Historic Sites
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Boulder City (hoover Dam) Museum Boulder City, Nevada
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Located in the Historic Boulder Dam Hotel, the museum focuses on the lives of those who... |
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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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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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East Ely Railroad Depot Museum Ely, Nevada
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In the 1990 the Depot Building and the Freight Barn were given to the State of Nevada for... |
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James D. Roberts House Carson City, Nevada
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Many residences and other buildings were moved from mining boomtown to mining boomtown... |
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Mormon Station State Historic Park Genoa, Nevada
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Mormon Station is the site of Nevada's first permanent nonnative settlement. A replica of... |
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Nevada Historical Society Museum Reno, Nevada
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Permanent exhibits at this museum cover the U.S. federal presence in Nevada, "Neon... |
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Nevada Museum Of Art Reno, Nevada
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The organization was founded in 1931 as the Nevada Art Gallery by Dr. James Church and... |
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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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Northeastern Nevada Museum And Historical Society Elko, Nevada
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Exhibits at this museum cover a wide range of topics about the area, from Native American... |
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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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Historic Collections
Recently added:
- American Revolution Center
- National Museum of Civil War Medicine
- National Museum of the U.S. Navy
- Manassas National Battlefield
- Maryland State House
In association with the
American Association for State and Local History
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.
