Completed Projects

Columbus-Belmont State Park: First Person Interpretation

Historic Buildings at Kentucky Dam Village

McLean County Driving Tours
Battle of Sacramento
Civil War Sites

NR Nomination: Battle of Sacramento

NR Nominations: Three Cars from Kentucky Railway Museum

• The Cardinal
• The "Jim Crow" Car
• The Mt. Broderick

Survey: Civil War Sites in the Jackson Purchase

Survey of Civil War Sites in the Pennyrile Region of Kentucky

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Projects in Progress

African Americans at Columbus, Kentucky during the Civil War

Interactive Television Courses

Preliminary Survey: Sites and Structures Related to Railroading in Kentucky 

Survey of Historic Structures in Hickman County, Kentucky

In each public history course students complete group or individual projects in cooperation with local historical societies, state and local governments, or other organizations.

Examples of group projects include:

• Redesign for the Museum at Columbus-Belmont State Park (HIS 598 Fall 1994)
• Interpretation Plan for the Earthworks at Columbus-Belmont State Park (HIS 598 Fall 1994)
• Cruel Mother: The Mississippi River and Old Columbus, Kentucky [exhibit] (HIS 598 Spring 1997)
• Night Rider Museum and Amoss Historic House: A Proposal for Design, Programs, and Policies (HIS 598 Spring 1997)
• Planning for the Hancock County Agricultural Museum, Lewisport, Kentucky (HIS 666 Spring 1998)
• Planning for the Forrest/Orphans Brigade Civil War Museum in Calhoun, KY(Fall 1998)
• Planning for the Tilghman House Museum in Paducah, KY (Spring 1999)
• Exhibit design for Transportation Exhibit, Hancock County Agricultural Museum, Lewisport, Kentucky (HIS 666 Fall 1999)
• Exhibit design for Blacksmith Shop Exhibit, Hancock County Agricultural Museum, Lewisport, Kentucky (HIS 691 Spring 2000)

Examples of Individual Projects include:

• First Person Interpretation Character - Shaker Seed Salesman (HIS 598 Spring 1997)
• Two-act play, "Dr. David Amoss and the NightRiders" (HIS 595 Fall 1997)
• Walking Tour of Clinton, Kentucky (HIS 595 Fall 1997)
• Nathan Bedford Forrest's Raid into Western Kentucky: A Driving Tour (HIS 595 Fall 1997)
• Webpage for Hickman County Museum (HIS 595 Fall 1997)
• West Kentucky Iron Industry Driving Tour (HIS 595 Fall 1997)
• Walking Tour, Columbus-Belmont State Park (HIS 595 Spring 2000)

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