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Showing posts with label Historic Site. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Historic Site. Show all posts
Friday, March 4, 2016

The Pony Express Starting Point in St Joseph, MO

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In late October, we took a short trip up the Missouri River to St Joseph.  We stopped by the Pony Express Statue on the north side of down...
Thursday, November 26, 2015

Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer, and Hannibal, MO

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On our drive home from Nauvoo, we made a short sidetrip to Hannibal, Missouri.  The downtown is cute, with lots of little shops along the ...
Wednesday, July 29, 2015

The Susan B Anthony Home in Leavenworth

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Susan B. Anthony lived in Leavenworth for a while.  She advocated for women's rights, such as the right to vote.  Although she died 14...
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Saturday, July 25, 2015

Harry S Truman National Historic Site and the beginning of the Oregon Trail

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While we were Independence, we visited several of the Harry S Truman sites.  We stopped at the visitor center and watched a short movie ab...
Thursday, July 23, 2015

Little Rock High School NHS and a rant

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We stopped by Little Rock High School to learn a little bit more about racial integration and our nation's history.  We thought it wou...
Saturday, July 18, 2015

Toltec Mounds State Park, Arkansas

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Toltec Mounds.  Sounds like a fascinating place.  I couldn't help but place it on our trip itinerary.  We drove over to Toltec Mounds...
Monday, June 15, 2015

Fort Smith National Historic Site

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Our next stop on our Arkansas road trip was at Fort Smith National Historic Site.  Fort Smith is located right on the border with Arkansas...
Friday, April 17, 2015

The Mormon Battalion Monument at Fort Leavenworth

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When we lived in Southern Arizona we saw a few monuments to the Mormon Battalion scattered across Cochise County.  We put Fort Leavenworth...
Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Trail Ruts at Fort Leavenworth

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A while back I learned about some historic wagon ruts at Fort Leavenworth.  One evening we had some free time, so we decided to go and fin...
Monday, April 13, 2015

Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce at Fort Leavenworth

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One of the historic wayside markers at Fort Leavenworth is for Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce Indians.  As the leader of the Nez Perce dur...
Saturday, March 21, 2015

Dwight D. Eisenhower's home at Fort Leavenworth

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Dwight D. Eisenhower lived here After we visited the Frontier Army Museum, we drove over to stop at where Dwight D. Eisenhower lived whi...
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Saturday, February 28, 2015

Winter Vist to Nauvoo Illinois

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Nauvoo Temple In mid-January we had a long weekend for Presidents Day.  We deliberated and discussed about what we wanted to do for it...
Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Lincoln in Leavenworth

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A few weeks ago we went for a walk through downtown Leavenworth.  Downtown Leavenworth to me indicated a town that's come down from i...
Saturday, February 14, 2015

Winter Visit to the Battle of Mine Creek SHS

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Our final stop of our Frontier Military Byway trip was at the Battle of Mine Creek State Historic Site.  I was really exited to stop by an...
Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Ft Scott NHS: Tribute to a Quartermaster

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Back in December, we visited Fort Scott National Historic Site.  It was a cold and blustery day, in my mind a perfect day to go to a museu...