Historic Sites
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Agate Fossil Beds National Memorial Harrison, Nebraska
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During the 1890s, scientists rediscovered what the Lakota Sioux already knew - bones... |
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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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Ah Tah Thi Ki Museum Big Cypress Indian Reservation, Florida
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The Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum on Big Cyrpess Reservation explores the history of the Seminole... |
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Ak Chin Him Dak Eco Museum Maricopa, Arizona
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The heritage museum displays artifacts and objects that document the Ak-Chin tribe's way... |
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Akwesasne Library & Museum Hogansburg, New York
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In 1972, cultural classes started and donations to the center began the museum... |
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Alaska Heritage Museum At Wells Fargo Anchorage, Alaska
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Housed in a historic bank, this museum pays particular attention to the impact and... |
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Alaska Museum Of Natural History Anchorage, Alaska
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With a glimpse into one of the richest natural landscapes in the country, this museum... |
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Alaska Native Heritage Center Museum Anchorage, Alaska
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The museum will take you on a journey as it explores the history and cultures of five of... |
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Albany Mounds Albany, Illinois
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The Albany Mounds date from the Middle Woodland (Hopewell) period (200 BCE-CE 300), older... |
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Alcatraz Island San Francisco, California
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The history of Alcatraz is surprising to those that only know the Hollywood version.... |
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Aleutian World War II National Historic Area Unalaska, Alaska
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This little known site of arduous WWII battles is located on a rich and remote... |
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Alpine County Museum Markleeville, California
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The Museum contains displays of an old country store, a blacksmith shop, Washoe Indian... |
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Alutiiq Museum Kodiak, Alaska
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The Alutiiq Museum, located on the first floor of the Alutiiq Cultural Center, traces the... |
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Anasazi Heritage Center Dolores, Colorado
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The museum features permanent exhibits on archaeology, local history, & Native... |
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Anasazi Historical Site & State Museum Boulder, Utah
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Visit the museum and partially excavated prehistoric Indian village at Anasazi State Park... |
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Anchorage Museum Of History And Art Anchorage, Alaska
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For an engaging look into the history, ethnography, and art of Alaska, plan a trip to the... |
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Andres Pico Adobe Mission Hills, California
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Inside are museum displays of native American beads, Mission and Spanish-Mexican era... |
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Appalachian Caverns And Campground Blountville, Tennessee
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For many years the cavern lay in silence broken only by the sound of the water, the... |
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Apple River Fort Elizabeth, Illinois
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The war, which lasted only 16 weeks, ended the threat of Indian attacks in the area and... |
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Astor House Museum And Clear Creek History Park Golden, Colorado
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The Astor House was built in 1867, and stayed in continuous operation as a boarding and... |
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Aztec Ruins National Monument Aztec, New Mexico
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Aztec Ruins provides visitors an intimate opportunity to explore the ancient Puebloan... |
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Bandelier Los Alamos, New Mexico
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Bandelier has a long human history and links to the modern Pueblos. Early Spanish... |
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Barona Museum Lakeside, California
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The museum’s collection represents thousands of years of history—some objects... |
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Bear Lake State Park Garden City, Utah
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The Bear Lake Valley was first inhabited by Shoshoni Tribes, then fur trappers. Between... |
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Bedford City & County Museum Bedford, Virginia
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This local history museum is housed in a former Masonic Temple dating from 1895. It... |
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Big Hidatsa Village Site Stanton, North Dakota
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The pioneers, dispatched by President Jefferson to explore the new land recently acquired... |
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Big Hole National Battlefield Wisdom, Montana
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On August 9, 1877 gun shots shattered a chilly dawn on a sleeping camp of Nez Perce.... |
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Black Diamond Mines Preserve Antioch, California
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Guided tours of the Hazel-Atlas mine take visitors through an old mine used to produce... |
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Blue Ridge National Heritage Area Asheville, North Carolina
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The Blue Ridge National Heritage Area encompasses the mountains of North Carolina and... |
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Bluegrass Heritage Museum Winchester, Kentucky
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This three-floor museum in the 1894 Guerrant Clinic building focuses on the history of... |
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Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum Austin, Texas
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Three floors of exhibits -- three themes as big as Texas history: Land, Identity and... |
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Bosque Redondo Memorial Fort Sumner, New Mexico
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The center of a million-acre reservation known as the Bosque Redondo, this site... |
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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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Buffalo Bill Museum Le Claire, Iowa
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Other exhibits feature riverboat pilots, the Sauk and Fox Indian tribes, pioneers of... |
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Bull Shoals Historical Society & Museum Bull Shoals, Arkansas
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This museum interprets the history of Bull Shoals, Ark., "The Best Little Town by a... |
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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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Bushy Run Battlefield Jeannette, Pennsylvania
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The 213 acres of forested and grassy areas that comprise Bushy Run Battlefield,... |
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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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Campbell's Island State Memorial East Moline, Illinois
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On July 19, 1814, a pro-British band of Sauk Indians led by Black Hawk attacked a force... |
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Canyon De Chelly Chinle, Arizona
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Canyon de Chelly also sustains a living community of Navajo people, who are connected to... |
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Cape May County Historical Museum Cape May Court House, New Jersey
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The period rooms include the 18th century kitchen and bedroom with its sampler collection... |
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Carbon County Historical Society Museum Red Lodge, Montana
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In 1909 the Labor Temple was completed in Red Lodge on the corner of 8th and Billings Ave... |
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Casa Grande Ruins Coolidge, Arizona
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Casa Grande Ruins is the first archeological site to be preserved by the federal... |
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Casa Malpais Archaeological Park Springerville, Arizona
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The Mogollan people occupied Casa Malpais, which means "House of the Badlands,... |
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Castillo De San Marcos National Monument St. Augustine, Florida
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Begun in 1672, the Castillo de San Marcos is the last 17th century fort left in the... |
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Catalina Island Museum Avalon, California
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The best place to experience local history is at the Catalina Island museum, with a... |
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Catawba County Museum Of History Newton, North Carolina
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It is the story of the American Dream as perceived by the self-sufficient Scotch-Irish,... |
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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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Cherokee Strip Museum Perry, Oklahoma
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In the 19th Century the United States government resettled Native American tribes from... |
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Cherokee/david Crockett Museum & Cultural Center Lawrenceburg, Tennessee
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Cherokee/David Crockett Museum & Cultural Center serves to educate the public on the... |
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Chief Plenty Coups State Park Pryor, Montana
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Situated within the Crow Reservation in south-central Montana, 40 minutes south of... |
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Chieftain Museum Major Ridge Home Rome, Georgia
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It presents interpretive exhibits, both permanent and temporary, educational programs,... |
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Chimney Rock Archaeological Area Chimney Rock, Colorado
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Designated an Archaeological Area and National Historic Site in 1970, Chimney Rock lies... |
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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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Chiricahua National Monument Willcox, Arizona
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This forest of rock spires was eroded from layers of ash deposited by the Turkey Creek... |
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Chucalissa Archaeological Museum Memphis, Tennessee
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Located on the loess bluffs about 10 km south of downtown Memphis ,Tennessee, Chucalissa... |
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Churchill County Museum Fallon, Nevada
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The county museum records local history for the benefit of the community as well as... |
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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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Clemenceau Heritage Museum Camp Verde, Arizona
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In addition to photographs, artwork and other printed material, the museum houses 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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Colorado History Museum Denver, Colorado
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Constructed in 1977, the museum preserves a collection of historic and prehistoric... |
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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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Community Memorial Museum Yuba City, California
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The museum has a number of permanent exhibits on the Maidu Indians, early Sutter County... |
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Connor Battlefield Ranchester, Wyoming
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On August 28th, with the column located on Prairie Dog Creek, Pawnee Scouts arrived with... |
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Cooper Regional History Museum Upland, California
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“From General Store to Department Store” represents an old-time General Store... |
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Coronado National Memorial Sierra Vista, Arizona
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The creation of the Memorial was not to protect any tangible artifacts related to the... |
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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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Cowboy Hall Of Fame Medora, North Dakota
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Display areas interpret and honor Native Americans, trail drivers, homesteaders, ranchers... |
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Cranbury Museum Cranbury, New Jersey
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In 1975, the Arthur E. Perrine Memorial Wing was added, a gift to the Museum from his... |
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Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation Crazy Horse, South Dakota
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It's been nearly 35 years since the construction of the first wing of the Indian Museum... |
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Crow Canyon Archaeological Center Cortez, New Mexico
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The Archaeological Center is dedicated to preserving the rich history of the ancestral... |
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Crystal River Archaeological State Park Crystal River, Florida
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A focal point of pre-Columbian Native American ceremony and commerce, the Crystal River... |
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Cub River/shoshone Indian Trail Preston, Idaho
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Traveling up the Cub River from the Bear River and over into Bear Lake valley you will... |
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Cumberland County Historical Society Carlisle, Pennsylvania
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The Cumberland County Historical Society has created a new dynamic museum that will... |
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Cumberland County Prehistorical Museum Greenwich, New Jersey
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To visit the museum is to enter the world of the Indians who inhabited the lower Delaware... |
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Cumberland Gap National Historical Park Cumberland Gap, Tennessee
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At Cumberland Gap, the first great gateway to the west, follow the buffalo, the Native... |
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Dade Battlefield Historic State Park Bushnell, Florida
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One of the bloodiest battles of the Second Seminole War was fought in this location. The... |
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De Soto National Memorial Bradenton, Florida
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The Monument marks the supposed spot where Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto landed in... |
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Del Norte County Historical Society Museum Crescent City, California
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The Main Museum has a wealth of interesting displays. One room is devoted to artifacts of... |
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Delaware Water Gap Bushkill, Pennsylvania
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For 40 miles the Middle Delaware River passes between low forested mountains with barely... |
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Depot Museum Sonoma, California
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The permanent exhibit depicts the Bear Flag Revolt of June 14, 1846, when a group of... |
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Devils Tower Devils Tower, Wyoming
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Devils Tower rises 1267 feet above the Belle Fourche River. Once hidden, erosion has... |
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Diocese Of Helena Helena, Montana
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The Vicariate Apostolate of Nebraska was erected for Montana east of the Cascade... |
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Double Ditch Bismarck, North Dakota
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According to Mandan oral history, Double Ditch was one of seven to nine villages... |
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Eastern California Museum Independence, California
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The Museum currently has an exhibit on barbed wire as well as the Inyo Good Roads Club... |
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Eiteljorg Museum Of American Indians And Western Art Indianapolis, Indiana
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Eiteljorg described his collection as a very personal one that grew not only out of his... |
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El Camino Real Heritage Center Magdalena, New Mexico
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The El Camino Heritage Center tells the story of more than three centuries of trade and... |
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El Dorado County Historical Museum Placerville, California
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At the El Dorado County Historical Museum, visitors can take an informative tour, wander... |
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El Paso Museum Of History El Paso, Texas
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The El Paso Museum of History contains numerous exhibits about various parts of local... |
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El Pueblo History Museum Pueblo, Colorado
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The museum building showcases the city's history and the various cultural and ethnic... |
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Escondido History Center Escondido, California
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Heritage Walk Museum includes the city's first library, a turn-of-the-century Victorian... |
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First Indian Presbyterian Church Kamiah, Idaho
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Located on the first Kamiah town site in East Kamiah, the Rev. and Mrs. Henry T. Cowley... |
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Five Civilized Tribes Museum Muskogee, Oklahoma
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Located in a historic building that was built in 1875 and is listed on the National... |
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Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument Florissant, Colorado
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The fossils, rocks, hills, and valleys that make up Florissant Fossil Beds National... |
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Fort Abercrombie Abercrombie, North Dakota
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It was also the only post in the area to be besieged by Dakota (Sioux) warriors for more... |
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Fort Benton Historical Complex Fort Benton, Montana
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On the banks of the Missouri River, in the city park, stands a square bastion and... |
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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.
