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The American Civil War

  • The American Civil War

    150 years ago, Confederate forces defeated the Union forces at Fort Sumter, and the American Civil War, or the War Between the States, began. Journey on America's Byways to the sights and stories of this critical turning point in our nation's past.

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A Traveler's Tale

CaptRet visited Scenic Byway 12 (UT) on June 24, 2013:

My wife and I were traveling from Bryce Canyon National Park to Capitol Reef National Park. Bryce Canyon had given us some amazing views so we were not expecting to be amazed during this relatively short drive. We were wrong. On the way to Escalante we got wonderful views of of the Kodachrome Basin and the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. We marked those sites for a future trip. As we climbed through the... Read more of this traveler's tale

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