The 50 Most Visited Historic Sites in America
By Wyatt Massey, Stacker News
On 5/12/21 at 8:00 PM EDT
An unidentified person on a bench that overlooks a valley and beyond, the Hudson River, at the Vanderbilt Mansion Historic Site, Hyde Park, New York, 2018.
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From the Underground Railroad to presidential porches, historical sites offer visitors a new experience and a social studies lesson all in one. At historic sites across the nation, tourists can enter into a different time, worldview, or social status with nothing more than a park pass. We can visit some locations to pay our respects to painful pasts, and others to celebrate American icons and pioneers.
Carol Rimedio Righetti, Mahoning County commissioner, is shown along West Federal Street in Youngstown in the area where a huge parade, shown above, took place in 1908 on the day the cornerstone of the current Mahoning County Courthouse was put in place.
Staff photos / R. Michael Semple
YOUNGSTOWN Mahoning County’s earliest history included political intrigue and controversy, as the seat of government started in Canfield in 1846, but moved to Youngstown 30 years later.
From 1873 onward, the county’s governance has been focused on Youngstown.
Bill Lawson, Mahoning Valley Historical Society executive director, noted historic highlights to mark the county’s 175th anniversary during a recent presentation to the Mahoning County commissioners.