Road Trip Through History: The Arabia Steamboat Museum

The Arabia Steamboat Museum in Kansas City is a private museum. Like all private museums, it’s the result of personal passion. Unlike many private museums, it’s big, professionally designed, and stunning.* The museum weaves together three separate stories into an exciting whole: life in frontier America, the steamboats that served as the semi-trailers of the…

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And we have a history-buff winner!

Several weeks ago I asked you to tell me what kind of history buff you are–and as an incentive I offered a chance to win one of my favorite history books from recent months. I was pleased (surprised!, stunned!) by the number of people who not only answered, but wrote long thoughtful replies. Here are…

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History on Display: Faces of the 1st

Last week My Own True Love and I made the long drive to outer suburbia to see a special exhibit at the First Division Museum at Cantigny Park: Faces of the 1st. It was well worth the trip. Several years ago we happily spent a rainy Memorial Day at the First Division Museum and were…

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