This
is a picture of the most famous citizen of our town. He was a Civil War
General and a United States President. He was not born here but moved
here soon before the start of the Civil War. He is not buried here. We
now have a man living in our town who looks like and can act very much
like this man. He often portrays him for our state's Bureau of Tourism.
He acts like this soldier and also makes toy soldiers. This shows one
way the past and the present can both be seen in our town. Another way
is the many old buildings of many types and sizes. Many buildings from
the past, and things from these buildings, are still used today. One of
the reasons tourists come to our town is because of the many ways the
past is represented in our town today.
This
is a reproduction of a Civil War bullet. Originally the bullets were made
of a substance that was banned in the 1970's. This one is made of pewter-
not the banned substance. The mineral of the original Civil War bullets
was mined in the hills surrounding our town. 2,000,000 soldiers in the
Civil War used this for their bullets. There was more of this that came
from our area for use in the Civil War than from any other area.
This is our state
bird. The
common cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis, a bird found in the eastern United
States and parts of Mexico is named for the color of the robes of Roman
Catholic cardinals. It is a member of the finch family. Fringillidae,
and is slim and crested. The male is bright red with black throat, and
the female is buffy-brown with red on its crest, wings, and tail. Both
sexes have stout, conical, red bills. It is resident over its range, which
it has extended northward into southern Canada. It has a cheerful, clear
song, and it is the official bird of seven states.
The
person on this coin is from our state and has been in our town. The slogan
for our state is "Land of ___" (This person's last name.).
Watershed
Atlas
This
is a picture of the most famous citizen of our town. He was a Civil War
General and a United States President. He was not born here but moved
here soon before the start of the Civil War. He is not buried here. We
now have a man living in our town who looks like and can act very much
like this man. He often portrays him for our state's Bureau of Tourism.
He acts like this soldier and also makes toy soldiers. This shows one
way the past and the present can both be seen in our town. Another way
is the many old buildings of many types and sizes. Many buildings from
the past, and things from these buildings, are still used today. One of
the reasons tourists come to our town is because of the many ways the
past is represented in our town today.
This
is a reproduction of a Civil War bullet. Originally the bullets were made
of a substance that was banned in the 1970's. This one is made of pewter-
not the banned substance. The mineral of the original Civil War bullets
was mined in the hills surrounding our town. 2,000,000 soldiers in the
Civil War used this for their bullets. There was more of this that came
from our area for use in the Civil War than from any other area.
The
common cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis, a bird found in the eastern United
States and parts of Mexico is named for the color of the robes of Roman
Catholic cardinals. It is a member of the finch family. Fringillidae,
and is slim and crested. The male is bright red with black throat, and
the female is buffy-brown with red on its crest, wings, and tail. Both
sexes have stout, conical, red bills. It is resident over its range, which
it has extended northward into southern Canada. It has a cheerful, clear
song, and it is the official bird of seven states. 
The
person on this coin is from our state and has been in our town. The slogan
for our state is "Land of ___" (This person's last name.).
