![]() (His mother said her stories improved after all the folks who could contradict died off.) Please comment on the articles when you see he may have left out a bit of history, forgotten a name or when your memory of a circumstance conflicts with his. He retired in 2008 and has been spending time scanning hundreds of thousands of images because “photos once taken as news have grown enough whiskers that they’ve become history.” Ken Steinhoff, Cape Girardeau Central High School Class of 1965, spent half a century in the ink-slinging business for papers in Missouri, Ohio, North Carolina, and Florida. Click on any image to make it larger, then use the arrow keys to move around. I don’t know who does the exhibit design planning here, but the results are spectacular. ![]() To be honest, I’m including a lot of these photos because they give good captioning and display ideas for my museum friends to steal. This place gives them a run for their money. I’ve been to a lot of museums, including ones in Washington, D.C., Chicago, Seattle, St. The military gallery contains airplanes hanging from the ceiling, a helicopter, several tanks and all kinds of other implements of warfare.įor more information about the Discovery Park of America, go to its website. This is not just a place to see small objects like arrowheads. ![]() When one is in a room that contains a rack, a breaking wheel and a guillotine, one is inclined to obey the signs. In it were instruments of restraint and torture, including this electric chair with the ironic note, “PLEASE DO NOT SIT.” I turned to find out it was coming from an open doorway leading to a darkened room made up to look like a dungeon. (You have to be three feet tall to go down it.) A blast of cool airĪs I was leaving one exhibit room, a blast of cool air hit me. You can let them burn off some energy by going down the two-story slide modeled after the human body. There are plenty of hands-on displays for the kids. There’s a large collection of vintage automobiles and motorcycles, so you might like to contemplate what it would be like to make that drive in one of these shiny cars. From what I saw, I think you could probably beat their estimated drive time. I was already south of there, so I went in across the Caruthersville bridge and can’t tell you about the roads on the Google route. Google shows that Union City is 83 miles from Cape, just under two hours of driving time via IL-3 and US-51 S. This fellow at the entrance to the Discovery Center lobby isn’t your normal Walmart greeter. 20,000-gallon aquariumĪ 20,000-gallon aquarium features living creatures from Reelfoot Lake, such as gar, bass, crappie, and turtles. A handout says the garden contains approximately 24,000 plants, 4000 azaleas, 1000 rose bushes and 750 trees. I didn’t even begin to walk the grounds to look at the 100-year-old church, an 1800’s school house, 15 log structures, a gristmill, six train cars, and pretty much an entire vintage community. It looks big, and it is – it has 100,000 square feet of space, with 60,000 of it devoted to exhibits. When you pull into the parking lot, you’re greeted by a futuristic-looking building. The whole of Obion county has only 31,131 people, less than the population of Cape Girardeau. I mean, after all, Union City, according to the 2010 Census has a population of 10,895. I didn’t expect much, but since he was buying lunch and paying our admission, I agreed. The fellow I’m working with on documenting The Bootheel suggested we play hooky and sneak across the river to Union City, Tennessee, to check out the Discovery Park of America. ![]()
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