Historic Highlights in the West

Historic Traveler magazine’s list of nine must-see sites in the Western U.S. (call for hours and entrance fees):

1) USS ARIZONA MEMORIAL

Oahu, Hawaii

Ship where hundreds died in WWII Pearl Harbor attack Dec. 7, 1941.

(808) 422-0561

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2) HOLLYWOOD

Los Angeles

Old-time movie palaces, Walk of Fame and Warner Bros. Studio.

(800) 228-2452

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3) FT. CLATSOP NATIONAL MEMORIAL

Southwest of Astoria, Ore.

Winter home of Lewis and Clark expedition in 1805-06

(503) 861-2471

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4) LITTLE BIGHORN

East of Billings, Mont.

Site of Custer’s “Last Stand” in 1876.

(406) 638-2622

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5) YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK

Wyoming

First national park in the U.S., established in 1872.

(307) 344-7381

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6) MT. RUSHMORE

Black Hills of South Dakota

Giant carved faces of four U.S. presidents.

(605) 574-2523

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7) GOLDEN SPIKE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE

Promontory Summit, Utah

Where Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads met in 1869.

(435) 471-2209

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8) MESA VERDE

Anasazi homes and kivas built about 1200.

(970) 529-4461

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9) TRINITY SITE

White Sands Missile Range, N.M.

In 1945, first atomic bomb was detonated here.

(505) 678-1134