Unearthing Florida: Camp Walton

At the start of the Civil War, Confederate Florida looked to local militias to begin the difficult task of raising an army.

Most militias were made up of men from different social orders in the community- farmers, bricklayers, teachers, fisherman, lawyers ...

Milwaukee Public Museum

Milwaukee Public Museum is the intersection of human history and natural science. The museum strives to educate, explore, discover and preserve the world and its people.

We have the tools with which to ask and answer questions: Why do caterpillars ...

National Historic Landmark-GeorgetownSilverPlumeHistoricDistrict

The Georgetown-Silver Plume area flourished because of gold and silver production. The two communities have retained much of their mid-19th-century boom-town atmosphere.

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National Historic Landmark - Cripple Creek Historic District

Cripple Creek served one of the world's largest gold fields, yielding almost $25 million in 1901.

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National Historic Landmark - Joseph Taylor Robinson House

From 1930 to 1937, this little-altered 2 1/2-story frame-and-granite dwelling was the home of Joseph Taylor Robinson (1872-1937), Senate Majority Leader during the early part of the New Deal. Robinson's ability to keep the "Senate's nose to the grindstone" played ...

National Historic Landmark - Parkin Indian Mound

This is the type site of the Parkin phase, a Late Mississippian and protohistoric palisaded village with one mound. It may be the town of Casqui mentioned in the narratives of the 16th century Spanish explorer Hernando De Soto.

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National Historic Landmark-Nash-Hooper House

National Historic Landmark- Nash-Hooper House

Built by Francis Nash, Revolutionary War hero and general. Home, from 1782 until his death in 1790, of William Hooper, a signer of the Declaration of Independence for North Carolina and a delegate to the Continental ...

National Historic Landmark - Centennial Baptist Church

Centennial Baptist Church was the home base for Reverend (Dr.) Elias Camp Morris from the dedication of the church in 1905 until his death in 1922. While serving as pastor, Dr. Morris was president (1895-1922) of the National Baptist Convention ...

National Historic Landmark - Camden Expedition Sites

The Camden Expedition (March 23-May 2, 1864) involved Union forces stationed at Little Rock and Fort Smith under the command of Maj. Gen. Frederick Steele. The plan called for Steele's force to march to Shreveport, Louisiana, where it would link ...

National Historic Landmark-Start Point of LA Purchase Survey

This is the point from which the lands acquired through the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 were subsequently surveyed: the land surveys for all or part of the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, North and ...