A Fairly Old Printed Poster Illustrating "The Spirit of the Western Movement".
Rock Creek Station Museum ~25 miles SE of Kearney, NB. This poster illustrates for us ‘moderns’, a very curious and peculiar style of interpreting the world around our forebears 150 years ago! This style of interpretation, which had been widely used for the last 2000 years (or more), is another example of David Gurr's relic theory. Although "foreign" to us, this style must have meant a great deal to our ancestors! Think... …pay attention. What did it mean? Some important messages are here. This photograph, like the previous, was taken through the glass of the display case in this museum. The reflections and the red area come from the problems created by the glass. New Topic: Your Rand-McNally Road Atlas will show a tiny red square, with the name “Rock Creek Station”. This will show you how to get to this exact location and other trail historic sites (& sights) traveling Southeast. New Topic: After I left Rock Creek Station, I followed the Oregon Trail along the valley of the Little Blue River, Southeast into Kansas. Then I followed the O.T. along the Kansas River eventually reaching Kansas City which, because of the Missouri River, was one of the major departure staging points for the Oregon Trail and California Trail “Emigrants”. St. Louis, because of the Mississippi River, was also one of the major departure staging points for the O.T. and the C.T. The “trail” from St. Louis to Kansas City followed the valley of the Missouri. On this section of the “trail”, I found practically no historical sites. So my O.T. and C.T. photos stop here, despite the fact that there were plenty of other interesting sights to see, do, and photograph as I proceeded Southeast into Illinois, Tennessee, Georgia and South Carolina, a selection of which now follow.
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