Home to beautiful piney woods and rolling meadows, Kisatchie is Louisiana’s only national forest. The area offers a visually pleasing change from the state’s iconic bayou landscape. Thought to have originated from the native Caddo Indians, Kisatchie comes from the Caddo word for “long cane,” and was likely named for the long patches of cane […]
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2015 Homestead National Monument of America Quarter released at Beatrice High School
February 18, 2015 – 11:36 am
The new Homestead National Monument of America quarter, 26th issue of the series and the first design for 2015, is now in circulation. On February 10, 2015, the official launch ceremony for the new Homestead quarter took place at Beatrice High School in Beatrice, Nebraska. After the ceremony, a coin exchange was held where attendees […]
Homestead National Monument Quarter design finalized
February 9, 2015 – 9:35 am
On July 29, 2014, the U.S. Mint announced the final design for the Homestead National Monument of America quarters. These symbolic reverses will show ears of wheat flanking a home and water spigot. They represent food, shelter and water – the three things needed by every homesteader for survival. This will be the first quarter […]
Candidate designs for new 2015 Homestead National Monument Quarter
February 3, 2015 – 8:32 am
Early in 2014, the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee reviewed several candidate designs for the reverse of the 2015 Homestead National Monument of America quarter. The committee was split in their recommendations. While some preferred a rendition depicting a homesteader working a team of horses, most support fell to the coin featuring shelter, water and food […]
Homestead National Monument featured 26th in National Park Quarter series
January 26, 2015 – 9:27 am
The open landscape of southern Nebraska makes a fitting tribute to the hard work and dedication of enterprising “homesteaders” during the second half of the 19th century. When President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act in 1862, he opened the West to Americans. For just an $18 filing fee, anyone could mark a claim on […]
