As of right now, I have completed the mapping of most of the historic boundaries and present boundaries of sites currently under the purview of the National Parks Service (NPS). The four sites all have different ethnic components with one site for European whites (Saratoga), Native Americans (Sand Creek Massacre), African Americans (Fort Monroe), and Asian Americans (Tule Lake Internment Camp).
So far, I have only been able to construct one VERY rough draft for the Saratoga Battlefield site whilst I have not been able to do ones for the others. I am currently planning to do spatial correlations to calculate loss of acreage for each of these sites alongside pulling data on historical land occupation for areas that are actively populated on non-preserved land.
Another addition that needs to potentially be made is the addition of the Schuyler House to the map of Saratoga, as it was also a component of the battle and is actively protected by the NPS.
One point of note is that some of these sites have active preservation efforts stemming from outside of the National Parks Service. Organizations/Non-profits, such as the American Battlefield Trust, are actively preserving land for transfer over to the NPS once funding is acquired. These conserved lands are also displayed with different colorations to indicate non-government cooperation in preservation efforts.
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Saratoga Battlefield (Stillwater, NY)
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| Fort Monroe (Hampton, VA) |
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| Tule Lake Internment Camp (Tulelake, CA) |
This is a really interesting project! Definity important information to be learned here!
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