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Site 44FX0543, located in the western Piedmont region of Fairfax County at Ellanor C. Lawrence Park, has had a long debated function by archaeologists and historians. A problematic interpretation of the site function as an enslaved African American dwelling dating to an unknown temporal period of ownership was the result of misinterpretation of landscape, previous archaeological investigations, and the likely misinformation gained through second-hand...
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Thirty-Three historic structures in various stages of decay are all that remain of the gold mining
community of Summitville. Summitville, which is nestled in the mountains of southern
Colorado, was once known as one of the most productive gold mines in all of the state. This
community was organized into a Company Town in 1934. There have been no prior
archaeological investigations at this site, and, therefore, little is known about how far the
company...
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First ladies are an important element in presidential administrations and have parallel structures, as they are in a position to be leaders, have important roles, supported various causes and have tremendous influence over presidents. First ladies have developed this role from scratch, entirely since Martha Washington who built a powerful institution in the federal government. Many first ladies have sponsored programs and causes, and have been role...
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The guiding questions of this case study are an ambitious attempt to interpret the experience of ordinary people in Morgan County, especially in its major hub, the city of Fort Morgan, from the 1860s to the present; to chronicle the rise of a community found in the relative isolation of northeast Colorado from a military installation to a municipality, and create an understanding of the socio cultural phenomena that exists today. The central questions...
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The stories of the Pig War and the region's Indian Wars have been well documented by authors such as Mike Vouri and Robert Utley, respectively. The telegraph and railroad are components of the larger, territorial and state histories, and are commonly told as such. The questions surrounding loyalty in the territory are woven in through various works, with no singular volume in existence that explores this theme in depth. The story of the American frontier...
