During its heyday in the 1880s, the mining town of Elkhorn swelled to a population of 2,500. The boom ended in 1890 with the drop in silver prices and residents moved to other areas. They left behind two impressive structures, Fraternity Hall and Gillian Hall, which have been preserved as outstanding examples of frontier architecture.
The site is open to the public.
Website does not specify any interpretive services at the site.
This Pine Barrens village is composed of 33 historic buildings and structures including the Batsto Mansion, gristmill, sawmill, general store, workers' homes, and post office. Batsto Village was a former bog iron and glassmaking industrial center from 1766 to 1867 and currently reflects the agricultural and commercial enterprises that existed here during the late 19th century.
A second website, specifically for the Village, can be found here.
The site offers exhibits, tours, and occasional recreational and educational events.
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.
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.
The Okeechobee Main Street program is designed to improve all aspects of the Okeechobee downtown district. Its main goals are to improved economic management, strengthen public participation in downtown events, recruit new businesses, rehabilitate buildings and building facades, and expand parking for visitors. The organization has three main projects, the facade program which seeks to improve the look and feel of downtown through building restoration, the beautification program which improves upon landscaping downtown, and guidelines for the painting of murals downtown.
The site offers detailed information and documents regarding all organization programs, an events calendar, and links to visitor information regarding Okeechobee.
This is a community revitalization organization.
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.
Today, the Southern New England Chapter (SNEC) of the Society for Industrial Archeology (SIA) keeps the industrial legacy of this region alive. Through its chapter newsletter, annual conference on New England industrial archeology and exclusive tours of industrial sites—most of them active, working factories otherwise inaccessible to the general public—the Society explores the places, lives, and ideas of the region's industrial heritage.
General interest organization for adults; does not seem to be focused on youth or school education.
Over 150 years ago, Henry Wells and William G. Fargo founded a company that has gone on to become one of the largest financial services companies in the U.S. Today, it operates museum exhibits detailing U.S. history and the company's history at twelve of its offices: Fort Wayne, Indiana; Denver, CO; Tucson, AZ; Omaha, NE; Waco, TX; Astoria and La Grande, OR; and Seattle, WA. It also runs full museums documenting U.S. and company history in Portland, OR; Anchoraga, AK; Minneapolis, MN; Phoenix, AZ; and San Francisco, Sacramento, San Diego, and Los Angeles, CA.
The site offers exhibits, tours, and educational programs.
Michael Ray narrates a basic introduction to indentured servitude and slavery in the North American colonies. The presentation looks at the transition from indentured servitude as the most common form of forced labor to the use of African slaves and the development of the slave trade. It includes excerpts from the oral history of a former slave.
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