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 -W.P. SNYDER, JR. (Towboat)

National Historic Landmark -W.P. SNYDER, JR. (Towboat)

Towboats have been employed moving barges on all the navigable waters of the Western Rivers, and have been an important component of the American transportation system since the 1850s.

Few examples of any paddlewheel ...

National Historic Landmark - John B. Tytus House

National Historic Landmark - John B. Tytus House

Lifelong home of John ButlerTytus (1875-1944), inventor of a practical hot, wide-strip, continuous steel-rolling process, which contributed significantly to the growth of the steel industry.

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National Historic Landmark - John Rankin House

National Historic Landmark - John Rankin House

This was the home of Presbyterian minister John Rankin who is reputed to have been one of Ohio's first and most active -conductors- on the Underground Railroad.

In addition, he wrote Letters on American ...

National Historic Landmark - John P. Parker House

National Historic Landmark - John P. Parker House

A former slave, John Parker's unflagging and oftentimes heroic efforts to rescue escaped slaves from the -borderlands- along the Ohio River underscores the major role played by African-Americans not only as slaves and ...

National Historic Landmark-Majestic Showboat

National Historic Landmark- Majestic Showboat

Built in 1923, Majestic is one of two showboats to survive, the other being Goldenrod.

Perhaps the most extraordinary American adaptation of barges, more than 50 showboats carried circuses and dramatic productions to large and small ...

National Historic Landmark-Benjamin Lundy House

National Historic Landmark-Benjamin Lundy House

In 1820, this was the residence of the abolitionist Benjamin Lundy (1789-1839). Here, in this brick row house, Lundy established his influential antislavery newspaper, GENIUS OF UNIVERSAL EMANCIPATION, one of the germinal chronicles of the antislavery ...

National Historic Landmark - Navajo Nation Council Chamber

The Navajo Nation Council Chamber, Window Rock, Arizona stands today as a symbol of the New Deal revolution in federal Indian policy during the 1930s, advocating reconstitution of tribal organizations, restoration of tribal land base and promotion of traditional Indian ...

National Historic Landmark - Jerome Historic District

Jerome was one of the richest copper-producing areas in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The town and surrounding mining area illustrate the historic activities associated with copper production.

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National Historic Landmark -John W. Draper House

National Historic Landmark -John W. Draper House

This was the home (1840-82) of John W. Draper, the well-known mid-19th-century scientist who, in addition to significant contributions to physics and chemistry, also wrote important works in intellectual history.

He is remembered for ...