by Kate Dolan | Aug 30, 2025 | 19th Century America, Camping with History, Colonial America, Travel
We picked this Pennsylvania park purely for its location and the fact that it had some trails we could hike. As we neared the entrance, I saw a sign for a national historical site and thought maybe we could make time to visit after we left. But it turned out that the...
by Kate Dolan | Jul 24, 2025 | Colonial America, Latest Posts, Living History, Travel
Years ago, he terrorized teenagers and vandalized cars. Now he hangs out in the swamp, playing scales on the washtar and stomping to the beat. Or so the story goes. I’m talking about the Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp. Depending on who you talk to, he’s either the...
by Kate Dolan | May 31, 2025 | 19th Century America, Camping with History, Colonial America, Latest Posts, Living History
History geeks like me tend to look for interesting bits of information about the past in every place we visit, so it’s fun to camp in areas with displays that share that information. But some of us with a history obsession also like to take things a step further on...
by Kate Dolan | Nov 28, 2024 | Colonial America, Holidays, Servants
Many of us learned a few basic facts about the first Thanksgiving in school. Those tidbits of knowledge sometimes surface in our minds when we see a turkey in a pilgrim hat or some other Thanksgiving image that somehow manages to squeeze into our line of vision...
by Kate Dolan | Sep 17, 2024 | 19th Century America, Colonial America, Latest Posts, Living History, Regency
When we hear the word “hunting,” most people in the U.S. picture a guy in camo gear stalking the woods or marshes with a rifle. But in some of the earlier eras I like to write about, hunting is a fashionable exercise for the upper classes and it does not involve...
by Kate Dolan | Feb 24, 2024 | 19th Century America, Camping with History, Colonial America
Most people come to Fort Clinch State Park for the beach or the fishing. Set on Amelia Island at the northeast tip of Florida, the park faces the Atlanta Ocean on one side and the Amelia River on the other, with campgrounds on each side. A few hundred yards from the...
