Category Archives: Battlefields

George Rogers Clark National Historical Park, Indiana

Posted on June 13, 2004 by Roger

On our way back north from Mammoth Cave, we spent a night in Vincennes, Indiana. This was one of the most depressing, run-down towns I’ve ever seen and our hotel was pitiful. We toured the local sites in the morning … Continue reading →

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Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site, Kentucky

Posted on June 11, 2004 by Roger

On a trip across central Kentucky with my family, we stopped at the site of a 1862 Civil War battle. It cost us $9 to view the pathetic one-room museum and listen to some lady with perhaps half her teeth … Continue reading →

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Tippecanoe Battlefield — Lafayette, Indiana

Posted on June 8, 2004 by Roger

I took my family on a short vacation through Indiana and Kentucky. On the first day, we stopped at the Tippecanoe Battlefield, site of an Indian fight in 1811. When Tecumseh and his brother, the Prophet, organized Indians from various … Continue reading →

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Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial — Put-in-Bay, Ohio

Posted on June 22, 2001 by Roger

We took the ferry across Lake Erie to South Bass Island. Oliver Hazard Perry won an important naval victory over the British off the island in September, 1813. The victory enabled the United States to keep what was then the … Continue reading →

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The Carter House — Franklin, Tennessee

Posted on May 7, 2000 by Roger

I was in Nashville with three other people from work for a convention. We arrived the day before things got started and looked for some way to pass the time. I suggested this place and, to my surprise, was taken … Continue reading →

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