Tiny Missouri museums charm visitors on summer road trip
A trio of Norwegian travelers stop at Lone Jack Civil War Museum to view dioramas and artifacts from the August 1962 Battle of Lone Jack. The piece highlights Missouri’s small history museums, their quirks, curators like Irene Spainhour, and tips for finding and visiting these local institutions.
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Lone Jack
Irene Spainhour
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Lars Gjertveit
Gjertveit
Oklahoma
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Moark Railroad Museum
Poplar Bluff
Coal Miner's Museum
Memphis
Heaton-Bowman-Smith & Siden-Faden
St. Joseph
Esther Hackett
St Louis
Midwest Museum Association
Clark County Historical Museum
Kahoka
Iowa
Ilinois
Mississippi River
Oran City Museum
Cape Girardeau
Oran
Kentucky- Tennessee
New Madrid Historical Museum
New Madrid
Spamhour
Lone Jack Civil War Museum
Aberdeen builds Ripken family museum in hometown
The Ripken Museum opens in Aberdeen in a former City Hall meeting room honoring Cal Ripken Sr and Cal Ripken Jr along with Bull Ripken. It features balls bats jerseys photos and trophies from the Ripken men and Violet Ripken. Cal Ripken Jr plans a future visit and a possible 10 foot statue.
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Cal Jr
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Aaron
Violet Ripken
Fred
James McMahan
Violet
Elly
Bill
Texas Rangers
Orioles
Lou Gehrig
Daddy
Gehrig
McMahan
Asheville
N.C
Ira Rainess
Tuften Group
Boutin
Ron Shapiro
Boys and Girls Club
Harford County
Shapiro
Ripken Ripken
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