![America's national monuments : the legacy of the Great Plains. [Volume 1], Geologic wonders of the northern plains: Agate Fossil Beds National Monument](https://illumira-media.s3.amazonaws.com/njcore_21353/tn/njcore_21353-5d0542b9af076428e5b665800d1252df95a62517-medium.jpg)
America's national monuments : the legacy of the Great Plains. [Volume 1], Geologic wonders of the northern plains: Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
The geology of the Great Plains is a product of long epochs of sedimentary buildup followed by equally long epochs of erosion. The result today is a dramatic landscape of bluffs, pinnacles and badlands that contain the rich story of ancient sea crea...
![America's national monuments : the legacy of the Great Plains. [Volume 3], Manifest destiny: Homestead National Monument](https://illumira-media.s3.amazonaws.com/njcore_21359/tn/njcore_21359-1ebc18936cad32c0e50f693fba47dbde64e6573a-medium.jpg)
America's national monuments : the legacy of the Great Plains. [Volume 3], Manifest destiny: Homestead National Monument
When President Thomas Jefferson purchased the Louisiana territory from the French in 1803, he essentially added the Great Plains to the United States. From that point forward, Americans looked to form a nation from sea to sea ... a great continental...
![America's national monuments : the legacy of the Great Plains. [Volume 3], Manifest destiny: Scott's Bluff National Monument](https://illumira-media.s3.amazonaws.com/njcore_21358/tn/njcore_21358-27494dc4e9317b3faa11483d164f014a322e4b39-medium.jpg)
America's national monuments : the legacy of the Great Plains. [Volume 3], Manifest destiny: Scott's Bluff National Monument
When President Thomas Jefferson purchased the Louisiana territory from the French in 1803, he essentially added the Great Plains to the United States. From that point forward, Americans looked to form a nation from sea to sea ... a great continental...