(This is a story of) Americans wanting to have an impact and do something at great peril to themselves and their family, Howard said. It’s a story of people who loved America when America didn’t necessarily love them, but they wanted (more rights) for their children.
Howard is in the process of looking for funding to preserve the homes. Their inclusion in the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s list could be a gamechanger for their efforts; Malone-France said since the nonprofit’s first list came out more than 30 years ago, they have lost less than 5 percent of the more than 300 endangered places named since.
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The Oljato Trading Post, in San Juan County, Utah. Utah State Historical Society
An unassuming roadside motel that s a spiritual home to the blues. A crumbling Navajo trading post standing right by Monument Valley, and an old filling station that offered refuge to Black travelers during Jim Crow. Campsites for crusading civil rights demonstrators in the 1960s and ones that housed Chinese railway workers a century before.
These are among the most endangered historic sites in the U.S. right now, according to the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Every year, the organization issues a list of buildings and other places threatened by development, climate change or neglect.
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A private residential community just outside of the Lake Tahoe Basin enjoyed a record-breaking sales year in 2020.
A view of the valley and surrounding mountains from a tee box at Clear Creek Tahoe.
Bill Rozak / Tahoe Daily Tribune
Clear Creek Tahoe, located on the eastern slope of the Carson Range, just over Spooner Summit off U.S. Highway 50, sold 14 new homes and 99 home sites totaling more than $116,000,000.
“We’ve continued to see a steady stream of leads, referrals and sales with no slowdown in sight, despite the current state of affairs,” said Georgia Chase, director of sales at Clear Creek Tahoe, in a press release. “Clear Creek Tahoe offers buyers a peaceful respite that the whole family can enjoy, serving as an ideal home base. With work from home allowing for greater flexibility in where buyers can live full-time, we anticipate demand continuing as blended indoor-outdoor living and access to nature becomes a priority for those seeking a new home.