Our All-Time Favorite Reading Books

Awhile back, one of my first cousins was looking to purchase a book for her nephew for Christmas. She wanted to give him a book that was popular with her age group and asked for our advice.  We thought her suggestion was too mature for his age and level of understanding, so we told her of several other books that we thought would be more appropriate.  That's when I decided to compile a list of our all-time favorite chapter books and I'm finally getting around to it. 😄

(Pssst! Many of them have been made into audio books and movies too. A book and the corresponding CD or DVD  would make an excellent birthday or holiday gift. They can listen to, read and/or watch and compare the story lines. And I was able to find a few free e-books for your I-Pad, Kindle, Lap-Top, Nook, or Smart Phone. They are linked in. Our favorite bookstore is Half-Price Books. We discovered it during our homeschooling days. We also visit our local library and thrift stores for books.)

Author - Book Title(s).
(Many of the books may be appropriate for both boys and girls.)

for boys 

1. Bender, Esther  - Thank God for Rocks.
2. Bowen, Robert Sidney  - Dave Dawson (book series); Dave Dawson on Guadalcanal (audio)
3. Burgess, Thornton W. - The Adventures of Bob White (audio); The Adventures of Buster Bear (audio); The Adventures of Bobby Coon (audio); The Adventures of Chatterer the Red Squirrel (audio); The Adventures of Danny Meadow Mouse (audio); The Adventures of Grandfather Frog (audio); The Adventures of Jerry Muskrat (audio); The Adventures of Johnny Chuck (audio); The Adventures of Lightfoot the Deer (audio);  The Adventures of Mr Mocker (audio); The Adventures of Old Man Coyote (audio); The Adventures of Paddy Beaver (audio); Adventures of Peter Cottontail (audio); The Adventures of Sammy Jay (audio); The Adventures of Prickly Porky (audio); The Adventures of Unc' Billy Possum (audio);  The Adventures of Poor Mrs Quack (audio); The Adventures of Reddy Fox (audio); The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk (audio); The Adventures of Old Mr. Toad (audio);  Bowser the Hound (audio);  The Burgess Animal Book for Children (audio); The Burgess Bird Book for Children (audio); Blacky the Crow (audio); Buster Bear's Twins (audio); Happy Jack (audio); How Old Mr. Crow Lost His Double Tongue (audio);  How Old King Eagle Won His White Head (audio); How Old Mr. Mink Taught Himself to Swim (audio); Mother West Wind's Animal Friends (audio); Mother West Wind's Children (audio); Mother West Wind "How" Stories (audio); Mother West Wind When Stories (audio);  Mother West Wind 'Where' Stories (audio); Mother West Wind 'Why' Stories (audio);  Old Mother West Wind (audio); Mrs. Peter Rabbit (audio); Old Granny Fox (audio); Tommy and the Wishing Stone (audio);  Whitefoot the Wood Mouse (audio); Why Hooty the Owl Does Not Play On the Green Meadow (audio)
4. Burroughs, Edgar Rice  - Moon Maid (audio); The Princess of Mars (audio), (book); Son of Tarzan (audio);  Tarzan (book); Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar (audio); Tarzan the Terrible (audio); The Land that Time Forgot (audio); 
5. Chesterton, G. K.  - The Wisdom of Father Brown (audio)
6. Cooper, James Fenimore - The Last of the Mohicans (book)
7. Defoe, Daniel  - Robinson Crusoe (audio)
8. Dickens, Charles - A Christmas Carol (video); Oliver Twist [note: video may be disturbing for young children] (video), 
9. Dixon, Franklin W. - the Hardy Boys (mystery series). (video)
10. Douglas, Lloyd C.  - The Robe (book), (video clip)
11. Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan - The Lost World (book); Sherlock Holmes
12. Dumas, Alexandre - The Count of Monte Cristo (audio), (book) ;  The Three Musketeers (audio)
13. ENGLISH FAIRY TALES - Jack & the Beanstalk (video); 
14. Fleming, Ian - Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang 
15. Field, Eugene = The Poems of Eugene Field (book)
16. George, Jean Craighead - My Side of the Mountain
17. Gipson, Fred  - Old Yeller
18. Grahame, Kenneth - The Wind in the Willows (audio), (book) 
19. God - The Holy Bible (book), (audio)
20. Guest, Edgar Albert - Just Folks (book)
21. Haggard, H. Rider  - King Solomon's Mine (book), (audio), (video)
22. Hamner, Jr., Earl  - Spencer's Mountain,  The (Walton's) Homecoming: A Christmas Story (video)
23. Herriot, James (pen name for James Alfred Wight) - All Creatures Great and Small (series); Dog Stories; 
24. Hope, Laura Lee - The Bobbsey Twins (book); The Bobbsey Twins in the Country (audio); The Bobbsey Twins on the Deep Blue Sea (audio); The Bobbsey Twins at the Seashore (audio); Merry Days Indoors and Out (audio); 
25. Lawhead, Stephen R. - the Pendragon Cycle (series)
26. Lewis, C.S.  - The Chronicles of Narnia (series). 
27. London, Jack - The Call of the Wild (audio), (book) (video); Sea Wolf (audio); White Fang (audio); 
28. Kipling, Rudyard  - The Jungle Book (audio)
29. Malory, Sir Thomas  - Le Morte Darthur: King Arthur & His Round Table (book)
30. Marzollo, Jean  - I Spy: A Book of Picture Riddles
31. McSpadden, J. Walker - Robin Hood (audio)
32. Munsch, Robert - Love You Forever.
33. Lofting, Hugh - The Voyages of Dr. Dolittle (audio).
34. Nesbit, E.  - The Railway Children (audio)
35. O'Dell, Scott - Island of the Blue Dolphins
36. Pyle, Howard  - Robin Hood (book)
37. Rawls, Wilson  - Where the Red Fern Grows
38. Sayers, Dorothy - Lord Peter Wimsey (adult mystery series) (book)
39. Scott, Sir Walter - Ivanhoe (audio), (book) 
40. Sheldon, Charles M. - In His Steps (book), (video-1) (video-2) (video-3)
41. Stevenson, Robert Louis (some of his writings are on the dark side, but these are okay) - A Child's Garden of Verses (book);  The Black Arrow (audio);  Treasure Island (audio);  
42. Swift, Jonathan - Gulliver's Travels (book)
43. Tolkien, John Ronald Reuel  - The Hobbit; The Lord of the Rings (the movie is too intense for little ones)
44. Travers, Pamela Lyndon  - Mary Poppins
45. Twain, Mark (Clemens, Samuel) - A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (audio); Huckleberry Finn (audio), (video), The Prince and the Pauper, Tom Sawyer (audio), 
46. Verne, Jules - 20,000 Leagues Under the Seas (audio); Journey to the Center of the Earth (book) 
47. Wallace, Lewis - Ben Hur (book)
48. Warner, Gertrude Chandler  - The Boxcar Children (audio)
49. White, E. B. - Charlotte's Web; Stuart Little.
50. Wright, Harold Bell - The Shepherd of the Hills (book); 
51. Wyss, Johann David - Swiss Family Robinson  (audio), (book)

for girls

Beautiful Girlhood by Mabel Hale. 

1. Alcott, Louisa May  - Eight Cousins (audio); Jack and Jill (audio); Little Men (book); Little Women (audio), (book), (video);  Rose in Bloom (audio), (audio 2); Spinning Wheel Stories (audio)
2. Barnes, Emilie - Sharing a Cup of Kindness with Treasured Friends, The Spirit of Loveliness: Bringing Beauty, Creativity, and Order to Your Life; If Teacups Could Talk: 
3. Brink, Carol Ryrie  - Caddie Woodlawn; The Pink Motel
4. Brown, Ruth Alberta  - At the Little Brown House (book); The Lilac Lady
5. Buck, Pearl S. - The Good Earth.
6. Burnett, Frances Hodgson  - A Little Princess (audio), (book), (video);  Little Lord Fauntleroy (audio),  (book); The Secret Garden (audio), (book); The Shuttle (audio)
7. Childs, Laura =  Cackleberry Club; Scrapbook; Tea (adult cozy mystery series)
8. Finley, Martha - Elsie Dinsmore (book series); Elsie's Children (audio); 
9. Field, Rachel -- Hitty, Her First Hundred Years.
10. Frank, Anne - The Diary of a Young Girl (video)
11. Gates, Doris - The Blue Willow
12. God - The Holy Bible (book)
13. Hale, Mabel - Beautiful Girlhood (audio) 
14. Hill, Grace Livingston - (abt. 100 novels); The Enchanted Barn (audio); The Girl from Montana (audio)
15. Keene, Carolyn  - Dana (mystery series); Nancy Drew (mystery series)
16. Keller, Helen - The Story of My Life (book)
17. Landon, Margaret  - Anna and the King of Siam (video clip; The King and I); Never Dies the Dream
18. Lindgren, Astrid - Pippi Longstocking.
19. MacLachlan, Patricia  - Sarah, Plain and Tall (video)
20. Marshall, Catherine - Christy; Julie
21. Montgomery, Lucy Maud  - Anne of Avonlea (audio); Anne of Green Gables  (audio), (book); Anne's House of Dreams (audio);  Anne of the Island (audio); Emily of the New Moon; Further Chronicles of Avonlea (audio);  Jane of Lantern Hill; Rainbow Valley (audio); 
22. Norton, Mary  - The Borrowers (series)
23. Oke, Janette  - Love Comes Softly (series);
24. Page, Patti  - Once Upon a Dream; This is My Song: A Memoir. 
25. Perrault, Charles - Cinderella (book)
26. Porter, Eleanor H. - Pollyanna (audio), (video clip); Pollyanna Grows Up (audio), (book)
27. Porter, Gene Stratton - Freckles (book); Keeper of the Bees; Laddie (book), (video); The Girl of the Limberlost
28. Potter, Beatrix -  Great Big Treasury (audio);  The Tale of Peter Rabbit (book); Miss Potter (video)
29. Sewell, Anna - Black Beauty (audio), (book) 
30. Shaw, Bernard -Pygmalion (video) (My Fair Lady; Audrey Hepburn version is my favorite)
31. Sidney, Margaret  - Five Little Peppers and How They Grew (book) (video) 
32. Smith, Hannah Whitall -  The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life (audio)
33. Spyri, Johanna - Heidi  (audio), (book), (video)
34. ten Boom, Corrie - The Hiding Place; Tramp for the Lord. 
35. Tudor, Tasha - A Tale for Easter.
36. von Trapp, Maria - The Story of the Trapp Family Singers  (video); (movie: Sound of Music) (video clip)
37. Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith - Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. (book); Rose O' The River (audio)
38. Wilder, Laura Ingalls - Little House on the Prairie (series). 
39. Williams, Margary - The Velveteen Rabbit (audio)

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Heirlooms: Little Mementos of Our Ancestors

I've been reading a book for my personal summer reading program called "Gratitude: Affirming One Another Through Stories." By Len Froyen. 2013. I was inspired to compile a list of heirlooms we have by a couple of sentences in a chapter: "Gratitude inspires one generations contributions to the next." and "Gratitude preserves the indispensable heritage of each generation."

Reminds me of my favorite Bible verse found in Proverbs 24:3,4 

By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established; through knowledge its rooms are filled with rare and beautiful treasures." 

Both of us have a wealth of cards, letters, newspaper clippings, photos and recipes that have been shared with us and they are scattered throughout this blog. Be sure to come back to see this list as it is sure to grow longer, for when we sat down to compile a list of our treasures, things that we had forgotten about kept coming to mind. Why just today, my husband dug down in a cabinet to retrieve something of his dad's! smile! 

Here are some of HIS heirlooms:

Ishmael Rush's Bolo Tie clasp he purchased while  on vacation to South Dakota. 

Ishmael Rush's Cuff Links. 

Marie Rush's Red Willow Plate. It hung in her farmhouse kitchen for years and she gave it to me when she learned I loved the novel "Blue Willow" by Doris Gates.  Both Marie and I shared a love of reading. 📚

Norman Rush's toy car. 

Norman Rush's candlestick that he made in high school shop class. It is dated 1950. 

Bertha Carrender's cookie jar. 

And here are some of HER heirlooms:

Tacy Ullom's graniteware cup. Tacy cooked in her husband's inn before and after marriage in Coffeyville, Kansas and in Streator, Illinois before moving out to Postle in the panhandle of Oklahoma to settle.

Gladys O'Neal's print of the Good Shepherd given to her by her Sunday School class. It is from a painting by Warner E. Sallman.

Gladys O'Neal also had a framed copy of this print which was hanging in one of her bedrooms. She gave it to our son. It is called "The Pilot." Also by Warner E. Sallman. 

Gladys Esther (White) O'Neal worked on her genealogy for 28 years, finally publishing it in 1983. Each one of her children and grandchildren received a copy. There are no more copies and Vera Lane holds the copyright. 

Gladys O'Neal had a little ceramic shop out in her garage. Many of the ceramic pieces was used in the wedding cakes she made for the young couples in the area and as VBS crafts. She took some china painting classes and this is one of the plates she painted. I always thought this plate was lovely, so it came to me upon her death as she had a little note taped to the back of the plate that I was to have it.  

Beautiful Girlhood by Mabel Hale.

Gladys O'Neal received this book for Christmas from her parents, Papa and Mama White when she was a girl. 

Russell Griffith's book "The Little Brown Suitcase" is at the bottom of this post. 

Maurine Ullom's Household Searchlight cookbook that she traded a chicken for.

Maurine Ullom's lamp. It was moved from Maurine and John's 2 story old farmhouse to their new ranch house that John had built in the 1960s on their Postle, Oklahoma farm.

Maurine Ullom's Dutch couple. 

Maurine Ullom's small crockery pitcher. She had a love for dolls and miniatures and she used it for toothpicks. 

We visited Hallie Maple at her 2-story home up in Stanberry, MO several times where she gave me all of her genealogy notes for the Bailey and Morris families and gave me this old doll. She made the dress herself as it was to grace her made bed as a bed doll.  According to the internet, classic boudoir dolls were meant for decoration rather than play and was popular during the 1920s to 1940s. 

Robert O'Neal's 2 year old summer suit he wore for a photo along with long hose that went up over his knees and high top, tie-on oxford shoes. Imagine wrestling a squirmy kid in and out of this outfit. 😁

Little Robert, when about two or three years old, played with these little dolls. As worn as the paint is on the female doll, I'd say his three siblings played with them too! 😄

Lavon Robertson purchased a pair of these lamps as a gift for her mother. They sat on the vanity in the guest bedroom for many years.

Melba Robertson gave Lavon this perfume bottle which sat on her dresser until Lavon's passing. 

Mom's repainted porch glider.

Article written and updated by : Dolores J. Rush. 

We're Pet People

I listed five pets that brought me joy over the years in my positivity journal, including our most recent pet - Lily, a tan chihuahua dog, who died in April during coronavirus lockdown. When I first joined Find-a-grave, occasionally I ran into pet memorials (yes, Find-a-grave allows them) and at the time, I thought it silly to have them on there, but I've changed my mind since then as making a memorial for Lily brought me some measure of comfort after she passed. 

She joined our family in 2009 after a trip to Tennessee to visit family for Thanksgiving and we brought her home with us. Since she was a rescue dog, her guesstimated age was about 10 months old at that time. She was very afraid of the car and rode on my shoulder the whole way home in panic mode, but since that time, she loved to go riding as her daddy spoiled her by buying a treat (hotdog) for her at Quik-trip when he stopped to buy gas and a coke. She also went with us on many weekender vacation trips and was a good rider. 

I've been spring cleaning and finding things of Lily's. Some I've packed away, in case we decide to add a new pet to our household in the future, but holding them in my hands makes me miss her. She balanced out the females to the males in our home and we had her for ten years. As her Find-a-grave memorial states, I taught her many things for she was a smart dog and good company. I mentioned her in this article about genealogy code here. 

Today, I remembered that I had some documents concerning her shots, etc. packed away in a filing cabinet. So I dug them out and thought that they might be good documents to prove our residence at the time as they have our address written on them.  However, since this is a sample, I've taken care to remove our address from the below record for this article. 

Here's a list of other pets that I remember. I have a few more records in my filing cabinet for other pets like Ami, Baby, and Hunter. I remember a few more critters that our family kept as pets, but will have to dig for their names to add to this list. 

1. Ami (D. Rush; female Bichon Frise dog)
2. Baby Cakes (D. Rush;  male bicolor cat)
3. Blackie (J. Ullom's male farm dog; they thought he was a mutt, but he looked like a black Irish Setter)
4. Bumbles (S. Yoder; cat)
5. Candy (J. Ullom's rat terrier)
6. Darby (P. Eubank; male dog)
7. Darcy (D. Rush; male Sheltie dog)
8. "Don't remember name" pets (finches, fish, gerbils, hamsters, a hermit crab, a horned toad, lizards, turtles)
9. Diamond (I.L. Rush; horse) 
10. Freckles (N. Rush's male Brittany Spaniel dog)
11.  Ginger (N. O'Neal; female Lhasa Apso dog)
12. Gracie (M. Rush; Great Danes)
13.  Hunter (D. Rush; Pomeranian)
14. King (M. Rush; Great Dane)
15. Lily (D. Rush; chihuahua)
16. Misty (D. Rush; pet rabbit) 
17. Nancy (J. Ullom; Shetland pony)
18. Nellie (I.L. Rush; horse)
19. Nova (S. Yoder; cat)
20.  Perry (D. Rush; parakeet)
21.  Pretty Boy (N. O'Neal; canary)
22.  Rusty (R. O'Neal; Irish setter)
23.  Sam (N. O'Neal; Beagle dog)
24. Shirley (I.L. Rush; horse)
25. Snowflake (I.L. Rush; horse)
26. Song (N. O'Neal; female Siamese cat)
27. Sugar (I.L. Rush; horse)
28. Sugar (R. Rush; female miniature poodle)
29. Tippy (I.L. Rush; dog)
30. Violet (S. Yoder; cat)

Museums

I've written before about our weekend mini-vacations here in a post called Weekend Ramblers.  And I've written about a historical museum in Miller County, MO that we have visited several times and my husband is a life-time member of. However, in my positivity journal this month, I have written a list of museums we (either my birth family or my husband's birth family or our married family) have visited because we enjoy history, some show exhibits of people we find interesting (see my history nut blog) and some pertain to our genealogical research. 

In my journal, I will only be listing the Museum's name, city and state.  Read the labels down below the post which might give you some clues to the various surnames that we found exhibits on or genealogical information at or places that were important to our ancestors. I don't want to make this post too complicated, but if you see a leaf emblem behind the name, that indicates a important place for His 🍁 or Her 🍀 family. 

So this list of 112 museums stands for now upon publishing, but as we visit other museums or remember more, then I'll come back later to update this list. How many museums and historic sites have you visited, especially those that pertain to your family tree? 

1.  1859 Jail, Marshal's Home & Museum, Independence, MO. 
2.  Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum and Library, Springfield, IL (2015) 🍀
3.  Alexander Majors Historic House & Park, Kansas City, MO.
4.  Arrow Rock State Historic Site, Arrow Rock, MO.
5. Bates County Historical Museum, Butler, MO.  🍀
6. Battle of Lexington - State Historical Site, Lexington, MO. 
7. Battle of Westport Museum and Visitor Center, Kansas City, MO.
8. Belton Historical Museum, Belton, MO. 
9. the Big Well, Greensburg, KS
10. Bolduc House Museum, St. Genevieve, MO.
11. Boot Hill Museum, Dodge City, KS
12. Bothwell Lodge - State Historic Site, Pettis Co, MO.
13. Buffalo Bill Center, Cody, WY
14.  Bushwhacker Museum, Nevada, MO. 🍀
    
15. Christian County Historical Museum, Taylorville, IL (2015) 🍀
16. Cole Camp Museum, Cole Camp, MO. 
17.  Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, CO
18.  Constitution Hall and Territorial Museum, Lecompton, KS. 🍀
19. Corrie ten Boom Virtual Museum, Haarlem, Holland
20.  Dalton Defenders Museum, Coffeyville, KS. (1992) 🍀
21. Dalton Hide-out Museum, Meade, KS. 
22. Dwight D. Eisenhower Museum, Abilene, KS. 
23. Felix Valle House - State Historical Site, St. Genevieve, MO. 
24. First Missouri State Capital, St. Charles, MO. 
25. Focus on the Family Welcome Center, Colorado Springs, CO
26. Fort Bliss Army Museum, El Paso, TX
27. Fort Larned National Historical Site, Larned, KS.
28. Fort Osage, Sibley, MO. 
29. Fort Scott National Historical Site, Ft. Scott, KS.
    
30. Frontier Army Museum, Ft. Leavenworth, KS.
    
31. Glen Miller Birthplace Museum, Clarinda, IA
32. George Washington Carver's National Monument, Diamond, MO. 
33. Grant's Farm, St. Louis, Mo. 
34. Grandview Historical Society Train Depot Museum, Grandview, MO.
35. Grinter's Place, Kansas City, KS.
36. Hallmark Visitors Center, Kansas City, MO
37. Hannibal Historical Museum, Hannibal, MO. (2015)
38. Harry S. Truman's Birthplace, Lamar, MO. 
39. Harry S. Truman's Library and Museum, Independence, MO. 
40. Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation, Dearborn, MI
41. Illinois State Military Museum, Springfield, IL. (2015) 🍀
42. John Brown Museum, Osawatomie, KS. 🍀
    
43. Johnson County Museum, Overland Park, KS 
44. John Wornall House Museum, Kansas City, MO. 
45.  Kansas City Historical Museum, Kansas City, MO.
46. Kansas City Toy Museum, Kansas City, MO. 
47. Katy Depot and Railroad Heritage Museum, Sedalia, MO.  
48. Kaw Indian Mission, Council Grove, KS
49. Kit Carson Home and Museum, Taos, NM 🍁
50. Laura Ingalls Wilder Homes, Independence, KS and Mansfield, MO. 
51. Lawrence Visitors Center, Lawrence, KS. 
52. Legler Barn Museum, Lenexa, KS.
53. Lewis and Clark Boat House and Museum, St. Charles, MO.  
54. Lexington Historical Museum, Lexington, MO
55. Lincoln's New Salem-State Historic Site, Petersburg, IL
56. Lincoln University Museum, Lincoln, IL
57.  Logan County Historical Museum, Lincoln, IL (2015) 🍀
58.  Lone Jack Historical Museum, Lone Jack, MO.
59.  Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop and Farm Home, Olathe, KS
60. the Magic House Children's Museum, St. Louis, MO. 
61. Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum, Hannibal, MO (2015)
62.  Miami County Historical Museum, Paola, KS. 🍀
63. Miller County Historical Museum, Tuscumbia, MO. 🍁
64. Mine Creek Battlefield State Historic Site, Pleasanton, KS. 🍀
65. Missouri State Museum and Jefferson Landing State Historic Site, Jefferson City, MO.
66. Missouri Town 1855, Kansas City, MO. 
67.  Morgan County Historical Museum, Versailles, MO. 
68. Museum of the Gateway Arch, St. Louis, MO. 
69. National Airline Historical Museum, Kansas City, KS.
70. National Agricultural Hall of Fame Museum, Bonner Springs, KS 
71. National Battlefield of Wilson's Creek, Republic, MO. 🍀
72.  National Frontier Trails Center, Independence, MO. 
73. National WWI Liberty Museum and Memorial, Kansas City, MO. 
74. Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO.
75.  New Santa Fe Historical Society Trailside Center, Kansas City, MO.
76. No Man's Land Historical Museum, Goodwell, OK (Mom worked here during college years for Dr. McQuarter) 🍀
77. Old State Capital, Springfield, IL. (2015) 🍀
78.  Osawatomie Historical Museum, Osawatomie, KS. 
79. Pablo Agricultural Center, Blue Mound, IL (2015; permanently closed) 🍀
80.  Papinville Historical Museum, Papinville, MO. 🍁
81. Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK
82. Pony Express Museum, St. Joseph, MO. 
83. Precious Moments Chapel and Visitors Center, Carthage, MO. 
84. Providence Hospital Medical Museum (Bethany Hospital memorabilia), Kansas City, KS 🍀
85. Ralph Foster Museum, Point Lookout, MO
86. Ray County Historical Museum, Richmond, MO. 
87. Ripley's Believe it Or Not Museum, Branson, MO
88.  Santa Fe Trailside Center, Kansas City, MO.
89. Sappington House-State Park, Arrow Rock, Mo. 
90. Science Museum, Oklahoma City, OK
91. the Science Center, St. Louis, MO.  
92.  Shawnee Indian Mission, Fairway, KS. 🍀
93. Shoal Creek Living History Museum - Hodge Park, North Kansas City, MO.
94. State Capital Museum, Jefferson City, MO.
95. Strang Carriage House, Overland Park, KS.  
96. Strategic Air Command and Aerospace Museum, Ashland, NE. 
    
97. Strawberry Hill Historical Museum, Kansas City, KS
98. Stauth Memorial Museum, Montezuma, KS
99. St. Joseph Hospital Medical Museum, Kansas City, MO. 
100. Thomas Hart Benton -- State Park, Kansas City, MO.
101. Tippecanoe Battlefield & Museum, Battle Ground, IN.
102. Trail of Tears - State Park, Jackson, MO.
103.  Truman House, Independence, MO. 
104.  Union Station Science City Museum, Kansas City, MO.
105. War Eagle Air Museum, Santa Teresa, NM.
106. Watkins Woolen Mill - State Park, Lawson, MO. 
107. Western Historical Trails Center, Council Bluff, IA. 
108.  Westport Historical Society Museum, Kansas City, MO. 🍀
109. Wonders of Wildlife National Museum, Springfield, MO.
110. Wonderscope Children's Museum, Red Bridge Road, south Kansas City, MO. 
111. Wyandotte County Historical Museum, Bonner Springs, KS
112. Young-Truman Home, Grandview, MO.
     

MUSEUMS WE WOULD LIKE TO VISIT:

1.  Mather House Museum, Port Jefferson, NY (for Earline Spinney's clock collection) 🍀

2. Morton County Historical Museum, Elkhart, KS  🍀

3. Santa Fe Trail Center Museum, Larned, KS. 🍁

4. Wyckoff House, Brooklyn, NY 🍁

Updated: 3/31/2023