Arbor Day Farm in Nebraska City, NE is where the mission of the National Arbor Day Foundation comes alive. We did not go on the Tree Adventure and the Apple House Market was temporarily housed at Tree Adventure.
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| Do You See the Forest or the Trees? (2013, by Sue Kalicki) (KSS) |
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| Quercus macrocarpa/Bur Oak was "discovered" by Lewis & Clark |
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| Bur Oak leaves |
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| Arbor Day Oak is a Bur Oak, a 200+ year old survivor of an old oak savanna ecosystem, and it has its own lightning protection system |
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| Bringing Forth Beauty (2008, by Ann Cunningham) (KSS) |
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| Arbor Lodge (1855, with additions) was the home of J Sterling Morton, a journalist and editor |
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| A rock planter |
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| Picea engelmannii/Engelmann Spruce |
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| The Engelmann Spruce was brought from Pike's Peak in 1878 by J Sterling Morton (KSS) |
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| Arbor Lodge Homestead was settled in 1855 by J Sterling Morton and his wife, Caroline A Morton (KSS) |
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| In 1903, J Sterling Morton's son, Joy Morton, doubled the size of the mansion and added the semi-circular porches (with a blue ceiling) |
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| A brougham used at Arbor Lodge |
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| At least twice now, we have waited for a seemingly miles-long freight train to pass |
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| Missouri River Basin Lewis & Clark Visitor Center (2004) in Nebraska City has a focus on the flora and fauna (178 new plants and 122 new animals) and scientific "discoveries" recorded by the Corps of Discovery Expedition |
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| Replica keelboat (c 2001) that was a prop in the filming of the National Geographic documentary Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West (2002) |
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| Seaman and Kent on the white pirogue |
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| Example of the medicine chest taken by the Corps of Discovery |
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| The medicine chest included a sealed canister of mercury (used for constipation and syphilis)! |
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| A graphic on the mysterious air gun, which seemed to be used as a conversation starter |
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| Model (2002, by Butch Bovier at 1/6 scale) of the keelboat that was 55 feet long and 8 feet wide, with a draft of 3 feet |
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| Model (2002, by Butch Bovier at 1/6 scale) of the red pirogue that was 41 feet long and 9 feet wide with a draft of 20" |
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| Model (2002, by Butch Bovier at 1/6 scale) of the white pirogue that was 35 feet long and 5 feet wide, with a draft of 20" |
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| Model (2002, by Butch Bovier at 1/6 scale) of Lewis's Iron-frame Boat (frame constructed in Harpers Ferry) that was 35 feet long and 4 feet wide with a draft of 10" |
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| A "catalog card" for each plant and animal species "discovered" by Lewis & Clark |
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| We saw Ursus arctos horribilis/Grizzly or North American Brown Bear cubs at the St Louis Zoo, but as I hope we do not encounter a real grizzly, I took this photo |
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| Ictalurus punctatus/Channel Catfish, a fish "discovered" on the Corps of Discovery Expedition |
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| Grizzly Bear Claw Necklace is a replica of one Lewis & Clark brought back to be placed in the American Philosophical Society/ Peale's Philadelphia Museum, but was lost until 2003 when the original was found stored with South Pacific artifacts at the Peabody Museum at Harvard University |
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| Unexpected hike at the Missouri River Basin Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center; Pluteus atricapillus/Fawn Mushrooms maybe |
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| Missouri River Overlook |
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| Limestone Bluff (KSS) |
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| The Earth Lodge Trail was paved! |
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| Earth Lodge interior with a red sacred pole (KSS) |
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| Gumball machine converted into a rock (not candy!) dispenser (KSS) |
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| Thomas Jefferson "The Naturalist" (by Carol A Grende) |
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| Pointing the Way (by Tom Palmerton) |
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| The Nebraska State food to try is a Runza |
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| A pocket sandwich filled with ground beef, onions and cabbage |
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