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Don't forget the event this Saturday at Shoal Creek Living History Museum - 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. - flyer with details further down on this page!!

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want a road trip next week? The annual Christmas Country Church Tour will happen December 14 and 15 in Southeast Missouri! Thursday and Friday, from 2 to 9 each day, 38 country churches in Perry, Cape, Bollingr and St. Gen counties will show off their Christmas finery - including Zion of Pocahontas, where Del once served! It is worth the trip!! Go to www.visitperrycounty.com for more information!!

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Looking for a Christmas gift for your reenactor? I currently have 2 of the soldier comforts in stock - price is $150 plus tax or shipping. Photos can be supplied if you want - the one shown is simply an example.

for those of you who are looking for the Mort Kunstler Civil War calendars for 2024 - they were disontinued by the original publisher! He is working to get something back for 2025. In the meantime, I have a couple of similar wall calendars coming in from other sources - will let you know when they arrive!!

Mark your calendars now!

Mark your calendars for a special presentation at the Woodneath Library Auditorium. The Clay County Museum, the Clay County Archives & Historical Library and the Midwest Genealogy Center will host this free event. The public is encouraged to attend.

Folks, our Thanksgiving weekend hours will be closed on Turkey Day, 10 to 5 on Friday and 9 to 5 on Small Business Saturday. Shop small, shop local!!!

Ladies, as we come to the season of Holiday and Winter balls, consider treating yourself to a new net, headdress or bonnet! Our good friend Lynnette Miller, runs Miller's Millinery - and she does FABULOUS work. Her website is www.bonnets.com - check it out!!

Miller's Millinery Historically accurate head wear from the Civil War era

So many folks have never heard of Order #11 - check it out!!

This Friday, November 17th, 7 pm at the Museum (14 N. Main Street,) we will offer a special program on Order #11. This is a free program sponsored by the The State Historical Society of Missouri. The public is encouraged to attend.

Bill Fries, the ad exec who become C. W McCall, was born on November 15, 1928 in Audubon Iowa! Del's mother was born on July 5, 1928 in the same small Iowa town - you KNOW they knew each other. He set the world on fire in the early 1970s with the "Old Home Bread" commercials - and that evolved into songs like "Old Home Fill'er Up" and "Convoy"! If you are from Western Iowa you know where he's talking about!!

to all vets everywhere - THANK YOU!!

Happy Veterans Day—We are so very thankful for your service!! ❤️🐾

Do not forget that Friday, November 10, is the birthday of the US Marine Corps! Tell a Marine "THANK YOU"!!!

Our good friends, Eric and Carrie Martinez, have just lost Eric's mother Joan. Carrie and Joan had purchased 2 sewing machines together - still new - and now the family wants to pass them on to someone who can use them. Contact Carrie Martinez, 816 799 2866 - Gladstone area. Carrie has her own machines - does not need either or these.

2 great trick or treat opportunities coming up - Saturday, the 29th at Shoal Creek Living History Village - Kid Safe - 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. - $5 for adults; kids free - and then Tuesday night on Halloween, in downtown Liberty - 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. around the Square - totally free!!

look what a customer just gave us!!! An original "sentry" size pipe found in a crate at the bottom of Lake Erie!! 4 1/2" long, bowl is about 1/2" high. Not for sale - but you are welcome to come and see it!!

And this is why Jesse hated the Pinkertons!!!

This is the window the Pinkerton's tossed the bomb through.

If you like to eat, THANK A FARMER!!! Be careful now during harvest - combines do not have any other way to move from field to field.

Happy National Farmer's Day!

always a good day!!

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Awesome piece!!

check this out!!! ORIGINAL!!!

C**t Model 1873 .44-40 Peacemaker captured by Charles W. Allen, newspaper correspondent at Wounded Knee, December 29, 1890. Presented to the museum by Norman Allen in 2010.

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Step into the Wild West with our Jesse James Bank Museum AR Experience! 🌵
Did you know that the legendary Jesse James started his daring journey at just 16 years old, riding alongside Bloody Bill Anderson? 🐎
Experience history like never before as we take you back to those turbulent times. Witness the chilling events at Liberty Bank where the first armed robbery occured. 🏞️
He fired the shot that changed history and set him on a path of notoriety. According to his brother Frank, Jesse was determined to conquer.
As the Civil War ended, many Missouri guerillas returned to normal life, but not Jesse James. He would seek to avenge his mentor, Bloody Bill Anderson. 🔫
Curious to learn more about this incredible saga? Join us at the Jesse James Bank Museum AR Experience, where history comes alive through augmented reality. Don't miss your chance to be a part of the action!
Save the date: September 23rd. 📅
This exhibit will be on display for 30 days.
Hours:
10:00 am - 4:00 pm Monday - Saturday
Closed on Sundays
Admission Fees
Adults $7.00
Seniors (62+) $6.50
Children (8-15) $4.50
Children under 8: free

and this is a reminder that James Country will be CLOSED Friday, September 22 and Saturday, September 23 due to the chaos of the Fall Festival. Join Jean at Shoal Creek Living History Museum on Saturday - it's their Harvest Fest, ala 1870!!!

Coming to see us this week? Do you have a court date or want to visit someone in the jail? Prepare for closures related to the Liberty Fall Festival. City and county parking lots in the area of Kansas/Leonard/Mill/Missouri streets will close at 5 p.m. TODAY. They'll reopen at 6 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 25.

The following streets will close Friday at 12:01 AM:
Franklin from Water to Main
Water from Mill to Franklin
Kansas from Gallatin to Lightburne
Main from Mississippi to Mill
Leonard from Mill to Franklin

All the streets reopen by 6 p.m. Sunday.

And we'll see you at the parade on Saturday morning!

Folks, due to the chaos and street blockage of the Liberty Fall Festival, James Country will be closed Friday, September 22 and Saturday, September 23. Join Jean at Shoal Creek Living History Museum on Saturday, where she will be demonstrating quilting during their Harvest Fest!!!

The Samuel J. Churchill Camp #4 of the Sons of Union Veterans is dedicating the grave of Doc McWilliams, Company G, 1st Kansas Colored Infantry, on September 30 - Oak Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, Kansas. The memorial procession begins at 12:45; the official ceremony at 1 p.m. Bring your own seating. The Camp recently learned that Mr. McWilliams did not have a headstone - they got one from the Dept of Defense and set it back in May. This is the official dedication for Mr. McWilliams. The 1st Kansas Colored Infantry is considered the first African American combat unit of the Civil War.

Folks, we have just acquired 23 pair of Wahmaker western pants - brand new - priced at $60/pair - and 3 Scully Dusters, size L which is about a 44/46 - also brand new - Priced at $100 each. Bought out another trader! All is here at the store - come check it out!!

Hey, everybody - today (8/22) is Del's Birthday. Call him at 816 769 1448 and wish the old man another good year!

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The Battle of Lone Jack, Missouri was fought on this day in 1862!!!

Don't forget the August Saturday event at Shoal Creek Living History Village and Museum, this Saturday August 12 - 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. The year will be 1880!!

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And mark your calendars now - Shoal Creek Living History Village will hold their next Saturday event on August 12, from 2 to 7 p.m. Don't know the year they will be portraying yet - but it will be a fun time!!

Don't forget the annual Missouri Valley Arms Collectors Association collectors gun show - this Saturday and Sunday, at KCI Expo Center - Saturday 9 to 5; Sunday 9 to 3. This is a GUN show with many collector display tables!!!

This is Jean's latest Soldier Comfort - each fabric is a documented reproduction of 1820-1865, based on original swatch books of that period. The fabrics all came from Reproduction Fabrics of Northfield, MN - we forgive her for being in Northfield!! What do you think??

Check this out!!! Clay County's 2 best tourism draws - the Jesse James Birthplace and the Jesse James Bank Museum!!! The amount of history in Clay County is AMAZING!!!

Check out the latest issue of True West Magazine and you will see our own, Bryan Shibley posing with Bob Boze Bell and author Mark Gardner!

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another good event!!

Can you imagine packing for a picnic before pre-packaged foods and plastic? Bring a picnic lunch and join us at a 19th Century Picnic at the Missouri Town Living History Museum, Saturday, August 5. Our Living History Interpreters will show you how to prepare for a mid-1800s picnic and demonstrate how Missouri families prepared and packed their meals. Enjoy picnic activities including board games, children’s games and, of course -- eating! It promises to be fun for the whole family. Of Missouri Town 1855

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Hope to see you there!

Don't forget the next Friends of the Farm Pistol Shoot - Saturday, July 22, at the Sugar Creek Police Range, 1801 Courtney Rd.