Historic Sites
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Carson Brewing Company Carson City, Nevada
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Business was prospering by 1864, so a new two-story brewery was built in 1865 in the... |
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Carson City Post Office Carson City, Nevada
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The Carson City Post Office is an imposing late 19th-century building encompassing an... |
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Fleischmann Atmospherium Planetarium Reno, Nevada
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Located at the northwestern edge of the University of Nevada-Reno campus, the Fleischmann... |
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Fourth Ward School Virginia City, Nevada
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On November 28, 1876, the excited residents of Virginia City christened their new... |
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Nevada State Capitol Carson City, Nevada
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It is a two-story masonry Classical Revival structure that incorporates Renaissance... |
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Nevada State Museum / U.s. Mint Carson City, Nevada
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With an abundance of silver from the booming Comstock Lode, it was determined that Carson... |
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Stewart Indian School Carson City, Nevada
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The Stewart Indian School complex consists of 83 buildings on a 109-acre landscaped... |
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Storey County Courthouse Virginia City, Nevada
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The Storey County Courthouse was built in the high Italianate style that embodies 19th-... |
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Us Post Office Reno Main Reno, Nevada
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MacDonald Engineering constructed the building, with the assistance of the Civil Works... |
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Wabuska Railroad Station Carson City, Nevada
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Early rail service to Wabuska was operated by the Carson and Colorado Railroad Company,... |
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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.
