As one of the girls' reward for completing the local summer reading program at the library they received a certificate for a free gift at the local history museum.
They had a few choices to pick from and they both decided on yo-yo's. After they received their prize we checked out the museum which, although was small, detailed a great deal of local history.
One exhibit the girls enjoyed was the civil war kids dress up area. Here they were able to don some replica attire worn during the civil war.
Another exhibit described how a local slave during the late 1820's was able to buy his own freedom and his families freedom by handcarving ox yokes. He then moved to Independence, Missouri and continued his craftmanship by opening a store selling yokes. Kristy and I thought about the possibility that he may have certainly made yokes for some of the early members from our church who predominately lived in that area during that time era.
A last exhibit allowed Molly and Neleha to do some hands on work with stone grinding corn meal. We certainly had a good visit to our local history museum.
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