Island Providence
40 South Carolina Columbia
41 South Dakota Pierre
42 Tennessee Nashville
43 Texas Austin
44 Utah Salt Lake City
45 Vermont Montpelier
46 Virginia Richmond
47 Washington Olympia
48 West Virginia Charleston
49 Wisconsin Madison
50 Wyoming Cheyenne
Insular area capitals[edit]
An insular area is a United States territory that is neither a part of one of the fifty states nor a part of the District of Columbia, the nation's federal district. Those insular areas with territorial capitals are listed below.
Capitals of United States Insular Areas
Insular area Capital
1 American Samoa Pago Pago
2 Guam Hagåtña
3 Northern Mariana Islands Saipan
4 Puerto Rico San Juan
5 U.S. Virgin Islands Charlotte Amalie
Concept created by - Design Essentialz
For any quarries and suggestions please contact
sterling_mnc@yahoo.co.in
This is a sole property of Design-Essentialz and should not be used anywhere.
10 Sacred Native American Places
From the GRAND Canyon, to the little known eerie black hills, these are 10 Sacred Native American Places !
Subscribe to American Eye
5. The Devil’s Tower
Devil’s tower, that soars 900 feet in the sky is National Monument is located in the state of Wyoming. This landmark is considered to be sacred to the Lakota Tribe and other small tribes in this area. The Lakota however have the strongest spiritual connection with this place. They refer to it by several different names including “ghost mountain” “Grizzly Bear’s Lodge” and “Mythical Owl Mountain”. It’s here where they often conducted spiritual rituals such as fasting, praying, and shaman would performing healing ceremonies. One tale tells that a fierce warrior was undergoing a vision and suddenly appeared at the top of this mountain. He was frightened and felt that there was no possible way to come down without losing his life. Here in this photo, we see the chief of the Lakota Nation, who goes by the Chief Arvol. Him and his people have requested that the name of the mountain be changed to the “Bears Lodge”. He claims that the name is very misleading, There’s nothing evil about it and it’s a place where his people have prayed for years.
4. Mauna Kea
Mauna Kea is the highest peak in the state of hawaii, reaching nearly 14,000 feet and the native Hawaiians find this place to be a sacred place. From the peak of this massive dormant volcano, amazing views of the cosmos can be seen due to the darkness of the ocean surrounding it. For this reason, it’s also sought after by astronomers who wanted to build a massive telescope to peer into the final frontier. Native hawaiians protested the construction of the Mauna kea telescope on this sacred volcano. They claim that it’s from here where spirits of the supreme beings, divine entities live and the meeting place for the god of the sky and mother earth. It’s also believed to be a holy burial ground. Many people protested the construction of the telescope and in 2015, native hawaiians held a large gathering to block entrance to it and were arrested by authorities.
3. The Grand Canyon
This location is often on travellers to-do list while visiting the Southwestern United States. Many tourists however, might not know right away that these remarkably beautiful canyons are sacred to Native American tribes. In the surrounding area, tribes like the Navajo, Havasupai, Hopi and Paiute Tribes have all settled in this area, well before tours to the white man were available and before gift shops began selling replica jewlery. Many tribes have deeply imbedded history in the grand canyon and there are several Indian reservation here. The water that flows through the canyon is considered to be sacred to them, and the Havasupai Indians get their name from this. Havasupai translates to “people of the green and blue waters. Other stone structures nearby like Wigleeva we see here, overlooks the havasupai village, are believed to guard the tribe, and if they fall, it will mean the end of their civilization.
2. Navajo Mountain
Located in Southwest Utah, in the monument valley, this is the highest peak in the Navajo Nation reserve and considered to be the area of the first ever Navajo settlement. It plays a huge role in Navajo culture and is the setting of their mythical legends. Evidence of other people such as the Anasazi have also been discovered and the Navajo also believe it’s haunted by spirits of this tribe. The southwest of the united states can get quite dry at times, and they believe tha0t this mountain plays a vital role in bring rain and freshwater to their people.
1.The Black Hills
Possibly one of the most disputed pieces of land within the United States are the Black Hills. Other areas in North and South Dakota are the original homeland for the Lakota Native Americans. According the them, the Black Hills are “the heart of Everything that is”. As the American settlers continued westward with the concept of Manifest Destiny, it became a casualty in vicious conquest of land. Thousands of buffalo that once roamed this area, with purposely slaughtered to extinguish the food source of this tribe, like we see here with this pyramid of Buffalo skulls. The black mountains are still a location of political unrest and confrontations in modern times. Many Lakota believe that this is a unique place where they are able to make spiritual connections with their creators. It’s also their the location of the Bears Lodge we mentioned eariler. The Lakota take a large amount of pride in their heritage and even recently there’s been civil unrest when tribe members feared the government building a oil pipeline through burial grounds and sacred land near the black hills.