Friday, January 29, 2010

Stone Mountain Park - Atlanta, Georgia

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Stone Mountain on the outskits of Atlanta has been an object of fascination to me since I first saw it as a kid with my parents. Once inco...
Wednesday, January 20, 2010

The Restored Streetcars of Fort Smith, Arkansas

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One of the most enjoyable historic sites in the South is actually one that moves. The Fort Smith Trolley Museum in Arkansas gives visitors ...
Monday, January 18, 2010

Moss Hill Methodist Church - Washington County, Florida

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One of the most beautiful old structures in the South can be found in the rolling hills of the Florida Panhandle. Built in 1857, Moss Hill ...
Thursday, January 14, 2010

The Historic City of Van Buren, Arkansas

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If the streets of the beautiful Arkansas city of Van Buren look familiar, there probably is a good reason. The Arkansas River community do...
Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Isaac C. Parker, the Hanging Judge of Fort Smith, Arkansas

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The years following the Civil War were a time of great violence and turbulence in the Indian Nations of today's Oklahoma. Hundreds o...
Sunday, January 10, 2010

C.S.S. Chattahoochee - The Last Wooden Confederate Gunboat

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On a walk through the National Civil War Naval Museum in Columbus, Georgia, the sheer size of the exhibit containing the wreck of the ironc...
Friday, January 8, 2010

Albert Pike's School House - An Arkansas Reminder of the Father of Modern Freemasonry

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This little log one-room school house in Arkansas holds a unique place in American history. Its one-time teacher was Albert Pike, who late...
Thursday, January 7, 2010

Grave of one of DeSoto's soldiers? - Van Buren, Arkansas

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One of the most unexpected historic sites in the South can be found in the old section of Fairview Cemetery in Van Buren, Arkansas. It is ...
Thursday, December 31, 2009

Siloam Springs, Arkansas - Historic City on the Oklahoma Border

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First settled in around 1835, the modern city of Siloam Springs gained life as an important trading post located just inside the line dividi...
Saturday, December 26, 2009

Battle of Chickamauga - Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia

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On September 19-20, 1863, Confederate and Union armies collided in northern Georgia in one of the most violent battles in American history. ...
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Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Shiloh Indian Mounds - Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee

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The ground on which the Battle of Shiloh was fought was actually of great importance hundreds of years before that Civil War engagement. Arc...
Monday, December 21, 2009

Battle of Shiloh - Shiloh, Tennessee

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In April of 1862, Confederate and Union forces mauled each other for two days around a small log church that gave the battle its name - Shil...
Saturday, December 19, 2009

Battle of Jenkins' Ferry - Sheridan, Arkansas

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The Red River Campaign of 1864 was one of the most disastrous Union efforts of the entire Civil War. The campaign as planned called for two ...
Friday, December 18, 2009

Historic Pensacola Village - Pensacola, Florida

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The Historic Pensacola Village is a unique large scale exhibit of historic sites, structures and museums in downtown Pensacola, Florida. It ...
Thursday, December 17, 2009

New Fayetteville Section Now Online

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A new section exploring the history, historic sites and natural wonders in and around the beautiful Northwest Arkansas city of Fayetteville ...
Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Arkansas Trail of Holiday Lights

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One of the most unique free attractions of the Christmas season is the statewide Trail of Holiday Lights promoted by the Arkansas Departmen...
Friday, December 11, 2009

DeSoto State Park - Fort Payne, Alabama

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If you are looking for something a little different to do with the family over Christmas vacation, you might be surprised to discover how wo...
Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Confederate Battery on Jekyll Island, Georgia

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A major and beautiful resort area on Georgia's Atlantic Coast, Jekyll Island is steeped in the history of America. Guale Indians once oc...
Monday, December 7, 2009

Pearl Harbor Day - December 7, 1941

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It was 68 years ago today that Japanese aircraft and submarines carried out an unprovoked attack on the United States Pacific Fleet at Pearl...
Saturday, December 5, 2009

Hot Springs National Park - Hot Springs, Arkansas

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If the cold weather that swept across the South this week has you dreaming about warmer places, there is a place in Arkansas where the stea...