Fort Saco in 1693 / Le Fort Saco en 1693

The Museum in the Streets

The Indians burned the township of Saco in 1688. Fort Saco was built on the future site of the Laconia Mills to protect the settlers in 1693. The fort served as stables during the construction of ...

Morewood Massacre

On April 2, 1891, at the nearby Morewood Mines of the H.C. Frick Coke Co., sheriff's deputies killed seven strikers; two more died later. These were among some 16,000 workers striking for higher wages in the coke region. Thousands of ...

Palmyra Massacre

A State Divided

The Palmyra Massacre

The Palmyra Massacre was a grim ending to Confederate Col. Joseph Porter's 1862 recruiting campaign in northeast Missouri. Besides recruiting local men for the Confederate army, Porter attacked Union outposts and patrols all summer long. In ...

Sacajawea State Park

The Sacajawea State Park is located on 284 acres at the convergence of Columbia and Snake Rivers in Pasco, Washington. The park is named after the Shoshone woman who acted as guide during the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The area ...

Underwater Archaeology-USS Massachussetts Shipwreck

DID YOU KNOW THAT MUCH OF FLORIDA’S ARCHAEOLOGY IS UNDERWATER? FLORIDA HAS NUMEROUS SUBMERGED PREHISTORIC AND HISTORIC SITES AS WELL AS THOUSANDS OF WRECKED AND ABANDONED WATERCRAFT.

SOME OF THESE SHIPWRECKS HAVE BEEN NOMINATED TO BECOME UNDERWATER ARCHAEOLOGICAL PRESERVES THAT ...

Pensacola Mardi Gras

Say Mardi Gras and most Americans immediately think of New Orleans.

Pensacola, however, is another gulf coast city with a thriving Mardi Gras tradition that is one of the oldest and largest celebrations in the country.

Although first organized in ...

Battery Pensacola

Positioned in the middle of Fort Pickens, Battery Pensacola represents the transition in coastal defenses from brick and mortar to more modern reinforced concrete.

Built in 1898, the emplacement featured two 12-inch disappearing guns, each capable of firing 1,070 pound ...

National Historic Landmark-Pensacola Naval Air Station

Established in January 1914, this was the United States' first permanent naval air station, first Navy pilot training center, and first U.S. naval installation to send pilots into combat.

Information provided by the National Register of Historic Places, a program of ...

St. Valentine's Day Massacre Site

This address was once home to the SMC Cartage Company, site of one of the most infamous gangland killings in American history.

On February 14th 1929, seven men associated with Bugs Moran's North Side Gang were murdered by gunmen hired ...

National Historic Landmark-Resaca De La Palma Battlefield

National Historic Landmark- Resaca De La Palma Battlefield

In the early hours of May 9, 1846, after the battle of Palo Alto, Mexican forces under Maj. Gen. Mariano Arista retreated to Resaca de la Palma; Brig. Gen. Zachary Taylor and his ...