Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette:
THE END OF THE TRAIL
A person can’t travel too far in Kansas without running across a sign or some mention of the Santa Fe Trail.
For instance, Council Grove is full of reminders. It was a major stop along this route which bisected [...]
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I took this photo in 1989 in Boise City, OK.
The billboard was sponsored by the Oklahoma Committee for Safety Belt Use.
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Street scene in Kansas City’s Country Club Plaza.
A street band.
Another fountain.
Yup, yup, yuppieville.
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One of many fountains in Kansas City. This is the JC Nichols Memorial Fountain near the Country Club Plaza.
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City Hall, KCMO.
Police Headquarters and Municipal Courts
Ilus Winfield Davis
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Outdoor mural in Kansas City, MO.
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KCMO.
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Looking out the front of Union Station, you’ll see Liberty Memorial, a World War I museum.
Also, in front of Union Station is this beautiful fountain. KC has many fountains.
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Just some buildings and scenes just north of Union Station in KCMO.
The walkway over the railroad tracks.
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Harvey House Diner in Union Station. KCMO.
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Spacious.
If you’re into walking indoors, you could walk a long ways in Union Station.
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Near the front entrance at Union Station. Apparently the shootout left bullet holes in the wall near this sign, but I didn’t know that at the time we were here.
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How did that light pole get in this photo? … Well, anyway, this is the beautifully restored 1914 Union Station in KCMO. Big place. Huge.
How did that fountain get in the way? This is a beautiful fountain in front of Union Station and just down the hill from Liberty Memorial (which would’ve been nice to [...]
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A couple weeks ago when we were in KCMO, Dave and I walked and walked and walked, two or three miles we had walked, I suppose, mostly south, but back and forth, east and west.
At one place we asked how far to Union Station. The guy said, oh, about five blocks south. We were getting [...]
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The TWA Moonliner II rocket ship atop TWA Corporate Headquarters in downtown KCMO.
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