¡Hola! [caption id="attachment_8035" align="alignright" width="225"] One of the teams performing maintenance on their solar car.[/caption] This week Homestead National Monument was a pit stop in the American Solar Challenge race! Teams work together to get their solar cars across the country and this...
¡Hola! [caption id="attachment_7741" align="alignright" width="225"] Walking along the pedestrian bridge that leads into Iowa.[/caption] I had the opportunity this week to travel out to the Midwest Regional Office in Omaha this week. I went with our archivist Amy and with our museum technician...
¡Hola! [caption id="attachment_7480" align="alignright" width="225"] With artists in residence Casey and Katie.[/caption] Back when I was arranging the date for my arrival to Homestead National Monument, I was told that it would be best to drive there so that I would have a...
¡Hola! This week I had the pleasure of interviewing a couple of current employees for the oral history aspect of the Dempster Manufacturing Company project that I am working on. I was nervous about conducting the first interview with the current co-owner of Dempster,...
¡Hola! [caption id="attachment_6995" align="alignright" width="367"] Rose at the Homestead table, ready to sell items![/caption] On Friday I went to a conference for former one-room schoolhouse teachers and students at Peru State College. One of our own park rangers here at Homestead National Monument,...
¡Hola! [caption id="attachment_6539" align="alignright" width="341"] C. B. Dempster, founder of the Dempster Mill Manufacturing Company.[/caption] This week I focused on organizing the records for the Dempster Mill Manufacturing Company project. My task for the Dempster archives is to sort through boxes of the...
¡Hola! [caption id="attachment_6059" align="alignright" width="260"] The Homestead parade float of a Minion character as a park ranger.[/caption] This past weekend we celebrated Homestead Days both at the parade in town and at Homestead National Monument. First we took our parade float out into...
¡Hola! [caption id="attachment_5668" align="alignleft" width="397"] An unidentified moth that I found outside the Education Center.[/caption] This week I was working on the Dempster Project down at the Education Center. (It was especially fun being at the Education Center because I saw the rangers...
¡Hola! [caption id="attachment_5212" align="alignright" width="384"] We looked for catalog numbers on each of those hooks and inspected them for any damage.[/caption] This weekend I was able to get out and explore Lincoln thanks to one of the artists in residence here at Homestead...
¡Hola! On my first full day I was able to explore the parks and its trails. I started off at the Heritage Center, where the museum is located and learned more about homesteading history. Then I took a stroll through one of the trails...
¡Hola! [caption id="attachment_4749" align="alignright" width="207"] A snap I took at the Los Angeles Archives Bazaar.[/caption] My name is Lissete and this is my first time joining LHIP! My parents came to the U.S. from Mexico, and I was born and raised here in...