November 2010

In "Road Ways" and "Gem of the Foothills", visitors can examine the history of Ontario and its neighboring communities including its citrus and vineyard heritage, local roads and highways like Euclid Avenue and Route 66, local businesses and community groups. Other changing exhibits display various areas of the city's history and art.

The museum contains three departments, art, history, and natural sciences, each with their own permanent and changing exhibits. Current exhibits include "The Art and History of Early California", "In Our Own Backyard: A Celebration of East Bay Regional Parks", and "Birth of Cool: California Art, Design, and Culture at Midcentury".

Tours of the Fenyes Mansion and Finnish Folk Art Museum, changing exhibits in the History Center Galleries, lectures and seminars, classes and workshops fill the calendar with a variety of intriguing, educational, and entertaining events. (from website)

Although no battles were fought here, the fort was garrisoned during both the Civil and Spanish-American Wars.

Fort Clinch's northeastern location caused the soldiers stationed there during both the Civil War and the Spanish-American War to fortify the site against possible enemy attacks. No attacks, however, came, and today Fort Clinch stands as one of the most fully preserved forts in the United States. Visitors walk through the original walls that the nineteenth-century military constructed to shield against its enemies. Living history actors and daily tours enliven the experience of military life in our nation's past.

Through exhibitions, collections, research, and educational programs, the museum portrays the history and culture of the Agua Caliente and other indigenous peoples. Visitors can experience exhibits like "Dream of the Blue Frog (Wahaatukicnikic Tetayaw)", which explores the history and lore of the Agua Caliente Hot Spring and "Cahuilla Cowboys – Making Our Marks", which explores how cattle and horses were an important source of livelihood for the Cahuilla people. Other exhibits include "A Woman of Influence: Flora Patencio", which examines the life of Flora Patencio, a strong leader among the Agua Caliente people who participated in some of the most important political and cultural decisions of her time, and "Cahuilla Pottery: Beauty from Utility", illustrating the Cahuilla ceramic tradition with water storage ollas, cooking pots, and containers with painted designs.

Designed by Charles H. Peale and built in 1883 near the site where the earliest white settler, Adam Wadsworth had lived, the old Elk Rapids Township Hall has served as a social and political center for over one hundred-twenty years. Largely due to lumbering and related industries, the village of Elk Rapids was the most important economic force in the area.

During the 1840s, tensions between the settlers and Seminole Indians prompted authorities to establish a trading post in Florida´s interior, away from settlements. Built in early 1849, the post was attacked and destroyed by renegade Indians that summer. In late 1849 Fort Chokonikla was built nearby as the first outpost in a chain of forts established to control the Seminoles. The Seminoles never attacked the fort, but the Army was nearly defeated by mosquitoes. Today, nature enthusiasts and hikers can enjoy walking along trails through the park´s natural areas. Paynes Creek and the adjoining Peace River provide opportunities for canoeing, kayaking, and fishing. A museum at the visitor center depicts the lives of Florida´s Seminole Indians and pioneers during the 19th century.

The need to compete with their ocean-spanning 16th-century rivals, the Spanish, chased the French across the Atlantic to Fort Caroline, where they made their first attempt at establishing a permanent settlement in 1564. Visitors will learn about the Timucuan Indians who inhabited the area for 1,000 years before the arrival of the French, the religious persecution that led the French to flirt with the idea of establishing Fort Caroline as a retreat for Huguenots, and the Spanish onslaught that destroyed the settlement only a year after its founding.

Playland is Metro New York's great family amusement park and entertainment center.  Featuring more than 50 rides and attractions for children and adults, Playland also offers free entertainment and has a beach, pool, boardwalk and pier on scenic Long Island Sound, lake boating, picnic area, mini golf and indoor ice-skating.

Playland has the distinction of being America's first totally planned amusement park and prototype for today's successful theme parks.  Dedicated as a National Historic Landmark in 1987, Playland has provided family fun since 1928.  Often referred to as "Rye Playland", it is America's only government owned and operated amusement park.

The Fort Barrancas Area is on Taylor Road approximately a half mile east from the Museum of Naval Aviation. The area includes the historic Water Battery, Fort Barrancas, trails, visitor center, picnic areas, and the Advanced Redoubt. Fort Barrancas sits on a bluff overlooking the entrance to Pensacola Bay. The natural advantages of this location have inspired engineers of three nations to build forts. The British built the Royal Navy Redoubt here in 1763 of earth and logs. The Spanish built two forts here around 1797. Bateria de San Antonio was a masonry water battery at the foot of the bluff. Above it was earth and log Fort San Carlos de Barrancas.