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Article: Revamp planned at Little bighorn visitor center
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- The Billings Gazette
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- April 25, 2008
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The National Park Service plans to go ahead with construction of a new all-weather multipurpose room at Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument visitor center.
A final design for the renovation is expected to be complete by June and construction could begin next fall or in early 2009, Superintendent Darrell Cook said.
Funds will come from entrance fees collected as part of a program begun in 1997 that allows parks to retain 80 percent of what they take in to be used for maintenance and improvements not covered in their budget allocations.
The project involves removal of the observation room and covered patio on the east end of the visitor center and replacing them with an enclosed room ...