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Touring the Erie Canal - HistoryNet Cycling the Canalway last summer, my wife and I found each section had a distinct character with charming and evocative sites: rehabbed and untouched canal infrastructure, historic landmarks, once-prosperous towns seeking comebacks, local museums crammed with unusual lore Below are highlights, going from west to east Erie Canal Discovery Center
Live Your Wild West Fantasy on the Outlaw Trail with This . . . - HistoryNet The 235-mile San Juan Skyway follows scenic highways to link up mountain towns and historic sites, like the Old West towns of Telluride, Ouray, Silverton, and Durango The Telluride of today is a mountain ski town with a national historic landmark district to explore, but in 1889 it was the site of Butch Cassidy’s first robbery
The Levi and Catharine Coffin House State Historic Site: The Grand . . . The Levi and Catharine Coffin House in Fountain City, Ind , may seem off the beaten path for Civil War aficionados, but that was not the case for thousands of enslaved people in antebellum America, for whom it was a symbol of incredible hope—appropriately labeled the “Grand Central Station of the Underground Railroad” in the 1840s
Abraham Lincoln Museums – An Overview - HistoryNet Museums and historic sites associated with Lincoln have received many millions of visitors during their existence Four Lincoln museums, each different in character, are examined here in detail While collectively they present a significant portion of the artifacts and literature associated with this great leader there is far too much Lincoln
Maryland in the Civil War - HistoryNet Hip and historic Frederick County boasts unique shopping and dining experiences, battlefields, museums, covered bridges, and abundant outdoor recreation Request a free travel packet! St Mary’s County, Maryland Visit Point Lookout, site of the war’s largest prison camp, plus Confederate and USCT monuments
Battle Of Franklin: Civil War Sites – Carnton, Carter . . . - HistoryNet Today, the town of Franklin is a poster-child example of Main Street restoration of a historic downtown, its streets lined with boutiques and crowded with tourists But just a few hundred yards beyond its charming shops stand two witnesses to the carnage that once occurred there
The Little Town in Illinois That Helped Decide the Civil War - HistoryNet In the anxious days that followed the fall of Fort Sumter in April 1861, Illinois Governor Richard Yates worried in particular about a disease-ridden little town jutting into the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers
HURL Director Terry Kerby - HistoryNet The midget sub is also an important monitoring site and a model for managing historic sites in partnership with NOAA’s Maritime Heritage Program, HURL and the National Park Service How did you find the Japanese submarine I-400? We started our search for the giant aircraft carrier submarines I-400, I-401and I-14 in 2005 We had historic