Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center [OK]

Description

At noon on September 16, 1983, over 100,000 people raced into the Cherokee Outlet to claim a 160-acre homestead or town lot. The largest of the Oklahoma land runs, the Cherokee Outlet Land Run opened six million acres to settlement. By nightfall settlers’ camps dotted the prairie, and buildings were springing up in the newly settled towns. The new 24,000 sq. ft. Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, opening in the spring of 2011, will feature all new exhibits, a Temporary Exhibit Gallery to host traveling exhibits, a research center, a theater and a gift shop. Gracing the landscape of the building are replicas of the Phillips University columns and “The Homesteader” statute by the renowned western artist, H. Holden. The Heritage Center’s living history area, Humphrey Heritage Village, features a collection of four historically significant buildings including the only remaining 1893 U.S. Land Office, an 1896 school, a 1902 church and a 1905 home. The Center’s most prominent educational program is Turkey Creek School, providing 4th grade students from throughout the state the opportunity to experience a school day from 1910.

Lompoc Valley Historical Society and Fabing-McKay Spanne House

Description

The Society was founded September 5, 1964, as an outgrowth of the Lompoc Pioneer Society. The mission of the society is to provide a repository for historical artifacts and documents pertinent to the history of the Lompoc Valley. The Society also owns and maintains the 1875 Fabing-McKay Spanne House.

The house offers tours; the society offers research library access.

Canyon County Historical Society and Museums

Description

The Society operates two museums, the Nampa Train Depot Museum and Our Memories Indian Creek Museum. The Depot Museum is housed in a 1903 train depot and displays exhibits exploring agriculture, Thomas Edison, railroads, shaving implements, and other subjects. The Our Memories Museum provides visitors a tour back into the past with rooms depicting various scenes from yesteryear.

The museums offer exhibits and tours.

Cracker Country [FL]

Description

Cracker Country, a rural Florida outdoor living history museum was established so that future generations might better understand and appreciate Florida's rural heritage. From the rustic cypress log corn crib to the grand old two-story Carlton house, Cracker Country features 13 original buildings dating from 1870—1912. These buildings were moved to their present location from throughout the state, then restored and furnished with antiques of the period.

The site offers exhibits, tours, and demonstrations.

Historical Society of Pomona Valley, Ebell Museum of History, and Historic Sites

Description

The Society operates the Ebell Museum of History, housed in the 1910 home of Pomona's Ebell Club; the 1850–1854 Adobe de Palomares; the 1837 La Casa Primera; the 1908 Barbara Greenwood Kindergarten; and the 1875 Phillips Mansion.

The museum and sites offer exhibits; the society offers lectures and occasional recreational and educational programs.

Hiller Aviation Museum [CA]

Description

The Hiller Aviation Museum celebrates the human spirit of adventure expressed in the history of aviation in Northern California and beyond. Through aircraft collections, exhibits, and programs, the museum provides multiple ways for visitors to experience the adventure and innovation of flight and to use aviation as a portal for exploring science, history, and technology.

The museum offers exhibits, tours, educational programs, research library access, and educational and recreational events.

Sumpter Valley Dredge State Heritage Area [OR]

Description

This Powder River was the vein of life during the boom days of the gold rush. The landscape still bears the scars. Miles of tailings line the banks of the river, a remembrance from the prosperous days of mining. The Sumpter Valley Dredge left much of the rocky footprint that visitors can see on their trek along Highway 7. The dredge is an important link to Oregon's pioneering past and development. It is one of the largest and most accessible gold dredges in the U.S., and the last of three built on the Powder River. Built in 1935, it ran until 1954. It dug up more than four million dollars worth by a simple, but dramatic method.

The site offers interpretive services, according to the website; however, the services are not described.
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Mare Island Historic Park Foundation [CA]

Description

David Glasgow Farragut founded the Mare Island Shipyard in 1854, and the Navy closed the yard in 1996. During that period, over 500 ships, including nuclear submarines, were built at Mare Island Naval Shipyard. The Foundation cares for four of the most historic buildings in Mare Island's National Historic Landmark District. These include St. Peter's Chapel (built 1901), renowned for its Tiffany-designed stained glass windows; Quarters "A" (built 1900), largest (10,500 square feet) of the 13 colonial revival mansions; Quarters "B," a mansion of 7,400 square feet also called the "Captain's Mansion;" and Building 46 (built 1855), originally a smithery, then the pipe shop, now the Artifacts Museum.

The foundation offers tours and occasional workshops and classes; Building 46 offers exhibits.

El Camino Real International Heritage Center [NM]

Description

The newest State Monument tells the fascinating story of more than three centuries of trade and commerce that traversed the trail, linking Spain, Mexico, and the United States at a time when mules, trains, and horses were the only means of land travel. The award-winning building is set amidst the pristine Chihuahuan Desert north of the Jornada del Muerto and houses an exhibit that takes visitors on a virtual journey along the historic trail from Zacatecas, Mexico to Santa Fe, New Mexico. Visitors can discover the indigenous people encountered by the Spanish and the impact the arrival of the Spanish had on the formation of New Mexico. Remnants of the early journey remain today in hand-hewn carts, tools, leather water jugs, and religious altars and objects that accompanied the travelers into the northern territory. Visitors experience the journeys of Native Americans, Spaniards, and Mexicans; the military fort period; and the first Anglo settlers from the Eastern United States, through first-person stories and the art and objects they brought with them.

A second website, maintained by the El Camino Real International Heritage Center Foundation, can be found here.

The center offers exhibits, tours, educational programs, workshops, and occasional recreational and educational events.

Northwest Railway Museum [WA]

Description

The Museum displays exhibits in the turn-of-the-century Snoqualmie Depot, incorporating displays interpreting the purpose and function of a train station with outdoor displays of restored railway equipment. It also operates an Interpretive Railway Program called the Snoqualmie Valley Railroad. This five-mile common carrier railroad allows museum visitors to experience a train excursion aboard antique railroad coaches through the Upper Snoqualmie Valley.

The museum offers exhibits, train rides, educational programs, research library access, and occasional recreational and educational events