Posts Tagged ‘History on Display’
History on Display: The Museum of the Fur Trade
Our long road trips usually begin with an idea or a destination. * In the case of our recent trip through the Western plains, our route was shaped by two museums that have been on our road trip bucket list for a long time. One of those was the Museum of the Fur Trade, just…
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And speaking of navigating the Missouri river…
And speaking of the travails of navigating the Missouri River, as I believe we were, I am reminded of another riverboat-related museum on an earlier road trip, back in 2013. It’s still one of my all-time favorites. I hope you enjoy it. ************** The Arabia Steamboat Museum in Kansas City is a private museum.…
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Road Trip Through History: The Sergeant Floyd River Museum
In some ways, the Sergeant Floyd River Museum in Sioux City, Iowa, feels like the historical equivalent of a set of nesting Russian dolls, with one iteration of Sergeant Floyd fitted into another and then another to make up the whole. The historical heart of the museum is Sergeant Charles Floyd himself. He was…
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