Norhteastern KS-Western MO

The pictures presented on these pages were taken on May 27, 1999, on a tour of Northeastern Kansas and Western Missouri.

Fort Leavenworth, KS

Downtown

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Catholic Church

The Fort

Established in 1827, this is the oldest continuosly used fort West of the Mississippi river.

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Missouri river Military cemetery

Weston, MO

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Atchison, KS

A beautiful small town, most known about its Benedictine College (operated by the friars of St. Benedict's Abbey and the sisters of Mount Scholastica), and her daughter Aemelia Erhart, who was the first woman pilot to cross the Atlantic Ocean.

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Aemelia Earhart birthhouse,
and view of Missouri river from it.
Benedictine
Abbey 		St. Benedict
Church 		Benedictine College Aemelia Earhart
Earthwork

Saint Joseph, MO

Albrecht Kemper Museum of Art

The museum has a very nice webpage.

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The Town

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Houses on Museum Hill Statue in front
of the City Hall
 
City Hall Park behind the City Hall Pony Express memorial

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