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Minuteman Missile National Historic Site — South Dakota (Part 2)
After visiting the Delta-09 site, we spent the morning touring the Badlands. At 1:00, we headed north to the headquarters of Minuteman Missile National Historic Site — which turned out to be a trailer in the parking lot of a … Continue reading
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Minuteman Missile National Historic Site — South Dakota (Part 1)
After breakfast in the fireworks store, we headed back east two miles to an exit that led to this. They weren’t kidding about the cows either. This one was standing four feet from the road. After about a quarter mile, … Continue reading
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Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
A coworker and I found a couple hours one day during our conference and made a quick trip to Kennesaw Mountain, northeast of the city. This is the most-visited Civil War battlefield by a large margin, but it’s not because … Continue reading
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Freeport: Part Seven — Black Hawk War Monument
I had time for one last adventure. I drove about 20 miles west of Freeport on increasingly rural roads. At the intersection of two dirt tracks in the middle of miles of farmland, I found a small park and a … Continue reading
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Marais des Cygnes Massacre State Historic Site — Pleasanton, Kansas
On our way north from Fort Scott to Kansas City, we passed the Mine Creek Battlefield but decided not to stop. But a few miles further on, when we passed the turnoff for Marais des Cygnes, I couldn’t resist. There … Continue reading
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