Wow! What a day! We were in no hurry to get up this morning so we got a late start on our sight seeing. After the normal morning routine, we headed for Kearney (pronounced "Carney"), MO. Yes I now we left MO yesterday. But we are closer to Kansas City here than we were in Reform/Fulton, MO. Anyway, we finally arrived in Kearney (after a few detours which is becoming normal) around 1:00. Kearney is the birthplace of Jesse James. The home he was born in still stands on the James Farm. The family owned this farm until 1978. Clay County, MO purchased the property from the family and restored the home and it is open for tourism. It was very nice and not expensive. You get to tour the house, the grounds, the gift shop, the museum, and few a film about the history of the James family. It was very nice! We were allowed to take pictures outside the buildings only. The house was very authentic with lots of portraits and as much of the original wood as could be salvaged. There were lots of items in the museum that belonged to the James brothers and other members of their family. We finally finished up there about 3:00 and headed to Liberty, MO. This was the location of the Jesse James Bank Museum. This was the scene of the first daylight bank robbery. Although the robbers were never caught, it was said to be committed by the James Gang. How unique that with Don's interest in Jesse James, that this robbery was committed on February 13, 1866 (Don's b-day 2/13). We were able to stand in the doorway of the vault where the money was taken from and behind the counter which the robbers hopped. This was very neat. By the time our tour was over it was time for the museum to close. We rode around Liberty and the Kansas City area just sight seeing and taking many pictures. We crossed the MO river and KS river today. We were also on the Santa Fe Trail, Oregon Trail and California Trail. We also saw the place that Lewis and Clark docked their boat for repairs because of rough waters on the MO. This spot is called Kaw Point in Kansas City, MO. We also stopped at the Lecompton Historical Marker which was the Territorial Capital of KS before it became a state. It was marking the campground called Coon Point that was part of the Oregon Trail. We will be heading to St. Joseph tomorrow. But we will have to get an earlier start to see all that we want to see.
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Tuesday July 7th 2009 10:33 Central Time
Wow! What a day! We were in no hurry to get up this morning so we got a late start on our sight seeing. After the normal morning routine, we headed for Kearney (pronounced "Carney"), MO. Yes I now we left MO yesterday. But we are closer to Kansas City here than we were in Reform/Fulton, MO. Anyway, we finally arrived in Kearney (after a few detours which is becoming normal) around 1:00. Kearney is the birthplace of Jesse James. The home he was born in still stands on the James Farm. The family owned this farm until 1978. Clay County, MO purchased the property from the family and restored the home and it is open for tourism. It was very nice and not expensive. You get to tour the house, the grounds, the gift shop, the museum, and few a film about the history of the James family. It was very nice! We were allowed to take pictures outside the buildings only. The house was very authentic with lots of portraits and as much of the original wood as could be salvaged. There were lots of items in the museum that belonged to the James brothers and other members of their family. We finally finished up there about 3:00 and headed to Liberty, MO. This was the location of the Jesse James Bank Museum. This was the scene of the first daylight bank robbery. Although the robbers were never caught, it was said to be committed by the James Gang. How unique that with Don's interest in Jesse James, that this robbery was committed on February 13, 1866 (Don's b-day 2/13). We were able to stand in the doorway of the vault where the money was taken from and behind the counter which the robbers hopped. This was very neat. By the time our tour was over it was time for the museum to close. We rode around Liberty and the Kansas City area just sight seeing and taking many pictures. We crossed the MO river and KS river today. We were also on the Santa Fe Trail, Oregon Trail and California Trail. We also saw the place that Lewis and Clark docked their boat for repairs because of rough waters on the MO. This spot is called Kaw Point in Kansas City, MO. We also stopped at the Lecompton Historical Marker which was the Territorial Capital of KS before it became a state. It was marking the campground called Coon Point that was part of the Oregon Trail. We will be heading to St. Joseph tomorrow. But we will have to get an earlier start to see all that we want to see.
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