This is the only building original to the site, though it was moved about 200 yards.
Mountain Farm Museum near Cherokee, North Carolina,
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, May 6, 2009
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Gallery: Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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In May, we visited The Mariners’ Museum in Newport News, Virginia. A major new part of the museum is The USS Monitor Center, where major pieces of the Monitor’s wreckage are being conserved and displayed. The first large artifact recovered was the ship’s cast iron anchor, in1983, over 120 years after the Monitor sank in a storm off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. It provided conservators the opportunity to develop a treatment process for other large iron artifacts that were to come later.
The 18,000 square foot exhibition tells the story of the USS Monitor and her opponent the CSS Virginia through a array of original artifacts, archival materials, multimedia experiences and recreated ship interiors. The Conservation Facility allows visitors a close up look at the conservation and reconditioning of the turret, steam engine, guns and more.
I’ve added 2 new Virginia photo galleries to my Haw Creek site – The Mariners’ Museum in Newport News and images from the Virginia Beach ocean front. All of the photos were taken on May 10, 2009.
Gallery: The Mariners’ Museum, Newport News, May 10, 2009
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Mountain Farm Museum
near Cherokee, North Carolina
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee and North Carolina
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park images
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee and North Carolina
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park images
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Maggie Valley, North Carolina,
adjacent to Great Smoky Mountains National Park
May 6, 2009
From Great Smoky Mountains National Park photo gallery.
Continue reading about Saint Margaret of Scotland Catholic Church

Greta Smoky Mountains National Park
near Cherokee, North Carolina
From Great Smoky Mountains National Park photo gallery.

Juice from the sorghum mill was boiled over the furnace until it turned into dark, stringy molasses. Ten gallons of juice yielded about on gallon of molasses.
Mountain Farm Museum near Cherokee, North Carolina
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, May 6, 2009
From the Great Smoky Mountains National Park photo gallery.


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