A heritage of hearths

Morristown National Historical Park

Soldiers of the Pennsylvania Line built these hearths in the winter of 1779-1780.

The rest of the encampment vanished decades ago, victims of disuse and decay. These huts are copies, based partly on the ghosts of post holes ...

Artist Point

Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River

A Photographer's Canvas

Artist Point offers a magnificent view of Lower Falls plunging 308 feet (93 meters). Framed by canyon walls, forest, and sky, the picturesque scene has been photographed countless times for more than a ...

The Beartooth Plateau

The Beartooth Plateau contains some of the oldest exposed rocks on Earth and provides a unique window into the history of our planet. About 55 million years ago, this massive block of metamorphic basement rock pushed its way upward nearly ...

Longstreet's Headquarters

A Cold Command

In the winter of 1863-1864, after abandoning the siege of Knoxville, Confederate Gen. James Longstreet was given command of the Confederate forces in Upper East Tennessee. He chose Russellville, a small town on the East Tennessee and Virginia ...

Martha Washington College

The McCabe Lodge No. 56, Independent Order of Odd Fellows decided in 1853 to establish a women's college named after Martha Washington. The Holston Conference of the Methodist Church assumed control of the project by 1858. That same year the ...

William Mozart McVey

1905-1995

A versatile sculptor of people, animals, birds and religious symbols, McVey attended the University of Texas and taught art there and at Rice University. He played football at Rice under the legendary coach John Heisman in 1924. McVey studied and ...

Barter Theatre

The Barter Theatre building was constructed about 1830 as a church, which was remodeled several times. Among the oldest theaters in America, the building hosted its first performance in 1876. During the Great Depression of the 1930s, Robert Porterfield, an ...

Jones' Battalion, Reserve Artillery

C.S.A.

Jones' Battalion, Reserve Artillery,

Major H.P. Jones, Commanding.

Organization.

Morris (Virginia) Artillery, Orange (Virginia) Artillery,

Turner's (Virginia) Battery, Wimbish's (Virginia) Battery,

(September 17, 1862.)

Jones' artillery battalion occupied the ridge north of this point and was actively engaged early in the day, but was soon withdrawn ...

Martin Hotel

1924-1985

For sixty-one years the Martin Hotel was located at this site. Established in 1924 by Robert Martin with 50 rooms it became the largest African-American hotel in the South. Many celebrities and entertainers such as: Ella Fitzgerald, The Ink Spots, ...

Ex Parte Milligan

In a landmark decision on April 3, 186, the United States Supreme Court overturned the conspiracy against the national government conviction of Huntington attorney Lambdin P. Milligan (1812-1899). This decision rising out of the Civil War, set a precedent which ...