Over 100 years ago, Millstone Hill was the site of more than 75 small independent quarry operations that fostered the town of Barre’s growth and prosperity in the 19th century.
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Between 1992 and 1999 TPL has helped conserve many acres of the Barton Creek greenbelt, which begins at Barton Springs, near Austin, Texas, creating a large metropolitan park.
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In January, 1863, U.S. volunteer soldiers attacked the winter camp of the
Northwestern Band of Shoshone Nation, slaughtering as many as 350 men,
women, and children in what is believed to be the largest massacre of
Native American people in U.S. history.
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In the 19th century, Asheville's boys and girls went to separate schools on opposite sides of town. Local storytellers say that mountain trails circling the city offered quiet places for young couples to meet, and thus Beaucatcher Mountain got its name.
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For over six years, TPL worked in collaboration with the city of Oakland and the Friends of Bella Vista Park to transform this bleak asphalt playground into a beautiful green park.
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TPL preserved a 10-acre property at the entrance of Bellwood Quarry, which will be a new 300-acre park along Atlanta's Beltline.
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Until recently, West Oakland's Bertha Port Park featured only a quarter-acre sandy lot, a single tree, and a forlorn blue statue of a dolphin.
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Stressed by vacation development, the Town of Bethany asked TPL to help protect the last large open space in town—one of the last places available for wildlife viewing and habitat protection.
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At the Betsy Ross Elementary School, in the South Side Woodlawn neighborhood, officials had assembled all but a single lot for a new park, when they called on TPL for help with the complex final transaction.
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Located in the city of Hawthorne, Bicentennial Park is a proposed park renovation that will transform unused and run-down tennis courts into a lively neighborhood park.
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