We left the Rally in Harrison and continued on our journey. Or next stop was Wilson's Creek National Battlefield. This was about 1 hour and 30 minutes north of Harrison.
The battle at Wilsons Creek was the first civil war battle west of the Mississippi. The park has a very nice and modern museum and a 5 mile driving/hiking/biking loop around the battlefield to see the important sites.
Our first stop was the museum. This was a very nice and modern facility. Lost of information on lead to the ware and in particular the lead to the war in Missouri and the other boarder states.
There very interesting displays and interesting information on the battle. The battle flag of the Cherokee Braves is on display. This was a Native American unit made up of multiple tribes fighting for confederacy. The flag has 5 red stars representing the 5 civilized tribes.
There were many other displays in the museum and a movie that explained the battle. Artillery from both sides was also displayed.
After the museum we took the driving tour. It was a five mile loop around the battlefield with stops at the important locations. It was apropos that we saw people touring on horseback at a battlefield that had a large amount of cavalry present.
When we finished with our battlefield tour we headed for our stop for the night, the KOA in Claremore, OK.
Today we traveled 233miles. Our milage was 14.2mpg. We did a lot of idling in the park as we did the auto tour around the battlefield.
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