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Lookout Mountain, Chattanooga, and Chickamauga

Today, Chattanooga is just a two hour drive from Atlanta. The two cities, connected by rail, had a vital relationship for the Southern economy before and during the Civil War. Because of their river and rail transportation networks, they were ...

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The Battle of Kennesaw Mountain

Kennesaw Mountain was the site of a critical battle in the Union’s campaign for Atlanta during the Civil War. After the Union penetrated Confederate lines at Chattanooga, the Confederates retreated to Atlanta. General William T. Sherman outflanked Confederate General Joseph ...

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National Historic Landmark - First Church of Christ Congregational

The First Church of Christ, Congregational, the third building on this site, was designed by architect and master builder Judah Woodruff in 1771. It is the only original Congregational church in Connecticut with a side entry--the traditional, colonial New England ...

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Connecticut State Library and Supreme Court Building

The Connecticut State Library and Supreme Court Building holds original materials relating to the Amistad incident. The library and court building became an important repository of local and state archival material in the late 19th and early 20th century, as well as ...

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National Historic Landmark - Old State House

Designed by famed New England architect, Charles Bulfinch, and completed in 1796, the Old Statehouse was the first of Bulfinch's public buildings in his dignified Adamesque Federal style. The Hartford Convention of 1814, one the earliest debates on the ...

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Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument

Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument preserves cliff dwellings and other significant archeological remains left by prehistoric American Indians of the Mogollan Culture. The well preserved cliff dwellings, constructed in the late 1200s, contain 42 rooms and are located within ...

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Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument

The Salinas valley was occupied as early as the 10th century, first by Mogollon then Anasazi cultures, who established major trade centers that served both the Rio Grande villages and the Plains Indian tribes. Franciscan missionaries built mission complexes ...

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Pecos National Historical Park

The large mounds, restored kivas and stone and adobe ruins of Pecos National Historical Park mark the location of Pecos Pueblo and an adjacent Spanish mission complex. The pueblo was an important center for trade between Pueblo farmers and ...

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Fort Union National Monument

Fort Union, a bustling center of frontier defense between 1851 and 1891, was one of the most important in a string of forts established in New Mexico and southern Arizona. Originally built to protect the Santa Fe Trail, the ...

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Kuaua Ruin (Coronado State Monument)

The prehistoric Pueblo Indian village of Kuaua was one of many large settlements established during the Classic Period (1325 to 1600 A.D.) of Anasazi Culture. The site, located on the west bank of the Rio Grande, includes the remains ...