Herbert Hoover National Historic Site. 210 Parkside Dr., West Branch, IA 52538. (319) 643-5301. Two-hundred-acre site includes Herbert Hoover's birthplace home, his first schoolhouse, a museum, a library, and the gravesite of the president and first lady. See http://hoover.nara.gov/index.html (accessed on September 11, 2000 ).

Hoover-Minthorn House. 115 S. River St., Newberg, OR 97132. (503) 538-6629. Young Herbert Hoover lived with his aunt and uncle here from 1884 to 1888 after he was orphaned.