Kelleytown

In October of 1877, Benjamin Kelley was appointed the first superintendent of Hot Springs Reservation. With the park now under government supervision, the Secretary of the Interior ordered Kelley to remove all of the wooden shanties over the "Dugout pools" ...

Army-Navy Hospital

In 1883, the first Army and Navy General Hospital was built in Hot Springs National Park as one of the country’s oldest Army general hospital. The hospital was dedicated to serving the sick and wounded of the United States fighting ...

Happy Hollow

McLeod’s Amusement Park, later known as Happy Hollow, was a favorite spot for Hot Springs National Park visitors and locals from the late 1880s until 1948. McLeod first established a photo gallery at Happy Hollow. Most of the photography was ...

Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Composed of over 2.3 million acres of land, the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest includes areas within Oregon and Idaho. Within the boundaries of the forest visitors can enjoy the scenic beauty of four separate wilderness areas, ten designated Wild a Scenic ...

Initial Engagement and Mexican Retreat

A second detachment of Houston's cavalry had been sent to New Washington to reconnoiter Santa Anna's movements. This detachment found the Mexicans had burned the town and were advancing toward Lynch's Ferry. The Mexican Army arrived at site Marker 11 ...

Missoula Foot Races

Distance running has a storied history in Missoula, Montana. Take, for example, the “Course des Femmes,” the first documented footrace in the area, which took place nearly 200 ...

Gotham Jewelry Shop

The Gotham Jewelry shop operated at 15 Main Street between 1933 and 1967 by owner Octave N. Rosenberg. The shop was also Bill Finger's inspiration for the fictional Gotham City made famous in the Batman Comics.

Meek/Eaton Southeastern Regional Black Archives Research Center and Museum

The center was officially founded in 1976, by noted historian and pioneering archivist and curator, the late Dr. James N. Eaton, Sr. It opened to the public in 1977 in FAMU’s historic Carnegie Library. Built in 1907, Carnegie Library is ...

National Historic Landmark- The Statue of Liberty

Constructing the Statue

In 1865, a French political intellectual and anti-slavery activist named Edouard de Laboulaye proposed that a statue representing liberty be built for the United States. This monument would honor the United States' centennial of independence and the friendship ...

University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum

USFCAM organizes exhibitions, produces relevant catalogues, schedules critically significant traveling exhibitions and underwrites new projects by artists emerging on the national and the international fronts.