The themes of the trip were (a) Mid West Culture and (b) The Underground Railroad Movement, taking in Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana and Michigan. The trip was for 36 days in Sept/Oct 2013, staying at nine locations:
Chicago, Illinois – for Downtown Chicago
Davenport, Iowa – for Davenport, Galena and Dubuque
Springfield, Illinois – for Downtown Springfield and Camp Butler National Cemetery
St Louis, Missouri – for Downtown St Louis and Forest Park
Jonesboro, Illinois – for Cairo, Cape Girardeau, Trail of Tears State Park and Shawnee National Forest
Elizabethtown, Kentucky – for Kentucky Railroad Museum, Lincoln’s Birthplace and Maker’s Mark Distillery
Cincinnati, Ohio – for Downtown Cincinnati, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center and Union Railroad Terminal
Wapakoneta, Ohio – for Troy, Dowtown Wapakoneta and the Armstrong Air & Space Museum
Marshall, Michigan – for Van Wert (OH), Marshall, Battle Creek and Kalamazoo
To put the trip into context, here is an annotated map showing the circular route and all nine locations:
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The following photo galleries are based on the above nine locations in order of travel (except for Chicago galleries – alphabetical).
Within each photo gallery all text in peach refers to the journey whilst text in white refers to the places and locations visited.
Text in brackets below refer to the image.
For now only Wapakoneta and Marshall have photo galleries – others are coming soon. |