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America's Agricultural Heritage Partnership
Silos and Smokestacks
Russell Lamson Building
209 West Fifth Street, Suite E
P.O. Box 2845
Waterloo, Iowa 50704
319-234-4567
319-234-8228 fax
http://www.silosandsmokestacks.org

Augusta Canal National Heritage Area
Augusta Canal Authority
P.O. Box 2367
Augusta, GA 30903-2367
706-823-0440
706-823-1045 fax
http://www.augustacanal.com

Automobile National Heritage Area (MotorCities)
300 River Place, Suite 1600
Detroit MI 48207
313-259-3425
313-259-5254 fax
http://www.experienceeverythingautomotive.org

Blue Ridge National Heritage Area
Advantage West-North Carolina
3 General Aviation Drive
Fletcher, NC 28732
828-687-7234
http://www.blueridgeheritage.com

Cache La Poudre River Corridor
Poudre Heritage Alliance
1100 10th St., Suite 401
Greeley, CO 80631
970-350-9755
970-350-9763 fax
http://www.nature.nps.gov/cachelapoudre

Cane River National Heritage Area
Cane River National Heritage Area Commission
P.O. Box 1201
Natchitoches, LA 71458
318-356-5555
318-356-8222 fax
http://www.caneriverheritage.org
http://www.nps.gov/cari

Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor
Delaware and Lehigh Canal National Hertiage Corridor Commission
1 South Third St., 8th Floor
Easton, PA 18042
610-923-3548
610-923-0537 fax
http://www.delawareandlehigh.org/
http://www.nps.gov/dele

Erie Canalway National Corridor
Peebles Island Resource Center
P.O. Box 219
Waterford, NY 12188
518-237-8643 ext. 3272
518-235-4248 fax
http://www.eriecanalway.org
http://www.nps.gov/erie

Essex National Heritage Area
Essex National Heritage Commission
221 Essex Street, Ste. 41
Salem, MA 01970
978-740-0444
978-744-6473 fax
http://www.essexheritage.org

Essex National Heritage Area
Essex National Heritage Commission
221 Essex Street, Ste. 41
Salem, MA 01970
978-740-0444
978-744-6473 fax
http://www.essexheritage.org

***New Designation***
The Territorial Kansas Heritage Alliance d/b/a Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area
c/o Judy Billings
Lawrence Convention
& Visitors Bureau
P.O. Box 586
Lawrence, KS 66044
785-865-4494
director@visitlawrence.com

Illinois & Michigan Canal
National Heritage Corridor

Canal Corridor Association
200 West 8th Street
Lockport, IL 60441
815-588-1100
815-588-1101 fax
http://www.canalcor.org

John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley
National Heritage Corridor

1 Depot Square
Woonsocket, RI 02895
401-762-0250
401-762-0530 fax
http://www.nps.gov/blac

Lackawanna Heritage Valley
National Heritage Area

(Lackawanna Heritage Valley)
1300 Old Plank Road
Mayfield, PA 18433
570-963-6730
570-963-6732 fax
http://www.lhva.org

Mississippi Gulf Coast National Heritage Area
Mississippi Department of Marine Resources
1141 Bayview Avenue, Ste. 101
Biloxi, MS 39530
228-523-4122
http://www.dmr.state.ms.us/
http://www.cr.nps.gov/heritageareas/AREAS/MISS.ht

National Aviation Heritage Area
Dayton Aviation Heritage Commission
P. O. Box 414
Dayton, Ohio 45409
937-475-7627
937-225-7706 (fax)
http://www.birthplaceofaviation.com

National Coal Heritage Area
PO Box 5176
Beckley, WV 25801
304-766-3240
304-558-2779 fax
http://www.coalheritage.org

Ohio & Erie Canal National Heritage Corridor
Ohio & Erie Canal Corridor Coalition
520 S. Main St., Suite 2452
Akron, OH 44311
330-434-5657
330-434-5688 fax
http://www.ohioeriecanal.org

Ohio & Erie Canal Association
1556 West Boston Mills Road
Peninsula, OH 44264
330-657-2982
330-468-4943 fax
http://www.canalwayohio.com

Ohio Canal Corridor
PO Box 609420
Cleveland, Ohio 44109
216-520-1825
http://www.ohiocanal.org

Oil Region National Heritage Area
Oil Region Alliance of Business, Industry & Tourism
P.O. Box 128
Oil City, PA 16301-0128
800.483.6264 ext. 17
http://www.oilregion.org/

Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley
National Heritage Corridor

d/b/a The Last Green Valley
Quinebaug-Shetucket Heritage Corridor, Inc.
107 Providence Street
Putnam, CT 06260
860-963-7226
860-928-2189 fax
http://www.thelastgreenvalley.org

Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area
The Bost Building
623 E. Eighth Avenue
Homestead, PA 15120
412.464.4020
412.464.4417 fax
http://www.riversofsteel.com

Schuylkill River National Heritage Area
140 College Drive
Pottstown, PA 19464
484-945-0200
484-945-0204 fax
http://www.schuylkillriver.org

Shenandoah Valley Battlefields
National Historic District

Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation
PO Box 897
New Market, VA 22844
540-740-4545
540-740-4509 fax
http://www.ShenandoahAtWar.org

Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area
Russell Lamson Bldg.
209 W. Fifth St., Ste. E
PO Box 2845
Waterloo, Iowa 50704
319-234-4567
319-234-8228 fax
http://www.silosandsmokestacks.org

South Carolina National Heritage Corridor
Heritage Tourism Development Office
1205 Pendleton St.
Columbia, SC 29201
803-734-1743
803-734-0670 fax
http://www.sc-heritagecorridor.org

Path of Progress National Heritage Route
Southwestern Pennsylvania Heritage Preservation Commission
105 Zee Plaza, P.O. Box 565
Hollidaysburg, PA 16648-0565
814-696-9380
814-696-9569 fax or Leslie Davis 814-696-7383
http://www.westsylvania.org

Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area
Center for Historic Preservation
Middle Tennessee State University
Box 80
Murfreesboro, TN 37132
615-898-2947
615-898-5614 fax
http://histpres.mtsu.edu/tncivwar

Wheeling National Heritage Area
1400 Main Street
Wheeling, WV 26003
304-232-3087
304-232-1812 fax
http://www.wheelingheritage.org

Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area
Riverfront Development Office
180 West First Street, Ste. E
Yuma, AZ 85364
928-373-5190
928-373-5191 fax

http://www.yumaheritage.com

What is a National Heritage Area?
http://www.cr.nps.gov/heritageareas/

2006 Designations

In the Northeast Region:
Crossroads of the American Revolution National Heritage Area (NJ)
Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area (MA and CT)
Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership (NY and VT)

Southeast Region:
Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area (GA)
Atchafalaya National Heritage Area (LA)
Gullah/Geechee Heritage Corridor (NC, SC, GA, and FL)

Midwest Region:
Freedom’s Frontier National Heritage Area (KS and MO)

Intermountain Region:
Mormon Pioneer National Heritage Area (UT)
Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area (NM)

Pacific West Region:
Great Basin National Heritage Route (UT and NV)

 

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