From the historic site's website: "Pigeon Roost is the mass burial site of settlers killed in conflicts with the Shawnee. The site got its name from the thousands of passenger pigeons that flocked to the area before they became extinct." Today, the historic site consists of a small memorial and memorial park.
The historic site offers self guided tours. The website offers visitor information.
The Edmonds Historical Museum is located in Edmonds, Washington, just north of Seattle. The museum hosts a variety of exhibits on local history, as well as a historical archives and photo archive.
The museum offers exhibits on local history, guided tours, and occasional special events. The website offers visitor information, and a brief history of Edwards-South Snohomish county.
The Umatilla County Historical Society is dedicated to the preservation and dissemination of the history of Umatilla County, Oregon, which has served as a crossroads for people of many different backgrounds, from Indians to East Coast emigrants. The society maintains a local history museum, which showcases Umatilla County's diverse history.
The society offers field trip programs, exhibits on local history, a Union Pacific Company Caboose, a one-room schoolhouse, traveling trunk exhibits, and public presentations. The website offer visitor information, information regarding all programs offered by the society, and a calendar of events. In order to contact the society via email, use the "contact us" link located on the left side of the webpage.
The German Village Society seeks to preserve and share the history of working class German Village, a historic neighborhood within Columbus, Ohio. Many of the structures, purchased from Revolutionary War veteran John McGowan, belonged to German immigrants. The society operates a visitor's center. Exhibits topics include preservation, immigration, and brewing.
The center offers an introductory video and exhibits. The society also offers guided tours of the neighborhood. Advanced notice is required for tours.
The Society operates the Franklin County Historical Museum. Originally constructed in 1910 as part of Andrew Carnegie's worldwide library construction program, the museum building's high ceilings and dark wood moldings create a period atmosphere for a collection of historic artifacts and information.
The museum offers exhibits and tours.
Carl Sandburg (1878-1967) was an American poet, writer, and editor and winner of two Pulitzer Prizes. The Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site preserves Sandburg's residence, 65,000 artifacts utilized to interpret his life, and Mrs. Sandburg's goat dairy. The dairy currently raises goats representative of the three breeds historically present.
The site offers a 14-minute video, 30-minute guided house tours, period rooms, live performances of Sandburg's works, a standards-based education program for middle school students, and Junior Ranger activities.
Historic Latta Plantation is a historic cotton plantation, dating to circa 1800, and living history farm.
The plantation offers a 15-minute introductory video, guided house tours, self-guided grounds tours, educational programs, traveling trunks, home school programs, and summer camps. The website offers a teacher resource guides, suggested reading, historic games, instructions for making historic toys, and a virtual tour.
The Town of Webb Historical Association seeks to preserve and share the history of the Adirondack region. To this end, the society operates the Goodsell Museum. The resource center contains over 5,000 photos and more than 2,000 regional postcards.
The museum offers exhibits, guided historic walking tours, and a resource center.
The Mansfield Reformatory, built in 1886 in accordance with plans by Levi T. Scofield (1842-1917), presents the history of criminal justice in Ohio. The architecture, including Victorian Gothic, Richardsonian Romanesque, and Queen Anne styles, was intended to inspire repentance and spiritual rebirth among the criminals it housed. Prior to the construction of the prison, the site served as a training camp for Civil War soldiers. The site includes a museum.
The reformatory offers guided tours and exhibits. The website offers virtual tours and a photo gallery, which includes historical images.
The Berea Historical Society seeks to preserve and share the history of Berea and Middleburg Township, Ohio. To this end, the society sponsors the Mahler Museum & History Center, housed within an 1854 sandstone residence. The History Center includes exhibits and the historical Gray's Candy Kitchen, while the museum focuses on period rooms. The history of Berea is largely dependent on the discovery of area sandstone veins.
The museum offers exhibits, period rooms, guided tours, and an archival resource room.