This summer, L.L. Bean invites you to simply step outside and enjoy the fresh air and sunshine.

We'll be your guide with tips and advice to get more out of every moment outdoors. Here's one. On your next camping trip,

turn a headlamp into a lantern in five seconds.

Strap the headlamp around an empty clear water bottle or milk jug

and turn it on. The soft white light will brighten up a tent.

For more fun ideas, easy howtus and inspiring stories, visit L.L.Bine.com slash Guide. The town of Plains, Georgia, population 776, was initially inhabited by the Muskogee people.

In 1827, they were moved out by federal authorities under the Treaty of

Washington. By 1840, three separate white settlements were formed. One of them

called Plains of Dura. When the railroad came through the area in

1885, the settlements regrouped to form the town of Plains. The name was changed from Plains

of Dura because the businessman wanted to shorten.

The state legislature agreed to the change and a Mr. H.L. Hudson was the first settler in the new location. He donated the land for the depot and the town itself.

Plains Depot is the oldest building in Plains, having been constructed in 1888.

It served the community as a freight and passenger depot until 1951

when passenger service was discontinued.

The building reopened in 1976 as the presidential campaign

headquarters for Plains Most Famous's Most Famous's

son, a peanut farmer named James Earl Carter Jr.

I'm Jason Epperson and today on the America's National Parks podcast

the Jimmy Carter National Historical Park.

Millions of words could be written about Jimmy Carter and his influence on America and the world, but today I want to talk about two of Plains lesser-known

residents, the folks that would raise our 39th president, incidentally the first

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