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 Posted: Tue Sep 23rd, 2008 06:35 pm
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izzy
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Mana: 
 You may want to bypass Newtonia.  Not much to see there and it got wiped out by a tornado this spring.

Try Carthage MO instead.  http://www.carthage-mo.gov/

And/or Baxter Springs KS  http://www.baxtersprings.us/

Baxter Springs has a wonderful museum.  I always wondered how control of the territory was regained after the war.  In the Baxter Springs museum is part of the answer.  They have saved a chunk of the big old hanging tree.

Carthage does not have a driving tour brochure.  I had to buy the book "The Battle of Carthage by Hinze and Farnham to get a description of the battle at the museum.  I shelled out the money.  I didn't drive 1000 miles to suddenly become cheap.

Have a great time.  You're going to love it.