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Steam Power
Iron locomotives and white paddle boats come to mind when we think of steam power in the 1800s. The automobile, called a “horseless carriage” might come chugging in on the fringes. I usually don’t think of tractors at all.
It’s as if homesteaders went from the horse and oxen to the gas powered beasts [...]
Posted on October 14, 2009 at 6:27 am by Rich · Permalink
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In: History, Missouri, Nebraska
In: History, Missouri, Nebraska
Lewis and Clark in Missouri
Not far from the banks of the Missouri River, perhaps appropriately larger than life, five primary bronze figures and a handful of smaller replica pieces represent the Corps of Discovery on the brink of another step in the famed Lewis and Clark expedition of 1803-1806. They stand in a nicely accessible plaza near the [...]