The Missouri River was used for shipping and trading. The trains still pass through everyday. The banks of the Missouri River separates Kansas and Missouri.
An expansive two-mile reclamation and beautification of the Missouri Riverfront focusing on the history of the river and the St. Joseph area. It has a 1.5 mile hard-surface walking trail beside the river and through nature areas.
This refurbished locomotive engine was used from 1937 until 1965. It was used to transport passengers, grain, and other materials. Guess who that might be. You can tell he is thrilled to get his picture taken after driving 230 miles today!! Good sport!
This church was built in 1905 by a prominent New York architect, this massive structure served as the exclusive worship center for the Christian Science congregation until 2002 and is modeled after the Mother Church in Boston. It features Arkansas marble, Corinthian Columns, hand carved mahogany pews and a rare 1907 Hook & Hastings three manual pipe organ. The building now serves as a performance hall, wedding and banquet facility. 
The Buchanan County Courthouse is a rare example of a courthouse design from the late 1800's period of architectural history and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was here the the Ford brothers were tried for the murder of Jesse James.
Outlaw Jesse James was shot and killed in this house on April 3, 1882, by fellow gang member Bob Ford. Jesse was living here with his wife and children. Exhibits include artifacts from Jesse's grave when he was exhumed in 1995 for DNA tests. The results showed a 99.7 percent certainty that it was Jesse James who was shot in St. Jo in 1882.
This old St. Joseph Fire Station #5 contains mementos and firefighting tools from the 1860's to the present. Also featured s an extensive photography collection documenting fires of St. Joseph's past, two vintage fire engines and exhibits of firefighters' living quarters.
St. Joseph, MO is a town rich in history- famous for being the place where the Pony Express begas and Jesse James met his demise. The buzz word for St Joseph, is "where the west officially started getting wild. The famouse overland mail service by horseback bean here on April 3, 1860. The Pony Express monument, larger-than-life bronze statue, of a Pony Express rider was dedicated by the people of St. Joseph in 1940. There is also an Pony Express National Museum.
Up until now we have been taking I-80 all the way, but here we change course and we will be taking 29 South. I'm anxious to see if scenery changes from corn to something else!! The rest stop was very pretty and the gentlemen manning the desk in the information center was very knowledgeable about the state. 
York, NE is an old college town, The streets were made of cobblestone. The homes is the area are used as dorms. This home was on the corner by the college and is typical of the homes in the area. We stopped and ate lunch here and drove around to see the rest of the town. This is one of the larger towns, it even had a Walmart!!
This town of Henderson is a small Mennonite community with approximately 900 people, however, we noticed there are lots of children and young families.
While staying in Henderson, NE we visited several close by towns. Bradshaw, Hampton, York. These are the typicial buildings that are still being used today. I never saw so many kinds of silo's and used for so many purposes. Bradshaw had a population of 330 people. I stopped and got a haircut and the lady that cut my hair said she was born and raised in these small towns and had 6 kids in her elementary class. She was in her 30's, not that long ago. Every where you looked there was corn for miles and miles and small little towns like these. All the fields looked very lush and green.
Nebraska's nickname is known as the "Cornhusker State". The eye can see for miles is nothing but corn, and more corn, huge hay stacks, silo's and barns. A view from the window is farmland, pine-covered buttes, rolling hills, and lush river valleys.
We stayed our first night in Nebraska at Cabela's. This stop was recommended by a volunteer at the Information stop, as it was about 200 miles into Nebraska. Cabela stores is like a Bass Pro Shop. Most of the store locations offer a full-feature RV park where you can camp in a outdoor setting and enjoy a relaxing walk around the beautifully landscaped grounds. We didn't know when we checked in, the last weekend of July of each year, they have the largest sidewalk celebration and the next day is the rodeo. We got the last RV spot, the next RV stop was approximately another 200 miles down the road. People had tents pitched along with their trailers, and RV's. The man was feeding the geese angel food cake. It rained that night but they were glad for the rain. People from hundreds of miles, including people from WY came for the sidewalk sale. We spent at least two hours in the store, so much to see.
I-80 climbs all the way, we climbed over 12,000 feet. What beautiful country. There was still some snow on some of the passes. It looked a lot like Tahoe mountains. I tried to capture a train going through a tunnel in the mountain, got a puff of black smoke. Very beautiful!!
