Extra Credit: History Club Battlefield Trips

Two upcoming opportunities for extra credit, organized by PSU’s own History Club

On Saturday, February 21, we will head to the Prairie Grove Battlefield in Arkansas (http://www.arkansasstateparks.com/prairiegrovebattlefield/).  Check out the “Exhibits” link on their website to see everything they have available.  Bring your GPS and go geocaching, walk the Battlefield Trail, tour the Museum and Visitor’s Center, or enjoy several other activities.

We will gather at the shelter house by the University Lake.  The carpool will leave at 8 AM.  We will be traveling through Carthage and will make a brief stop at the Battle of Carthage historical site.  We will stop for lunch in Fayetteville (half an hour from the battlefield), then be able to tour Prairie Grove until 5 PM.

The self-guided Museum tour is $3.  The Battlefield Trail, Dioramas, Schoolhouse, and Geocaching are free.  The Latta House and Effects of the Civil War on Ozark Culture exhibits are $4 each.

Please contact me at pittstatehistory@hotmail.com if you’re interested in joining us, so that we can be sure to have enough transportation.

On Saturday, March 7, the Pea Ridge Battlefield (http://www.nps.gov/peri/index.htm) will be celebrating its 147th anniversary.  They will have a re-enactors’ encampment, infantry demonstrations, and reproduction cannon.  We plan to leave at 8 AM from the shelter house at the University Lake.  Other details will be planned as the trip approaches.

Faculty are invited to attend all of these activities.

LaShawna Powers

Secretary of the History Club