Article: Local Civil War tourism efforts march on

Article: Exhibit remembers Civil War troops West Bend museum ...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  June 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... about 2,000 Washington County residents who ... Union during the Civil War. An exhibit ... the war. The Washington County Historical Society ... Goodenough of Washington County also wrote home ... pictures of Civil War-era veterans ...

Article: Historic treasure or `money pit'? Commissioners want ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  February 20, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Writer A few years after the Civil War ended, Washington County spent $47,000 to build ... executive director of the Washington County Historical Society, which ... said. Peterson said the Washington County Historical Society is the ...

Article: Brave Federal leads charge that saves 97 Confederates; C.H. ...
The Washington Times;  June 23, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... the heroic deed of this Civil War veteran buried in Chicago ... detectors in a large Civil War campsite near Lappan's Crossroads in Washington County, Md. Two Federal corps ... At the time of the Civil War, this intersection was ...

Article: Civil War Tourism Hub Proposed; Four States Promote ...
The Washington Post;  November 3, 1994 ;     700+ words ... ... a site for a Civil War tourism center ... Bruce Poole (D-Washington County). "And it ... Virginia. The Civil War tourism center ... together is the Civil War," said Bob ... director of the Washington County Convention and ...

Article: Rare Lincoln portrait to reside in Stillwater; A print of an ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  December 15, 2007 ;     663 words ... ... said retired Washington County Judge Howard Albertson, a Civil War history aficionado ... shortly after the Civil War, and many of the ... employees were Civil War veterans, Phelps said. Many Washington County residents served ...

Article: Long-lost dog tags resurrect exploits of 4 Union ...
The Washington Times;  March 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... Searching for Civil War relics with a ... 1980, my first Civil War ID medal was ... cornfield in southern Washington County, Md. The brass ... unearthed my second Civil War ID tag. The ... Northern Virginia in Washington County during the exodus ...

Article: Venetia musician's training began on Civil War horn
Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review;  August 8, 2007 ;     674 words ... ... grandfather, George Tobin, a Civil War veteran, had him practicing on ... bugle that was used during the Civil War," Deborah Solow said. George H. Hoover, of Venetia in Washington County, a retired electrical draftsman ...