After railroad agents forcibly evict the James family from their family farm, Jesse and Frank turn to banditry for revenge. This movie stars Tyrone Power and Henry Fonda.
Pork Steaks are another food that originated in St. Louis. This cut of meat is mostly available in the Midwest. Pork steaks are also known as blade steaks and simply put, pork steaks are merely a sliced Boston pork butt or pork shoulder. Click on the recipe below to try this recipe from Allrecipes!
Our only planned stop today will be a visit to The National Museum of Transportation. It was founded in 1944. It restores, preserves, and displays a wide variety of vehicles spanning 15 decades of American history: cars, boats, aircraft, and in particular, locomotives and railroad equipment from around the United States. It contains more than 190 exhibits. The museum is also home to a research library of transportation-related memorabilia and documents. Click on the sign to visit the website and view all of the items in the collection! Or click on the Shovel-Nosed diesel engine below and take a video tour of the museum!
With the afternoon ahead to relax, here are two books that you may enjoy! Remember to click on the book cover for different formats and the title to open the book immediately so that you can start reading. When you get tired of reading, be sure to click on the movie in the left column about Jesse James! Jesse James grew up in Missouri and became an outlaw when his parents' land was confiscated by the railroad. The perfect movie after a day at the Transportation Museum!
Sally of the Missouri by Rose E. Young
Enjoy this story written by a Missouri author and advocate for the suffrage movement who also ran a lumber company.
A Struggle for a Fortune by Harry Castlemon
This author was a prolific writer and most of his titles were written for boys. He once said, ""Boys don't like fine literature. What they want is adventure, and the more of it you can get in two-hundred-fifty pages of manuscript, the better fellow you are."
