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Die Heimat Country Inn
Homestead is unlike the other Amana villages ...
Homestead Meat Shop and Smokehouse
The Homestead Meat Shop and Smokehouse was bu...
Amana Colony Blacksmith Shop
The Amana villages were situated in a soil rich ...
Homestead Dwellings
The most common building type found in the Am...
Camp Nelson
Camp Nelson was a large Union quartermaster and ...
Mayhew Cabin
Mayhew Cabin was built in Nebraska City, a kn...
Barney L. Ford Building
The building at 1514 Blake Street was one of the...
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
During the summer of 1859, John Brown (1800-1...
Theodore Roosevelt Island
Mason's Island is now known as Theodore Roosevel...
Moncure Conway House
The site known as the "Conway House" is a reside...
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Die Heimat Country Inn
Homestead is unlike the other Amana villages (established from 1856 to 1862) because settlers had arrived there prior to it being purchased by the Inspirationists. In 1860, knowing that plans called for the Rock Island Railroad to pass through ...
Homestead Meat Shop and Smokehouse
The Homestead Meat Shop and Smokehouse was built around 1868, and was used to process meat for the several communal kitchens in the village of Homestead. Most butchering was done in the fall and winter, and meat was smoked ...
Amana Colony Blacksmith Shop
The Amana villages were situated in a soil rich area of Iowa and the farmers cultivating it required the services of a full service blacksmith and repair shop. Each Amana village had one blacksmith shop. The self-sufficient Amana villages ...
Homestead Dwellings
The most common building type found in the Amana Colonies, the dwellings reflect the simple lives of their residents. Several original dwellings, mostly brick, remain in Homestead today. Amana Colony houses were typically rectangular, one-and-a-half-story buildings built with the ...
Camp Nelson
Camp Nelson was a large Union quartermaster and commissary depot, recruitment and training center, and hospital facility located in southern Jessamine County, Kentucky, six miles south of Nicholasville. Camp Nelson is the nation's best preserved large Civil War depot, ...
Mayhew Cabin
Mayhew Cabin was built in Nebraska City, a known “free town” along the Lane Trail, a route used by freedom seekers attempting to reach Iowa after fleeing Missouri. Among the city founders, Allen B. Mayhew and his wife Barbara ...
Barney L. Ford Building
The building at 1514 Blake Street was one of the earliest commercial successes for Barney L. Ford, a pivotal black leader in the early history of Colorado. Ford was a black pioneer, businessman, civic leader and politician who actively ...
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
During the summer of 1859, John Brown (1800-1859) developed a strategy for seizing Harpers Ferry and gathered weapons, supplies, and supporters while living at the Kennedy Farm, located seven miles away in Maryland. His plan was to liberate slaves ...
Theodore Roosevelt Island
Mason's Island is now known as Theodore Roosevelt Island because of the Theodore Roosevelt monument there. It is wooded with several archaeological sites in addition to the monument. The Potomac River flows into two channels surrounding the island. It ...
Moncure Conway House
The site known as the "Conway House" is a residential structure built circa 1807. The house is a well-preserved example of Federal-style architecture and sits on the banks of the Rappahannock River in Stafford County, Virginia. The site was ...
