History Road Trips
Ever wondered about the historic places you pass by on Columbia County’s rural roads? Our Drive Through History itineraries provide a free, self-guided way to learn about your surroundings and connect with Columbia County history at your own pace.
Click on each road trip below to find out more information and download a map and itinerary.
Explore Itineraries:
Drive Through History: Arts & Letters
Drive Through History: Hidden Hamlets
Drive Through History: Dutch & Mohican History
Drive Through History: Federal Architecture
Drive Through History: Patriots & Patroons
Drive Through History: Sacred Spaces, Part Two
Drive Through History: Sacred Spaces, Part One
Drive Through History: Schoolhouse Stories
Drive Through History: Artifacts of Industry
Drive Through History: Good Apples
Drive Through History: Lights, Camera, Road Trip!
Drive Through History: Legends & Folklore
Land Acknowledgement
Our sites are located on ancestral lands of the Muh-he-con-ne-ok, “the people of the waters that are never still”. Called Mohicans by the English, these people are now officially known as the Stockbridge-Munsee Community.
By the early 1700s, their culture was severely threatened by European colonization and they were forced from New York to Shawano County, Wisconsin amid Native American removal efforts of the 19th century.
