In 1873, a nineteen year old Emma took a ship to America from Sweden to live with her sister and brother. Few years later Neil arrived to America in 1879. Emma meet Neil at Fort Craig has a housekeeper. They started has friends to later on they started more of a friendship. When they were…
Category: Other Places
Arizona: January 8th Memorial at Downtown Courthouse
On my vacation last week me and my family went to the Courthouse in Downtown Tucson. Why we went there was to see the new January 8th Memorial for the victims and survivors of a shooting that happened at a grocery store in 2011. There are different gardens with the names of the victims that…
Texas: Terlingua Ghost Town
On our way to Big Bend we stopped by a ghost town called Terlingua. There are a lot different ruins of buildings. They have a shop for gifts and a local theater. This town use to be a old mining town. There are also art statues around.
Texas: Judge Roy Bean
While I was in Texas in March 2022. We went to a museum about Judge Roy Bean. He was the law West of the Pecos. He owned a saloon and he decided to approve himself to be a judge. At the museum there is still a saloon, that was also a courtroom and billiard hall….
California: Baker
There was a little town called Baker, CA. In this town they have the tallest thermometer in the states. It goes up to 130 degrees. That day it was only in the 60’s but in summer time it can get very hot.
Nevada: Rhyolite Ghost Town
On our way out of Beatty, NV we stopped by a ghost town called Rhyolite. It is a very cute little town. It use to be a mining town in Nevada.There were still some of the building still standing that you can see along the road. There was a depot, bank, store, school and a…
California: Palm Springs
On this trip we had to change somethings around. When the weather got bad we decided to stay in Palm Springs for the night.I have always wanted to go to Palm Springs. In the parts that we saw were pretty cool. We first stopped at a place to eat called Ocean. It was good seafood….
Missouri: Ted Drewes Frozen Custard
On our last night in St. Louis, Missouri we went to Ted Drewes for Frozen Custard. It was a busy place to be even in the rain. We had two different kinds of custard. My mother did a plain vanilla custard and I had a caramel flavor custard. They were really good. This a place…
Missouri: Riverboat Cruise Along the Mississippi River
While we were in Missouri and seeing the Gateway Arch National Park. Our last activities for that day was taking a riverboat cruise along the Mississippi River. There is a walkway that you take to get to the river. At the dock they had a little shop and a bar for a drink before going…