Most national parks are open as a refuge for Americans tired of being stuck at home during a global pandemic, but despite now being free to visit, people may find it more difficult than normal to enjoy them as parks ...

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Federal government sues over damage to historic site

Union and Confederate soldiers battled fiercely at Wilson's Creek in the summer of 1861. Now the federal government is waging a legal battle against a Branson developer after an employee mistakenly bulldozed part of the historic battlefield. The property has on it a farm, two roads and a spring that were associated with the Civil War battle.

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