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Wow, the end of another big adventure. You guys aren't letting grass grow under your feet. So...what's next? |
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I, too, stumbed upon your travel journals site when I clicked on "Saint Joseph" from my own Travel Journals site. Wow...I thought WE had great adventures, but ours pales next to yours! What a wonderful life you two have had together! Your pictures are beautiful, so I plan to bookmark your site for furture enjoyment. Happy trails!
Peggy, a.k.a TripAlbum (also a member of Traveljournals.net) |
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I happened across your page on a google search! What a neat adventure! Thanks for sharing it with the rest of us. |
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Great pictures! |
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Congratulations on completing your trip.!! |
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Hey guys, hope you got my e-mail from the other day. If not let me know and I will resend it. Dean and I stayed overnight in Kemmerer, Wy when we were out there in 2001! Hope all is well with you and hope you are having a fun filled trip! Dorothy |
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I stumbled onto your site when Googling information to use in a short welcome I am making Saturday morning to a regional conference being held in St. Joseph. (I am a St. Joseph City Council member.)
How fortunate for you to encounter Bill McKinney, our Parks and Recreation Director. He is the driving force behind the concept and completion of the Nature Center.
You were a few days too early to see a Civil War re-enactment of Condfederate troops attacking a Union supply train. Some of the 300 participants were camped at the reconstructed fort south of the Nature Center.
Your positive comments about our city were nice to read. Thanks!! |
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To St. Louis already...Wow, that was fast. I love the introspection from Walking West 08. We are enjoying the stories and pictures, especially the blending. Enjoy and we enjoy reading on...Love you much, Marie,Jim,Andrew,Ethan and James. |
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It was great to see you guys again. Glad you enjoyed seeing Fort Leavenworth. Sounds like you had a good time at the Patee House Museum, I thought you would like it. Good luck with the rest of your trip. |
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Congrtulations on your successful walk across America. What an exciting achievement. Glad you came back and took time to visit Camp Ground Cemetery, where the Cherokee camped on George Hileman's land. He had grist mill, so they bought cornmeal from him. He allowed them to cut trees for bon fires to keep warm during this terrible freezing time when 8000 or so Cherokee were trapped between the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. More died in Southern Illinois than any place on the Trail because of the weather that made crossing the Mississippi impossible due to ice floes. Hileman had buried two children in his pasture, and so he allowed the Cherokee to also bury their dead there. Later the church was establshed and he gave land for the building and the cemetery grew beside the church building. Non-invasive means by Harvey Henson and his graduate sutdents at SIUC have found evidence of 19 unmakred graves here--just where oral tradition had said the Cherokee were buried. The corn meal and the trees for heat no doubt kept the number from being much larger in this one camp site. The 8000 were literally strung out from one river to the other in various campsites as they traveled to the West. |
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Enjoyed reading about your walk last year and equally enjoying the details of your drive this year. Thanks for taking the time to include the historical aspects of the places you travel through. |
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Hi Ed and Liz. Another trip... what a surprise! I really enjoyed your trail journals from last year and I'm looking forward to reading this blog too. I wish you both well.
Happy travels.
John
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Hey there went with you on your walk and suer look forword to your drive this year and all the pictures too
May God bless your trip |
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