Independence, Missouri

We drove over to Independence, Missouri from Wakeeney,  Kansas on Wednesday and have spent two great days here just East of Kansas City.

We started our day yesterday with a visit to Harry and Bess Truman's home in Independence. We took a tour of the house and got some great insight into President Harry Truman.









From the house we proceeded to the Truman museum and library. Here we found a wealth of information on President Truman's over seven years in office. It's a great museum filled with insight into the man and his family. The issues he dealt with were astounding and to think he had no more than a high school education. Pretty impressive!






The courtyard of the museum was beautiful with a eternal flame and flowers.





Both Harry and Bess are buried in the courtyard. We stopped to pay our respects and continued to take in the rest of the museum.

After our morning we walked Independence square in downtown and found the courthouse where Harry was a judge in his early days.

We stopped to visit a museum that is dedicated to information relating to the trails west in the mid 1800's
We also found the train depot from the 1860's which has been restored and also is used as a museum. In 1860 a ticket from Independence to
Chicago cost $1.25.

Today (Friday) we visited the Lexington battlefield and toured the Anderson house. It was only a three day battle and not of major importance but the bullet scars can still be seen on the house as a reminder of the fighting.


Tomorrow it's off to Branson, Missouri to see some shows and enjoy the Ozarks.