Located between metropolitan Miami-Dade County and the upper Keys community of Key Largo, Biscayne National Park occupies 173,000 acres of diverse and dramatic natural and cultural resources and attracts 500,000 persons each year. This volume provides a general description of its social and cultural context and discussed current user groups and their activities in the park. The National Park Service is the U.S. federal agency that manages all national parks, many national monuments, and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations.

This Historic Resource Study is oriented toward the identification and evaluation of the historical resources in the park to accomplish compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act and provides a basic reference for planners, managers, and interpreters to facilitate the proper care and management of cultural properties. Discussion includes European exploration of the Seward peninsula, the coming of Americans, early missions, and mining on the Seward peninsula. The National Park Service is the U.S. federal agency that manages all national parks, many national monuments, and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations.

The purpose of this Cultural Landscape Report is to guide treatment and use of the above-ground resources associated with the Arkansas Post National Memorial (APNM). To do this, an investigation and evaluation of the historic landscape has been conducted, using National Park Service and National Register of Historic Places guidelines. The documentation of historic significance and evaluation of integrity of the cultural landscape serves as a framework upon which treatment recommendations are based. The report provides park managers with a comprehensive understanding of the physical evolution of the historic landscape, and guidance for future management of the site. The report is organized in the following manner: Part I: Chapter 1: Introduction; Documents the scope of the report, location and description of the property, identifies project consultants, and describes the methodology used. Chapter 2: Management Issues; Provides a list of management issues to be addressed throughout the project. Chapter 3: Site History; Presents a historic narrative of the physical evolution of the site. Historic period plans support the historic narrative that addresses the major time periods identified for the site. These periods have been defined as pre-contact, the Colonial/Revolutionary War, settlement and early statehood, the Civil War, late nineteenth; and early twentieth century development, twentieth century and state park development, and NPS development. Part II: Chapter 4: Existing Conditions; Provides a narrative and graphics addressing the existing landscape features, vegetation, and the archeological resources present at the site. Chapter 5: Analysis; Compares findings from the site history and existing conditions information to analyze the landscape characteristics and features of the APNM landscape. The historic integrity assessment has focused on determining if the characteristics and features that defined the landscape during the historic periods are still present and if they retain the ability to physically represent the site's history. Chapter 6: Treatment Recommendations; Overall preservation treatment recommendations as well as specific implementation guidelines are provided. Includes a treatment plan. Chapter 7: Implementation Guidelines; Includes general recommendations for phasing the treatments recommended in Chapter 6. Also includes future Project Management Statements and Class C cost estimates for implementation.

In the narrative that follows the reader will meet the famous, infamous and not so famous people who gave Dinosaur National Monument its history.