Historic Sites
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Adaland Mansion Philippi, West Virginia
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An elegant 1850s plantation home restored to give visitors an authentic picture of 19th... |
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Afton Villa Gardens St. Francisville, Louisiana
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The 140 acres of rolling countryside which house the gardens include a mile and a half... |
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Agua Caliente Cultural Museum Palm Springs, California
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Through exhibitions, collections, research, and educational programs, the museum portrays... |
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Alexander & Baldwin Sugar Museum Pu‘unēnē, Hawaii
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Dedicated to preserving and presenting the history and heritage of Maui's sugar industry... |
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Ardenwood Historic Farm Fremont, California
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Today the Historic Farm exhibits agricultural practices from the 1870s to the present,... |
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Arkansas River Historical Society Museum Catoosa, Oklahoma
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Museum exhibits include information on the history of the Arkansas River and McClellan-... |
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Baxter State Park Millinocket, Maine
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Percival P. Baxter was governor of Maine from 1921 to 1924. When he passed away in 1969,... |
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Benjamin Rowe House Gilford, New Hampshire
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About 1838, Gilford farmer Benjamin Rowe decided to try his hand at making bricks. In... |
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Bennett Place Durham, North Carolina
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In 1865 the Confederate General Johnston and Union General Sherman met at the Bennett... |
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Billings Farm & Museum Woodstock, Vermont
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The Billings Farm was established in 1871 by Frederick Billings, a native Vermonter who... |
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Billingsley House Museum Upper Marlboro, Maryland
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Although Major John Billingsley never lived on the property he acquired from Lord... |
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Bisbee Mining & Historical Museum Bisbee, Arizona
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Bisbee's storied past is recorded, reflected, and retold in this museum like no other; it... |
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Blue Ridge Institute & Farm Museum Ferrum, Virginia
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Museum of Western Virginia history and German-American farm operated by Ferrum College... |
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Bradford Brinton Memorial & Museum Big Horn, Wyoming
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The Ranch House on the Quarter Circle A Ranch, on the National Register of Historic... |
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Brevard Museum Of History And Natural Science Cocoa, Florida
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Colorful dioramas depicting the area from the days of woolly mammoths and saber tooth... |
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Bulow Plantation Ruins Historic State Park Flagler Beach, Florida
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Visitors can tour the sugar mill ruins and learn about the plantation's history at the... |
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Burton Cotton Gin And Museum Burton, Texas
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The Museum provides one of the best remaining examples of an early, automated systems gin... |
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Bussard Farmstead At The Agricultural History Farm Park Derwood, Maryland
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Situated along Rock Creek in Derwood, Maryland, the Agricultural History Farm Park is a... |
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Cahokia Mounds State Historic Park Collinsville, Illinois
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The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization designated Cahokia... |
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Campbell County Rockpile Museum Gillette, Wyoming
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The museum contains collections of rifles, saddles, Native American artifacts, fossils,... |
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Cape Cod Eastham, Massachusetts
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Lighthouses, cultural landscapes, and wild cranberry bogs offer a glimpse of Cape Cod... |
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Carbon County Museum Rawlins, Wyoming
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The museum contains collections of artifacts from Union Pacific Railroad which runs... |
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Casa Grande Valley Historical Society & Museum Casa Grande, Arizona
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This southern Arizona museum offers tours, lectures, workshops and children's programs.... |
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Cedar Creek National Historical Park Middletown, Virginia
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At the time of European contact American Indian groups, including Piedmont Siouans,... |
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Chaco Culture National Historical Site Nageezi, New Mexico
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The Chacoan sites are part of the homeland of Pueblo Indian peoples of New Mexico, the... |
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Channel Islands National Park Ventura, California
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The Channel Islands have attracted many explorers, scientists and historians during the... |
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Chesapeake And Ohio Canal National Historic Park Hagerstown, Maryland
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Originally, the C&O Canal was a lifeline for communities and businesses along the... |
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Chippewa Valley Museum Eau Claire, Wisconsin
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Located in Carson Park and surrounded by Half Moon Lake, the Chippewa Valley Museum... |
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Chippokes Plantation Surry, Virginia
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Chippokes Plantation State Park is one of the oldest working farms in the United States.... |
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Clarke County Historical Museum Grove Hill, Alabama
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Housed in the historic Alston-Cobb house, the Clarke County Historical Museum seeks to... |
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Clarke Historical Museum Eureka, California
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In an area rich with Native American and pioneer history, the Clarke Museum, housed in... |
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Claude Moore Colonial Farm At Turkey Run McLean, Virginia
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The Farm is managed and operated by the Friends of Claude Moore Colonial Farm, through a... |
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Coachella Valley Museum Indio, California
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The museum sets out to display the culture of Coachella Valley with constantly changing... |
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Colossal Cave Mountain Park Vail, Arizona
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Among the mammals, Pack Rats, Deer Mice, Spotted Skunks, Striped Skunks, Ringtails, Foxes... |
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Colvin Run Mill Great Falls, Virginia
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This late 19th century building once stood across Colvin Run Road from the mill.... |
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Costa Mesa Historical Society Museum Costa Mesa, California
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Unique exhibits contain natural and man-made objects, photographs and maps, newspapers,... |
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Cottonlandia Museum Greenwood, Mississippi
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The archaeology collection, on loan from the L.B. Jones Trust, is immense, and includes... |
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Crosby Arboretum Picayune, Mississippi
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The Pinecote Pavilion and the many wooden bridges that complement the lake were designed... |
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D.c. Booth Historic National Fish Hatchery Spearfish, South Dakota
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The hatchery was constructed to propagate, stock, and establish trout populations in the... |
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Dakota City Heritage Village Farmington, Minnesota
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With over 20 buildings, including a blacksmith shop, postoffice, and even a jail, this... |
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Dawes Arboretum Newark, Ohio
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Beman and Bertie Dawes founded The Arboretum with the dedication to increase the love and... |
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Debary Hall Historic Site DeBary, Florida
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Visitors to Debary Hall will learn about the nineteenth-century tourism that overtook... |
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Delaware Agricultural Museum & Village Dover, Delaware
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The Delaware Agricultural Museum Association was formed by a group of people dedicated to... |
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Delaware Archaeology Museum Dover, Delaware
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Exhibited artifacts here range from arrowheads, ceramics, and other stone and bone tools... |
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Denver Museum Of Nature & Science Denver, Colorado
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In 1868, pioneer and naturalist Edwin Carter arrived in Breckenridge, Colo., and devoted... |
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Destrehan Plantation Destrehan, Louisiana
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Erected in 1787 by Charles Paquet, Destrehan Plantation was purchased by indigo planter... |
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Dudley Farm Historic State Park Newberry, Florida
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The plantation complex consists of eighteen buildings, including the house in which the... |
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Dudley Farm, The Guilford, Connecticut
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The last family member, David Dudley, gave the farm to the North Guilford Volunteer Fire... |
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Duke Homestead Durham, North Carolina
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The patriarch of Duke Homestead was Washington Duke, an Orange County farmer whose chance... |
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Dunlawton Sugar Mill Botanical Gardens Port Orange, Florida
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Interpretive signs recount the history of this famous 16th century sugar mill and of the... |
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Edwin Carter Museum Breckenridge, Colorado
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Edwin Carter was a Breckenridge pioneer and famous "log cabin naturalist."... |
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Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Waterford, New York
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The corridor stretches 524 miles across the full expanse of upstate New York. It... |
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Evergreen Plantation Edgard, Louisiana
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Evergreen Plantation is the most intact plantation complex in the South with 37 buildings... |
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Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Through its detailed and faithful picture of watershed use, the Interpretive Center shows... |
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Farm And Ranch Museum Gering, Nebraska
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A most noteworthy feature of the museum is that visitors are not only able to follow the... |
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Farmers' Museum, The Cooperstown, New York
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The site of The Farmers' Museum has deep roots in New York State's rural past. The land... |
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Farmington Museum Farmington, New Mexico
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The Three Waters Trading Post features a walk-through replica of a 1930s trading post... |
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Floyd County Museum Charles City, Iowa
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The Floyd County museum is one of the largest rural county museums in all of the Midwest... |
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Forest Home Farms San Ramon, California
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At Forest Home Farms, San Ramon’s historic park, there will be tours that include... |
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Fort Boonesborough State Park Richmond, Kentucky
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Fort Boonesborough has been reconstructed as a working fort complete with cabins,... |
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Fort Montgomery State Historic Site Fort Montgomery, New York
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Visitors today can tour the remains of the 14-acre fortification, perched on a cliff... |
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Fort Worth Stockyards Museum Fort Worth, Texas
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Between 1866 and 1890 more than four million head of cattle were trailed through Fort... |
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Fosterfields Living History Farm Morristown, New Jersey
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Originally owned by General Joseph Revere, grandson of Paul Revere, the property is now... |
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Fountain Hills Fountain Hills, Arizona
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The town acquired the park May 1, 1997, from MCO Properties, Inc. Approximately nine... |
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Fruitlands Museum Harvard, Massachusetts
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A National Landmark and Historic District, Fruitlands includes the original farmhouse... |
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Gage County Museum Beatrice, Nebraska
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Gage County Historical Society and Museum is located in Beatrice on the corner of 2nd and... |
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Gamble Plantation Historic State Park Ellenton, Florida
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The Gamble Plantation's history stretches from Major Robert Gamble, who presided over a... |
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Genesee Country Village And Museum Mumford, New York
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Visitors are invited to spend a day in this 19th-century country village and discover how... |
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George Ranch Historical Park Richmond, Texas
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Journey to a place and time where cattle and cotton are king and Texas is a country all... |
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George Washington Carver Museum Austin, Texas
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The museum is housed in a 36,000 square-foot facility that includes four galleries, a... |
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George Washington Carver National Monument Diamond, Missouri
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George Washington Carver's favorite pastime was art. He painted landscapes and flowering... |
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Goodwood Museum And Gardens Tallahassee, Florida
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This estate began in the 1830's as a cotton and corn plantation that ultimately... |
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Grace Hudson Museum Ukiah, California
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The Museum's exhibitions and public programs are thematically shaped by, and linked to,... |
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Grand Canyon National Park Flagstaff, Arizona
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A powerful and inspiring landscape, the Grand Canyon overwhelms our senses through its... |
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Greenbank Mill Wilmington, Delaware
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The first mill at Greenbank was reportedly called the Swede's Mill dating from 1677. Not... |
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Groveland Museum Groveland, California
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With displays about Spanish settlement, local agricultural history, historic newspapers,... |
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Hallockville Museum Farm Riverhead, New York
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The 28-acre farm preserves 18 historic houses, barns and outbuildings ranging from the... |
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Hampton National Historic Site Towson, Maryland
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Hampton is the story of people -- enslaved African Americans, indentured servants,... |
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Hayward Area Historical Society Museum Hayward, California
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The lands that were originally inhabited by Ohlone Indians are now sprawling suburban... |
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Heidrick Ag History Center Woodland, California
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This museum explores the marvels of agriculture and commercial trucking through 130,000... |
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Hendrickson House Museum Wilmington, Delaware
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Hendrickson House, built in 1690 near Crum Creek in Pennsylvania and was moved to its... |
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Henry Morrison Flagler Museum Palm Beach, Florida
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The Henry Morrison Flagler Museum traces Florida's complex 19th-century development... |
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Hill Hold Museum Campbell Hall, New York
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This museum depicts what life was like on a Hudson Valley farm in the 1830's. Hill-Hold... |
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Historic Crab Orchard Museum And Pioneer Park Tazewell, Virginia
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This elegant historic house (Higginbotham House Museum) contains colonial furnishings. (... |
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Historic Oak View County Park Raleigh, North Carolina
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The recorded history of Oak View began in 1829 when Benton Southworth Donaldson Williams... |
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Historic Prophetstown West Lafayette, Indiana
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Historic Prophetstown interprets a unique Indiana story on the history of the Wabash... |
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Historical Society Of Baltimore County Cockeysville, Maryland
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The Baltimore County Almshouse, built in 1782, is the Historical Society of Baltimore... |
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Historical Society Of Carroll County Westminster, Maryland
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Composed of three buildings, the Historical Society of Carroll County offers visitors a... |
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History Museum Of Los Gatos Los Gatos, California
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At the museum, visitors can find out how "Mountain Charlie" McKiernan, a... |
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History Museum of Western Virginia Roanoke, Virginia
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Located in downtown Roanoke, the History Museum of Western Virginia covers centuries of... | |
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Hunt Hill Farm Trust New Milford, Connecticut
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The trust is devoted to protecting this piece of New England agricultural history - the... |
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Inland Water Route Historical Society & Museum Alanson, Michigan
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The Inland Route, known to the Indians and fur traders, included Round Lake (near Lake... |
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Jefferson Patterson Park And Museum St. Leonard, Maryland
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Seventy archaelogical sites have discovered 9,000 years of human habitation of this area... |
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Joachim Regional Museum Dickinson, North Dakota
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The Joachim museum includes art and history exhibits of regional significance, features... |
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John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley Woonsocket, Rhode Island
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The Blackstone River runs from Worcester, MA to Providence, RI. Today, the Blackstone... |
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Kelley House Museum Mendocino, California
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This historic home, built in 1861, offers exhibits on the cultural heritage of the... |
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King Barn Dairy Mooseum Boyds, Maryland
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At the MOOseum, visitors learn about Montgomery County history and life on a dairy farm.... |
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King Ranch Kingsville, Texas
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The King Ranch Museum's permanent collections include: Toni Frissell's award-winning... |
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Kingsley Plantation Jacksonville, Florida
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The Kingsley Plantation, administered by the National Park Service, is located on Fort... |
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Leipers Fork Village Franklin, Tennessee
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Today, Leipers Fork is the area of choice for families wanting a rural atmosphere and... |
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Why do we need a national nonprofit membership society for American history?
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“Save America’s Treasures” has been totally eliminated—the largest Federal program supporting preservation of such treasures as the original Star Spangled Banner and George Washington’s tent.
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65% of Americans don’t know what happened at the Constitutional Convention, according to a recent survey by Newsweek.
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The “Teaching American History” grants—the largest Federal program supporting history education—have been completely eliminated.
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Visits to the Top 20 Civil War battlefields have dropped in half from 1970 to 2009 according to official National Park Service statistics.
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40% of Americans can’t identify whom we fought in World War II, according to a recent survey by Newsweek.
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A quarter of Americans believe Congress shares power over U.S. foreign policy with the United Nations, according to a recent Annenberg survey.
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“There is little that is more important for an American citizen to know than the history and traditions of his country,” John F. Kennedy wrote in American Heritage.
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The “We the People Program,” which touched some 30 million students and 90,000 teachers over 25 years, has been completely eliminated.
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Two-thirds of Americans could not correctly name Yorktown as the last major military action of the American Revolution, according to a recent national Gallup survey.
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The National Heritage Areas and Scenic Byways program, the only major Federal program encouraging visits to historic places, has been completely eliminated in Congressional committee.
