Chase Clark

During my last full day back home in the Midwest visiting family and friends, my father and I went into downtown Kansas City and took in the sights at the Airline History Museum. Unlike most other museums, this one is as much an active restoration site as a museum. » Continue Reading…

Whenever I make it back home I try to spend an afternoon hitting the nature trails. My last trip in late September had a surprise. The routes of my favorite trails had been changed since I last went hiking on them and I ended up spending the entire afternoon traversing a much longer distance in the forest than planned. No complaints though. » Continue Reading…

After visiting the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library in Independence, Missouri with my Dad, it was onward to the National Frontier Trails Museum which is just a short distance away. It is no understatement to say that there is a lot of writing to read amidst the many items on display. Personal diaries and other firsthand accounts of life on the Old West trails as well as much information on the trails, settlements, geography and lists of commonly carried items and their cost back in the day. » Continue Reading…

I was born and raised in Missouri and there are four things that are synonymous with the state – Mark Twain, Budweiser beer, the Gateway Arch and President Truman. My first visit to the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum did not occur until my trip home in late September. It was a visit long overdue and quite informative. » Continue Reading…

Country Club Plaza in Kansas City, Mo. was the first shopping center in the world designed to accommodate shoppers arriving by automobile. » Continue Reading…