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Historic settlements

A settlement preserved — streets, buildings and grounds held at a particular date — where the record suggests not everything kept to the schedule. These dossiers cover living-history sites and preserved villages; staff accounts dominate, because staff are present when the visitors leave. The archive files what was reported in buildings whose documented history is already unusually complete, and notes that the interpreters do the interpreting.

13 dossiers9 jurisdictions31% open to visitors
By jurisdiction:North Dakota3New Mexico3
Historic Settlement
Medium

Koreshan Unity Settlement

Estero, Florida

Surviving members transferred settlement land to Florida in 1961.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Historic Settlement
Medium

Frenier Folklore Area

Frenier, Louisiana

Historic settlement in Frenier; research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Historic Settlement
Medium

Valle Crucis & the Mast Store

Valle Crucis, North Carolina

The "Vale of the Cross"—mission ruins, a 1883 store, and a woman in white.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Historic Settlement
Low

Like-A-Fishhook Village

Garrison, North Dakota

Historic settlement associated with documented cultural history.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Historic Settlement
Medium

Benton Hot Springs

Benton, California

Living former mining town with attributed unusual experiences.

1 claim→
Historic Settlement
Medium

Kalaupapa settlement

Kalaupapa, Hawaii

Living community formed under Hawaiʻi’s former compulsory isolation policy.

1 fact→
Historic Settlement
Medium

Double Ditch Indian Village State Historic Site

Bismarck, North Dakota

Historic settlement associated with documented cultural history.

1 fact→
Historic Settlement
Medium

Fort Clark State Historic Site

Fort Clark, North Dakota

Historic settlement associated with documented cultural history.

1 fact→
Historic Settlement
Low

White Oaks

White Oaks, New Mexico

Surviving mining town with Victorian buildings.

1 fact→
Historic Settlement
Low

Chloride

Chloride, New Mexico

Partially inhabited former silver-mining camp.

1 fact→
Historic Settlement
Low

Engle

Engle, New Mexico

Small surviving railroad and ranching settlement.

1 fact→
Historic Settlement
Low

Burgdorf

Burgdorf, Idaho

Former mining community with surviving cabins and hot springs.

1 fact→
Historic Settlement
Low

Friend

Friend, Oregon

Former railroad-end settlement retaining a community schoolhouse.

1 fact→