National Historic Landmark- American Flag Raising Site

On October 18, 1867, the Russian flag was lowered on Castle Hill, home of Alaska's Russian governors, the American flag was raised, and a brief exchange of statements completed the transfer of Alaska to the United States.

This event marked our ...

National Historic Landmark - Clover Site

These are the extraordinarily well-preserved remains of an Indian town dating to about 400 years ago. The site pertains to the Fort Ancient culture, who were the descendants of the cosmopolitan Hopewell trading societies and related to the other great ...

National Historic Landmark - Oconto Site

At this prehistoric burial ground, implements of the Old Copper Culture people, who occupied the northern Midwest about 2500 BC, have been found in association with human burials.

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

National Historic Landmark - Upper Green River Rendezvous Site

Of the 15 annual meetings held by mountain men of the Rocky Mountain fur trade from 1825 to 1840, this was the most popular rendezvous site. The annual spring trading fair held here attracted Euro-American traders and trappers, including Kit ...

National Historic Landmark - Horner Site

This site has yielded evidence that several distinctive weapons and tools found in the Plains region were all part of a single prehistoric flint tool industry of Early Hunter origin. Initial age estimates place occupation of this site at approximately ...

National Historic Landmark- Fort Mitchell Site

Consisting of the archeological remains of two early 19th century palisaded military forts (established 1813 and 1825); the Creek Trading House or Factory (1817-20); the Creek Indian Agency (1821-32); the Thomas Crowell Tavern (c. 1825); two hisotric cemeteries and the ...

National Historic Landmark- Apalachicola Fort Site

The northernmost Spanish outpost on the Chattachoochee River, the wattle-and-daub blockhouse was completed in 1690 to prevent the English from gaining a foothold among the Lower Creek Indians, who had rejected Spanish missionaries and accepted English traders. The post was ...

Steamtown National Historic Site

(1) Locomotive Erecting Shop (1909) - where heavy maintenance was done on locomotives. More than 70 locomotives were built here. The facility included a foundry, blacksmith shop, machine shop, and a laboratory.

(2) Office and Storage Building (1909) - used as ...

Lincoln Home National Historic Site

Lincoln Home National Historic Site is part of the National Park System, one of more than 390 parks that are important examples of our nation's heritage. This unit of the National Park Service preserves the home of the nation's 16th ...

Ninety Six National Historic Site

A Revolutionary War Landmark

Ninety Six National Historic Site is a unit of the National Park Service, which preserves lands of national significance. This park features the site of the old town of Ninety Six, an important seat of power in ...