The Tayamentasachta: A Center for Environmental Studies is owned and operated by the Greencastle-Antrim School District. The Center is located next to Middle School and used to provide practice experiences and educational resources for students and the community. The path at the creek goes directly to the school and is used by students and teachers for environmental studies classes. The […]
Fort Hunter Mansion and Park is just outside Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The history of the area goes back over 9,000 years as a fishing village for Native Americans to a grist and mill settlement to a Fort to frontier village to part of the Pennsylvania canal system to a dairy farm. A walk around this park is a loop into history. […]
The Santa Fe Trail was used by Native Americans as a passage way. In the 1820’s, Europeans start using it to travel from what is now Kansas City, Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico for trade and moving manufactured goods. One of the stops along the way was James and Lucinda Mahaffie farm. In 1857, the Mahaffie’s left Olathe, Kansas […]