Colonial America Heritage and the Industrial Revolution

Museums and Educational Travel

One of the Largest Historical Societies in America, LCHS comprises the Lehigh Valley Heritage Museum, a state-of-the-art historical research library, as well as 6 galleries with 13,000 square feet of exhibits. The Society administers 7 museum sites that date from Colonial America through the Industrial Revolution along with 35,000 historical artifacts, 80,000 vintage photographs, and over 3-million documents.

Books Maps Photographs and Other Resources for Historians and Genealogists

Educational Tours and outreach programs designed by Museum Educators that tell stories and enlighten adults, schoolchildren, scouts and others about local heritage with visits to historic sites and the Heritage Museum with its exhibits, research library and archival collection.

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A Coal Burning Iron Furnace that Looks Like a Medieval Castle

Lockridge Furnace was built in 1868 and produced some of the iron that helped transform America from a nation of farms into an industrial giant. The Museum comprises several buildings in a park setting.

The Saylor Park Cement Kilns were erected in 1893 to power the industrial revolution and produce cement. Learn about this industry and the people that worked in it.

Haines Mill has stood on the banks of Cedar Creek since colonial times.

The Early Technology that Supported Farm Life

Troxell-Steckel Farm Museum is an authentic Pennsylvania-German farm house that provides a unique perspective on farming in the Lehigh Valley.

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Preserving and Divulging American Cultural Heritage

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Texas Trails Cowboys Cowgirls Entrepreneurship Public Art Wineries and Vintage Railroads in Austin, San Antonio, Texas Hill Country, Fort Worth, Grapevine and Dallas.

Mississippi River Trails New Orleans architecture and creative culture Memphis Tennessee Blues Rock ’n’ Roll BBQ Pork Capital Cotton Graceland National Civil Rights Museum and the Quad Cities of Davenport and Bettendorf Iowa, Moline, East Moline and Rock Island in Illinois.

A Journey along the Mississippi and Illinois River Towns

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The American Mid-Continent Illinois Iowa South Dakota and Montana. Family vacations museums historic sites and riverfront festivals. South Dakota’s first group of Euro-American settlers in the 1820s was a party of four people, three horses, two mules, fifteen cattle, and two wagons. Montana western history and culture national parks and ranch vacations.

Champaign County Illinois Chicago’s Countryside

Touring the American South a Journey from the Atlantic to the Gulf Coast via Appalachia and the Mississippi River. Virginia Towns and Villages, Manassas and the Civil War Experience, Charlotte and Asheville North Carolina, Nashville and Memphis Tennessee, Sights Sounds and Culinary Traditions of the Mississippi Regions, New Orleans History and Traditions.

USA Coast to Coast Travel Virginia Colorado and Oregon. Historic Small Towns Itineraries, Wine Tours, the Blue Ridge Mountains, Colorado Springs, the Pikes Peak Region, the Rocky Mountains, Oregon Travel environment friendly winter destinations and summer vacations.

San Mateo California and the Silicon Valley

Hudson Delaware and Susquehanna River Trails Brandywine Lehigh Lancaster Hershey Harrisburg Dutchess and Rockland New York. Downtown Lancaster Architectural and Heritage Itinerary, Coal Iron Steel and Canals of the Delaware and Lehigh Valleys, Philadelphia the Brandywine Valley & Wilmington Delaware, Chester and Delaware County.

The Finger Lakes Rochester the Catskills the Erie Canal and Niagara Falls in Upstate New York

Preserving and Divulging the Cultural Heritage of American Communities

US Mid Atlantic Travel Philadelphia, Hershey, Harrisburg, Washington DC, Maryland and the Brandywine Valley. A seven night, eight day program for families, schools and theme groups with a focus on: Cultural Heritage and Local Museums, Food Wineries and Breweries, Local Public Transport Initiatives, Water Resources Management and the Environment.