Education
    Walking Tours

Ideal for multiple classes, students on a walking tour will spend a day at the Cumberland County Historical Society and surrounding sites, experiencing the subject through hands-on activities, a walking tour, and an optional tour of our award winning museum.

COUNTY SEAT WALKING TOUR

Walking tour of the Cumberland County Seat. Wear comfortable shoes to hit the town of Carlisle while visiting and hearing the stories of our fascinating historical locations including the Old Courthouse, old graveyard (aka Molly Pitcher graveyard), prison, First Presbyterian Church, CCHS Museum Tour, and Hands-On Presentation in the CCHS Himes Education Center.

UNDERGROUND RAILROAD BUS and WALKING TOUR

This hands-on travel tour focuses on the role of abolitionists and freedom seekers and includes walking sites in downtown Carlisle and Boiling Springs. Sites in Boiling Springs include the Ironmaster’s Mansion, the iron furnace, Island Grove, and the Daniel Kaufman House.

CARLISLE INDIAN INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL

Come explore the former site of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, currently the grounds for the United States Army War College.  See 19th century buildings reminiscent from the days when thousands of Native Americans were brought here to learn skills necessary to assimilate into the mainstream culture.  Listen to many stories of the students who were involved in one of the greatest, albeit failed, experiments in forced acculturation.