The Back-Stay
Shiloh Museum BlogFinding Alsey Timberlake
Carnanan Cemetery is high atop a windswept hill in the west Washington County community of Cane Hill. Could this be the final resting place of a Cherokee girl who died on the Trail of Tears? . . .
Spout Spring—A Place Where People Live
Spout Spring was a Fayetteville neighborhood settled by formerly enslaved people and their descendants after the Civil War. . . .
Found, Then Lost
In the 1960s, “Stack-Sack” construction was a new way of building walls made by filling burlap sacks with concrete, stacking them on steel rods, and then coating the exterior with cement. . . .
A Skeleton in Our (Collections) Closet
This skeleton costume was made by Collegeville Costumes Company of Collegeville, Pennsylvania. . . .
For the Fans
A couple years ago I went to my first-ever minor league professional baseball game. It began a love affair that I thought might wane, but it has not. I went to my first major league game . . .
Paul’s Blue Ox
When cataloging an artifact, many aspects of it can be extremely helpful in determining how it was used, where it came from, and the date range of manufacture and/or use. . . .