Lake of the Ozarks State Park [MO]

Description

Vistors can enjoy the solitude of an undeveloped cove, hidden along the shorelines of one of Missouri's largest lakes, Lake of the Ozarks. The 17,626-acre Lake of the Ozarks State Park offers this opportunity, along with a variety of recreational activities on the lake or on shore. The region lies near the middle Osage River, which was a vital resource to Native Americans, fur traders, and early homesteaders of central and western Missouri throughout the 17th to early 20th centuries; later in history, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) worked to build many of the foundation structures that still give the park its character today.

The site offers educational programs.

National Women's Hall of Fame [NY]

Description

The National Women's Hall of Fame honors U.S. women who have made significant contributions in government, science, philanthropy, education, athletics, the arts, business, and the humanities. The hall is located in Seneca Falls, NY, site of the 1848 Women's Rights Convention at which the struggle for women's rights within the United States officially began.

The hall offers exhibits, children's activities, and tours. School and children's groups are asked to make reservations. The hall is closed to the general public in January, although group tours may still take place with two weeks advance notice.

Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana

Description

The Foundation saves and restores historic places. It defends Indiana's architectural heritage and promotes preservation through education, advice, advocacy, heritage tours, and events at its historic sites. It owns and operates several historic sites, including the 1841 Huddleston Farmhouse, the 1865 Morris-Butler House, the 1810 estate Veraestau, and the turn-of-the-century hotels at French Lick and West Baden Springs.

The foundation offers lectures, educational resources, educational and recreational programs, and tours; its sites offer exhibits, tours, and other educational and recreational programs and are also listed individually in the National Education Clearinghouse's database of historic sites.

Ohio River Museum

Description

Marietta, Ohio is proud of its riverboat heritage and at the Ohio River Museum visitors can discover the golden age of the steamboat, and learn more about the ecology of the Ohio River system. The Ohio River Museum consists of three exhibit buildings, the first of which houses displays depicting the origins and natural history of the Ohio River. The history of the steamboat on the Ohio River system is featured in the second building, along with a video presentation on river steamboats. The last building features displays about boat building, mussels in the Ohio River system, and tool sand equipment from the steamboat era. Outside the museum, on the Muskingum River, visitors can take an escorted tour of the W.P. Snyder Jr.—the last intact steam-powered "pool-type" stern-wheeled towboat in the United States. Other exhibits on the museum grounds include the pilothouse from the steamboat Tell City as well as a full-scale reproduction of a flatboat from Ohio's early settlement period. Also on site are a series of poles showing the heights of some of the worst floods to hit the area in its recorded history: the 1884 flood at 54.5 feet, the 1898 flood at 49.6 feet, the 1907 flood at 52.1 feet, the flood of 1913 at 60.3 feet, and the 1937 flood at 55 feet.

The museum offers exhibits, a short film, tours, and educational programs.

Rachel Carson Homestead [PA]

Description

The Rachel Carson Homestead preserves the farmhouse in which Rachel Carson (1907-1964), famed author and environmentalist, was born. Carson is best known for her 1962 book, Silent Spring which cautions against use of chemical pesticides without further research into the ways in which chemicals may alter the environment and/or human health. The site also includes a nature trail and organic garden.

The homestead offers one-hour guided tours of the house and grounds, a 1/4-mile trail with interpretive signage, a garden, summer camps, hands-on educational programs which correspond to state educational standards, and Scout programs. Reservations are required for tours of the house and for all groups of 15 or more. The website offers lesson plans and a suggested reading list.

Missouri State Capitol

Description

The Missouri State Capitol Building's ground floor serves as the Missouri State Museum. As such, it offers two halls—one dedicated to state history and one to the state's natural resources. The three other floors of the 1924 structure are also open to the public. Noted artists who were involved in the building's creation include Frank Brangwyn, N.C. Wyeth, James Earle Fraser and Alexander Stirling Calder.

The museum offers exhibits and dioramas, while a 30-minute guided tour is available for the entirety of the building.

Beeverhead-Deerlodge National Forest [MT]

Description

The Lemhi Pass is located in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest. The Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest is the largest national forest in Montana, and contains miles of trails as well as the scenic Beartooth Mountains.

The forest offers a wealth of outdoor activities, including hiking, skiing, backpacking, camping, and fishing. The forest also offers an educational trunk, the Birch Creek Center, which is a residential outdoor educational center, and summer camps. The website offers information regarding all activities offered by the park, visitor information, and curriculum guides. In order to contact the national forest via email, use the "contact us" link located on the left side of the webpage.

Shakespeare in the Park

Description

Greg Young of the Bowery Boys details the history of the New York Shakespeare Festival, more commonly known as Shakespeare in the Park. Originating in 1954, in workshops and free performances spearheaded by Joseph Papp, the festival now takes place yearly at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park. Young looks at Papps's struggle with park commissioner Robert Moses over holding the festival in Central Park, resulting in the construction of the Delacorte Theater in 1961, and at the recent history of the festival and at the actors who have participated in it.

Prospect Park

Description

Greg Young and Tom Meyers follow the 19th-century creation and development of Brooklyn's Prospect Park, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, who had previously designed Central Park.

American Colonization Society Collection: Maps of Liberia, 1830-1870

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Map, "Map of the West Coast of Africa . . ." J. Ashmun, 1830
Annotation

A collection of 20 maps of Liberia produced or acquired by the American Colonization Society (ACS) in their efforts to settle free black Americans in West Africa. These maps show natural features on the west coast of Africa and locations of native peoples, colonist towns, and mission stations. The collection includes two maps made in 1868-69 by African-American explorer Benjamin Anderson. Users can zoom in to view map details. A "Time Line: History of Liberia" includes a 2,500 word essay with three photographs of Liberian presidents Joseph Jenkins Roberts and James Skivring and Roberts' wife Jane; links to 13 related documents; and a nine-title bibliography.