The Commonwealth of Virginia designated Richlands Coal Miners' Memorial, located in Tazewell County, as the official state Coal Miners' Memorial on February 28, 2009. All Virginia Symbols & Icons
Grouseland (William Henry Harrison's Home), located at 3 West Scott Street, Vincennes, Indiana (Knox County), was designated a National Historic Landmark on April 5, 2005. All Indiana Landmarks
With his brother, Orville, he began studying flight, 1896; built first model airplane, 1899; began gliding, 1900; and achieved first successful powered flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, December 17, 1903.
Sakakawea won her place in history as the indomitable guide of Lewis and Clark on their trip to the Pacific in 1805. She was a member of the Shoshoni tribe dwelling near the Big Horn mountains in Montana. In one of the frequent tribal conflicts she was captured and taken to North Dakota as a war captive. Here she was purchased by a fur trader named Tousant Charbonneau, who according to custom made her his wife. Lewis and Clark, in search of an interpreter for their trip west, tried to hire Charbonneau, but he would not go unless his wife was permitted to accompany him.
Mount Rushmore, in the Black Hills of South Dakota, includes portraits of U.S. presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln carved in granite. Site also features a museum with interactive exhibits. All South Dakota Landmarks
Built in 1874, this 25-room magical mansion was the home of Samuel Clemens (better known by his pen name Mark Twain) and his family. Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910) was an American author, speaker, humorist, and entrepreneur.
Location: 351 Farmington Avenue, Hartford, Connecticut 06105
HIGHLANDER FOLK SCHOOL
1932-1962
Located just northwest of Knoxville, the Oak Ridge Playhouse was designated the official Tennessee state community theater in 2017 (Tennessee Theatre in downtown Knoxville is also recognized as a state symbol, and Tennessee also adopted an official state outdoor drama).
The Battle of the Washita, a major engagement in the Plains Indian War which established the Western expansion of the United States, was fought on this site. Col. George A. Custer's command of 500 troopers from the 7th Cavalry, and a detachment of scouts including the famed Ben Clark and the Osage, Hardrope, destroyed Chief Black Kettle's Cheyenne village here on Nov. 27, 1868.
Tennessee designated the University of Tennessee Botanical Gardens in Knoxville as the official state botanical garden in 2013. The botanical garden is part of the UT Institute of Agriculture (with botanical gardens located in Knoxville, Jackson and Crossville). All State Plants & Gardens