You can check out this Lightship Columbia at the Columbia River Maritime Museum in Astoria, OR. It’s open daily from 11-3 pm. You need to have a pass to get on the boat. You look around the top of the boat and you can go in the ship and see how it was used. I…
Category: National Historic Landmarks
National Historic Landmarks: Oregon Trail Ruts (Wyoming)
Oregon Trail Ruts were made by wagon wheels, draft animals and people that walked into the sandstone ridge about 2 to 6 feet. The heavy usage time was from 1841-1869. The trail ruts are 0.5 miles long and are worn 2 to 6 feet. The route was chosen to avoid the marshy ground along the…
National Historic Landmarks: Sixteenth Street Baptist Church (Alabama)
This church is a National Historic Landmark. Sixteenth Street Baptist Church is located in Birmingham, Alabama. This church was used for meetings, training center and departure points for marches during the Civil Rights Movement. Also in 9/1963 there was a bombing there that killed four young girls and injure twenty- two others. The Ku Klux…