Columbus-Belmont State Park
350 Park Rd, Columbus, Kentucky 42032
Overlooking the Mississippi River, Columbus-Belmont State Park preserves the site of the 1861 Battle of Belmont, with Civil War earthworks, a museum, historic artifacts, and wide river views.
Pierre Menard Home State Historic Site
Listed in Historical landmark
4230 Kaskaskia St, Ellis Grove, Illinois 62241
Explore the preserved brick home of Pierre Menard, Illinois’s first lieutenant governor, and discover frontier politics, trade, and daily life along the Mississippi River in the early 1800s.
Dogtooth Bend Mounds and Village Site
Bumguard Cemetery Rd, Miller City, IL 62962, Miller City, Illinois 62962
Dogtooth Bend Mounds and Village Site preserves evidence of Native American life in the Mississippi River Valley, offering a quiet reminder of the much older cultural landscape beneath southern Illinois.
Fort Williams – Civil War Battlefield
100 Fort Williams Way, Glasgow, KY 42141, Glasgow, Kentucky 42141
Explore a Civil War battlefield with a cemetery and reconstructed fort in Glasgow, Kentucky.
Mound City National Cemetery
Listed in Civil War, Civil War Trails, Military cemetery, Ohio River Scenic Byway, Visited by Old Folks Adventures
IL-37, Mound City, Illinois 62963
A quiet Illinois national cemetery established in 1864, with strong Civil War ties and orderly rows of veteran headstones west of Mound City along Illinois Route 37.
Blythe Ferry: Trail of Tears
Listed in Historical landmark, Native American Heritage Sites, Trail of Tears, Visited by Old Folks Adventures
6630-6615 Blythe Ferry Ln, Birchwood, Tennessee 37308
At this Tennessee River crossing, thousands of Cherokee passed through during the forced removal remembered as the Trail of Tears. Blythe Ferry is a meaningful place to pause, learn, and reflect on this difficult chapter in Cherokee and American history.
Fort Nelson Park
705 W Main St #701, Louisville, KY 40202, Louisville, Kentucky 40202
A small downtown park marking the site associated with Fort Nelson, an 18th-century frontier fort and part of Louisville’s early history.
Red Clay State Historic Park
Listed in Native American Heritage Sites, State park, Trail of Tears, Visited by Old Folks Adventures
1140 Red Clay Park Road SW, Cleveland, Tennessee 37311
Visit the final seat of the Cherokee national government in the East, with exhibits and historic grounds connected to the Trail of Tears.
Lloyd Tilghman Memorial
401 Fountain Ave, Paducah, Kentucky 42001
This Paducah memorial honors Lloyd Tilghman, a railroad engineer and Confederate brigadier general associated with western Kentucky. It offers a brief place to reflect on the region’s Civil War history and is located at the historic Lloyd Tilghman House site.
Millstone Bluff Archaeological Area
F896+CX Simpson, Illinois, Simpson, Illinois 62985
Explore an interpretive trail through the remains of a late prehistoric Native American settlement at this scenic Shawnee National Forest archaeological site near Simpson, Illinois.
Columbus-Belmont State Park
350 Park Rd, Columbus, Kentucky 42032
Overlooking the Mississippi River, Columbus-Belmont State Park preserves the site of the 1861 Battle of Belmont, with Civil War earthworks, a museum, historic artifacts, and wide river views.
Pierre Menard Home State Historic Site
Listed in Historical landmark
4230 Kaskaskia St, Ellis Grove, Illinois 62241
Explore the preserved brick home of Pierre Menard, Illinois’s first lieutenant governor, and discover frontier politics, trade, and daily life along the Mississippi River in the early 1800s.
Dogtooth Bend Mounds and Village Site
Bumguard Cemetery Rd, Miller City, IL 62962, Miller City, Illinois 62962
Dogtooth Bend Mounds and Village Site preserves evidence of Native American life in the Mississippi River Valley, offering a quiet reminder of the much older cultural landscape beneath southern Illinois.
Fort Williams – Civil War Battlefield
100 Fort Williams Way, Glasgow, KY 42141, Glasgow, Kentucky 42141
Explore a Civil War battlefield with a cemetery and reconstructed fort in Glasgow, Kentucky.
Mound City National Cemetery
Listed in Civil War, Civil War Trails, Military cemetery, Ohio River Scenic Byway, Visited by Old Folks Adventures
IL-37, Mound City, Illinois 62963
A quiet Illinois national cemetery established in 1864, with strong Civil War ties and orderly rows of veteran headstones west of Mound City along Illinois Route 37.
Blythe Ferry: Trail of Tears
Listed in Historical landmark, Native American Heritage Sites, Trail of Tears, Visited by Old Folks Adventures
6630-6615 Blythe Ferry Ln, Birchwood, Tennessee 37308
At this Tennessee River crossing, thousands of Cherokee passed through during the forced removal remembered as the Trail of Tears. Blythe Ferry is a meaningful place to pause, learn, and reflect on this difficult chapter in Cherokee and American history.
Fort Nelson Park
705 W Main St #701, Louisville, KY 40202, Louisville, Kentucky 40202
A small downtown park marking the site associated with Fort Nelson, an 18th-century frontier fort and part of Louisville’s early history.
Red Clay State Historic Park
Listed in Native American Heritage Sites, State park, Trail of Tears, Visited by Old Folks Adventures
1140 Red Clay Park Road SW, Cleveland, Tennessee 37311
Visit the final seat of the Cherokee national government in the East, with exhibits and historic grounds connected to the Trail of Tears.
Lloyd Tilghman Memorial
401 Fountain Ave, Paducah, Kentucky 42001
This Paducah memorial honors Lloyd Tilghman, a railroad engineer and Confederate brigadier general associated with western Kentucky. It offers a brief place to reflect on the region’s Civil War history and is located at the historic Lloyd Tilghman House site.
Millstone Bluff Archaeological Area
F896+CX Simpson, Illinois, Simpson, Illinois 62985
Explore an interpretive trail through the remains of a late prehistoric Native American settlement at this scenic Shawnee National Forest archaeological site near Simpson, Illinois.
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