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Friday, October 20, 2023

New Deal Homestead Museum

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Arthurdale, West Virginia was the initial project of the Subsistence Homesteads Division, part of the President Roosevelt's New Deal a...
Thursday, October 19, 2023

Montour Trail

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The Montour Rail Trail follows the rail bed of a route that was primary used for hauling coal out of the many mines in the hills around Pitt...
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Wednesday, October 18, 2023

Litzenberg Memorial Woods and McKinnis Litzenburg Farmstead

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Charles and Mary McKinnis, who started farming here in 1822, built the large house, which still stands, in 1847. The next owners Otta and Ru...
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Tuesday, October 17, 2023

Wabash and Erie Canal Interpretive Center

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 Ground was broken on February 22, 1832 to begin construction of the Wabash and Erie Canal. The canal, which took 11 years to finish, stretc...
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Sunday, October 15, 2023

Bishop Hill Museum

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Bishop Hill was founded 1846 by Swedish immigrants in an attempt to create a utopian, communal society. They had followed Erik Jansson from ...
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Saturday, October 14, 2023

Henry County Historical Museum

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An old school has been renovated to serve as the museum so exhibits fill the classrooms and line the hallway. Donated items have been groupe...
Friday, October 13, 2023

Isle of Capri Casino Bettendorf

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To get to the casino, exit I-74 and go east on Grant Street, then right on George Thuenen Drive. At the levee road we turned right into a pa...
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Wednesday, October 11, 2023

National Pearl Button Museum

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The first button company in Muscatine, Iowa was founded in 1884 by J. F. Boepple. The buttons were made by punching circles from the shells ...
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