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Trick Or Track 2024 Day R00 Page 001

Join us for our annual day of trick-or-treating at The National Museum of Transportation! Daytime Event 11:00am – 3:00pm Put on your costumes and trick-or-treat at various candy stops throughout the grounds! We will also host Serengeti Steve and his reptiles from 12:00pm – 1:00pm! Museum admission is required, but no reservations are needed. Evening …

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On this date in Missouri history in 1937, the final trolley car parade took Springfield residents across the city one last time before the trolleys were retired. 

Old steam engine and train cars crossing wooden railroad tressel.

This date in Missouri history: It was a day of prayer and fasting to honor the victims of the Gasconade River train disaster of four days ago. Thirty-four people died and many were injured when the bridge collapsed and took the dignitaries into the swollen river. 

The Butterfield Stagecoach

The first Butterfield Stage left Tipton, Missouri carrying mail and passengers to California.  Read more about this in Tales From Missouri and the Heartland.   This post was contributed by Ross Malone. A historian and a retired school teacher, Ross has authored many books about Missouri’s history, weird facts, and folk tales. He has also written …

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