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    Endangered Historic Places 2007

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    The historic ruins of Dolores Mission and Cemetery in Picketwire Canyon, Colorado, are threatened by the planned expansion of the U.S. Army's Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site.
    Photo: Jim Lindberg

     

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    Government-mandated "fast-track" construction of high voltage power transmission lines, like this one in Loudoun County, Virginia, could do damage to historic sites in several mid-Atlantic states.
    Photo: Bri West

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    Oak Hill, the former home of Supreme Court Justice John Marshall, could be affected by power line construction along nearby Interstate 66 in Virginia.
    Photo: Katherine Dart

     

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    Farmstead buildings in the Mark Twain National Forest in southern Missouri have suffered years of neglect.
    Photo: Jennifer Sandy, MWO Field Representative

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    The Facilities Master Plan for Mark Twain National Forest calls for many historic buildings to be decommissioned.
    Photo: Jennifer Sandy, MWO Field Representative

     

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    At Stewart's Point Racheria in northern California, vandalism and lack of maintenance have left several tribal buildings — including the Old Round House, pictured here — in need of repair.
    Credit: Bambi Kraus

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    The National Trust's "most endangered" list includes motels built along U.S. Route 66 between the late 1920s and the late 1950s.
    Credit: Carol M. Highsmith

     

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    Route 66 motels in disrepair are often demolished as an expedient to new development.
    Credit: Carol M. Highsmith

     

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