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We're paddling through #NationalRiversMonth by showing off our Bureau of Reclamation holdings featuring Kootenai River Falls in Libby, Montana and Hell Gate Dam on the Boise River.

Nothing says summertime like freshly harvested fruit! In 1943, this young farmer picked a bounty at his family's orchard and today is found in our Bureau of Reclamation Boise Project holdings. Happy summer!

Is this your type? The typewriter was patented #OTD in 1868. By 1893, the US government had implemented the new tech. Our Navajo Agency holdings show the Smith Premier Typewriter Co. promoting their version, and yes, we like this type, too!

#OTD in 1929 President Hoover issued the proclamation declaring the Boulder Canyon Project Act in effect. A copy can be found in Bureau of Reclamation holdings along with a lettercopy sent to the White House letting Hoover it was ready to be issued.

Happy 119th Mesa Verde! We found this advertisement which was run for your 50th in 1956 in your records. Also a great congrats from the Director of the @natlparkservice! Glad you saved them for us to enjoy! #OTD

For #USPostageStampDay we're highlighting stamped envelopes from case US v Kiyoshi Okamoto, et al; a criminal case found in our USDC Wyoming holdings involving Japanese-American prisoners resisting the draft. 3¢ stamp "Win the War" was printed July 4, 1942.

From Thursday, July 3, through Sunday, July 6, 2025, to celebrate Independence Day 🇺🇸, the National Archives will display several historic documents related to the Declaration of Independence.

Today we’d like to recognize the work of some remarkable folks! This notebook was kept by the US Forest Service Intermountain region dispatcher in the summer of 1960 & remember, all that people-shuffling was done by telephone! #NationalWildlandFirefighterDay

Wishing you all a very happy 4th of July and hope you get to take in some great fireworks! From the Bureau of Reclamation, here we see a show at Grand Coulee Dam in 1950. Employees had pooled funds to host the show, shot from the dam roadway over the reservoir for all the guests to enjoy!

#OTD Happy 135th Birthday Wyoming! Here’s Cheyenne’s center in 1873 from the Surveyor General’s POV when it was the territorial capital. It has grown a bit since then!

Oregon Caves National Monument turns 116 years old today! One of the highlights of the park is the impressive Oregon Caves Chateau. We like this April 1946 photo we found in our Bureau of Reclamation holdings.

Our hearts were broken with this weekend’s news of the fire destruction at the Grand Canyon NPS North Rim. While many iconic structures enjoyed by millions over the decades may have been lost, they live on in our holdings!

We’re halfway through National Ice Cream Month and there are just too many choices! This 1946 menu found in our Office of Price Administration holdings showcases the variety of ice cream delicacies sold by The Bungalow in Bozeman, MT. We especially like the prices!

Students and recent graduates, have you applied for the National Archives' Voluntary Internship Program yet? Submit your applications for the fall 2025 semester by this Friday, July 18, 2025. Opportunities are available at facilities across the country.

In the winter of 1944 the Empire of Japan began releasing thousand of intercontinental balloon bombs destined for the American mainland. This is that story, as seen in our Bureau of Indian Affairs holdings! text-message.blogs.archives.gov/2025/05/06/the…

If you missed the premiere of "From the Territory of Montana to the Republic of South Vietnam; Researching Native American Veterans in the National Archives, 1881-1966" back in May, not to worry! The talk can be found on our YouTube channel! youtube.com/watch?v=eTHBZc…

In one case it was an educational angle. Others provide history lessons. And yet in others – pure fantastical entertainment. In this blog we explore examples of plays put on by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, fragments of which can be found in our holdings! text-message.blogs.archives.gov/2025/06/05/pir…

#OTD the Korean Armistice Agreement brought an end to the US involvement in the bloody conflict. Tens of thousands of Americans gave their lives, including PFC Phillip Lewis (Pueblo of Laguna), seen here smiling in a pic from his Albuquerque Indian School file.

Why did the hot dog vendor quit his job? Because he just didn't relish it! He also got sued for breach of contract, fraud, and a host of other grievances as seen in this civil case found in our RG 21, Colorado US District Court holdings! #NationalHotDogMonth

Sometimes the federal records we hold show us a side of workers not often captured - case in point, Dr. Virgil Milo Pinkley's recipes! Learn more in this Text Message blog entry about the records and how we actually made of his recipes last winter! text-message.blogs.archives.gov/2025/06/10/doc…