The Animals of a Turn of the Century Farm

The animals of a turn of the century farm were very important to the self supporting farmer. We have tried to represent some of the more common animals found on the farm. We presently have sheep, goats, beef cows, dairy ...

Village of Bentonville

Wounded and Abandoned

(Preface):The Carolinas Campaign began on February 1, 1865, when Union Gen. William T. Sherman led his army north from Savannah, Georgia, after the “March to the Sea.” Sherman's objective was to join Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in ...

Forever Protected

As you explore Acadia National Park, you will discover private property interspersed with park lands. Many large national parks, like Yellowstone and Grand Canyon, were carved from the public domain as single, vast tracts of land. Acadia, in contrast, evolved ...

Peregrine Falcons Return to Acadia

The recovery of the peregrine falcon is one of the great environmental success stories of our time. Although they once nested on the east face of Champlain Mountain above you, by 1964 peregrines had become extinct throughout the eastern United ...

Battle of Liberty Place Monument

"September 14th 1874"

[ inscriptions, west face, base :]

September 14th 1874

In honor of those Americans on both sides who died in the Battle of Liberty Place

Members of the Metropolitan Police:

John H. H. Camp • John Kennedy ...

New York State Society of the Cincinnati

1783 1957

Erected by the

New York State

Society of the Cincinnati

To the Memory of

Alexander Hamilton

1757 - 1804

Lieutenant Colonel

Aide de Camp to Gen. WashingtonAnd Those Other Officers of the Continental Army & Navy Original Members of the Society Whose Remains are Interred in ...

Fort Wadsworth

Built following the Battle of the Weldon Railroad in August 1864, Fort Wadsworth anchored the extreme left of the Union siege lines for more than a month. It secured the the Union grip on the Petersburg & Weldon Railroad - ...

Fight for the Weldon Railroad

After failing to bludgeon his way into Petersburg in June and July, Grant decided to strangle the city instead. His plan: cut the railroads into Petersburg - cut the Confederate's lifelines.

On August 18, Maj. Gen. Gouverneur Warren's Union Fifth ...

A Clash of Cultures

The out break of the Revolutionary War in 1775 inflamed existing divisions within the Mohawk Valley's European communities and eventually affected individuals as well as tribes of the Iroquois Confederacy of the Six Nations. Forced to choose sides in the ...

After Victory

After victory at Cowpens, American commander, General Daniel Morgan marches his army off this field to the north and crossed the Broad River. In North Carolina, Morgan dismissed the militia.

Many of the heroes of Cowpens helped build the nation. Some ...