As I rolled across Oklahoma, I knew there was one place I would absolutely have to visit - the museum of one of my favorite Air Force generals who drove the development of the F-16.
After visiting the Homestead National Historic Park, I returned to Beatrice to check out the local museum and found myself face-to-face with another iron lung.
The Marshall County Courthouse caught my eye as I was walking around town. It was an eye-opening experience to go into my first small-town museum and learn about local history.
There is only one barn remaining from the famous Pony Express, and it's right here in Marysville, Kansas, so there was no way I would miss this fabulous attraction from the Wild West.
Let's get real. America has some very dark chapters of our history, and segregation is absolutely one of those areas. This site makes the progress we've made real, along with where we started.
Talk about some bad timing. I've been wanting to go and explore the first territorial capital of the state of Kansas in Lecompton, but I managed to show up on a day that it was closed.
Unfortunately, the store was locked up, and I couldn't get inside, but at least the windows weren't too bad, and I could see inside. Maybe it'll be open next time.
No matter how many times I wander into a historical site dealing with Native Americans, I am continually disappointed at how so-called Christian Europeans treated them.
Enroute to Wichita, I had to make a stop in Dodge City. While I've been to the Boot Hill Museum a few times, it's still fun to take a step back in time and see what's new.
