Mulberry Plantation

Originally granted to Sir Peter Colleton in 1679. Acquired in 1712 by Thomas Broughton, who erected the present mansion, said to be modeled after Seaton Hall in England, in 1714. Thomas Broughton was speaker of the Commons House of Assembly ...

Beatrice's Own - Civil War and the Spanish-American War

We Answered the Call

April 12, 1861: Fort Sumter, South Carolina was fired on by Rebel forces. On the 18th of May, Nebraska Territory Governor Alvin Saunders issued a proclamation calling for volunteers to either answer the call from President Lincoln ...

Dedicated to You, A Free Citizen in a Free Land

This reproduction of the Liberty Bell was presented to the people of

Iowa

by direction of The Honorable John W. Snyder

Secretary of the Treasury

As the inspirational symbol of the

United States Savings Bonds Independence Drive

from May 16 to July 4,1950, ...

Harpers Ferry National Historical Park

(First Panel):

Harpers Ferry National Historical Park is the story of...

Industrial Development and the production of weapons at the Harpers Ferry armory.

John Brown's Raid and his attempt to end slavery.

The Civil War with Union and Confederate armies fighting over this border ...

Veatch's Brigade

Hurlbut's Division

U.S.

Army of the Tennessee

25th Ind., 14th Ill., 15th Ill.,

Veatch's (2d) Brigade,

Hurlbut's (4th) Division.

On Monday, April 7, 1862, these regiments were in reserve behind the 1st brigade until noon. They were then moved via Ross' headquarters, Duncan House, to McCook's ...

Confederate Victory

"The Rebels were all around us and our only refuge was the open canopy of heaven."

Sgt. Charles E. Smith

32nd Ohio Infantry

September 14, 1862

Thousands of Federal soldiers huddled in ravines on Bolivar Heights to escape the Confederate ...

Pilgrims and Patriots

When the Puritans landed in Boston in 1630, the Separatist settlement at Plymouth Colony was ten years old. Puritans and Separatists were two Protestant sects that developed in the late 16th century in England. Puritans were critical of, but remained ...

The Great Inland Seaway

For over sixty million years during the Cretaceous Period, much of eastern Montana was underwater, covered by an vast inland sea. As the Rocky Mountains formed to the west, it created a broad, flat coastal plain that was home to ...

Central State Hospital

Established in 1869 in temporary quarters at Howard's Grove near Richmond. In 1870 it came under control of the State. In 1885 it was moved to the present location, the site of "Mayfield Plantation", which was purchased and donated to ...

The Matton Shipyard

The Matton Shipyard

John E. Matton built his shipyard here on Van Schaick Island in 1916, shortly after the new Barge Canal opened. Besides building barges and tugboats, the shipyard serviced and repaired the boats that travelled both the Erie ...