This site lies near the supposed route followed by trappers and traders en route between Canadian trading posts and the Indian villages along the Missouri River. It is named after the famous English explorer, scientist, and cartographer, David Thompson. There is a marker on the site.
The site is open to the public.
Website does not specify any interpretive services available at the site.
The old Anaconda Copper Company smelter stack, completed in 1919, is one of the tallest free-standing brick structures in the world at 585 feet. The inside diameter is 75 feet at bottom, tapering to 60 feet at the top. In comparison, the Washington Monument is 555 feet tall. The stack dominates the landscape like the Company once dominated the area's economic life. Since the smelter closed in 1980, the stack has become a symbol of the challenges that face communities dependent on finite resources.
The site is open to the public.
Website does not specify any interpretive services beyond signage available at the site.
A fine example of Greek Revival architecture, the Shawneetown Bank was constructed 18391841 to house the offices of the Bank of Illinois at Shawneetown.
Website states the site is currently unavailable for tours.
This site marks the birthplace of Walhalla. The town was first called St. Joseph after a mission established near Pembina in 1848 by Father George Belcourt. An original trading post built by trader Norman Kittson in 1851 was later moved to the site. There is a marker on the site.
The site is open to the public.
Website does not specify any interpretive services available at the site.
Old Erie Canal State Historic Park is a 36-mile stretch of the 363-mile Old Erie Canal (completed 1825), which has been designated a National Recreational Trail by the National Parks Service.
The park offers interpretive signage.
Site does not offer interpretative services beyond signage.
Peirce Mill was built in the 1820s, and operated commercially until 1897. The U.S. Government acquired the mill as part of Rock Creek Park in 1892.
Currently closed for restoration and repairs.
AMIA is a nonprofit professional association established to advance the field of moving image archiving by fostering cooperation among individuals and organizations concerned with the acquisition, description, preservation, exhibition, and use of moving image materials.
More a professional organization than an organization providing resources for the general public, it appears.
Does not appear to be affiliated with a specific site or to offer programs suitable for educators and students.
Museum not yet completed.
Fort Clark Trading Post State Historic Site is one of the most important archaeological sites in the state because of its well-preserved record of the fur trade and of personal tragedy. More than 150 years ago, it was the scene of devastating smallpox and cholera epidemics that decimated most of the inhabitants of a Mandan and later an Arikara Indian village. The archaeological remains of the large earthlodge village, cemetery, and two fur trade posts (Fort Clark Trading Post and Primeau's Post) are protected at the site, located one and one-quarter mile west of the town of Fort Clark, Mercer County.
The site is open to the public.
Website does not specify any interpretive services available at the site, beyond signage.