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INDEPENDENCE

Truman Home, 219 N. Delaware, Indep., MO 64050, Phone: 816-254-7199. Located in the Harry S. Truman National Landmark District, this was the home of President Harry S. Truman and his wife, Bess Wallace Truman, until their deaths.

Harry S. Truman Courtroom and Office, Independence Square Courthouse, Room 109, Main at Maple Street, Indep., MO 64050, Phone: 816-881-4431. This is where the 33rd President of the United States began the political career that led him to the White House.

Harry S. Truman Historic District Walking Tour, between the Truman Library and the Truman Home, Indep., MO 64050, Phone: 816-836-7111. Follow the route taken by Mr. Truman on one of his morning neighborhood walks.

Bingham-Waggoner Estate, 313 W. Pacific, Indep., MO 64050, Phone: 816-461-3491.

Vaile Mansion-DeWitt Museum, 1500 N. Liberty Street, Indep., MO 64050, Phone: 816-833-0040. One of the best examples of Victorian architecture in the U.S.

1859 Marshall's Home & Jail Museum, 217 N. Main, Indep., MO 64050, Phone: 816-252-1892.

National Frontier Trails Center, 318 W. Pacific Av., Indep., MO, Phone: 816-325-7575. Independence was the principal "jumping off" point for three major routes across the American West--the Oregon, California and Santa Fe trails. The center is the only museum, library and archives in the nation exclusively devoted to these fascinating frontier trails.

KANSAS CITY

Nelson--Atkins Museum of Art, 4525 Oak Street, KCMO 64111, Phone: 816-751-1278. Tue-Thurs 10am-4pm; Fridays 10am-9pm; Sat 10am-5pm; Sun 1-5pm. Admission: Adults $4; students $2; children 6-18 years $1.

Kansas City Museum, 3218 Gladstone Blvd, KCMO 64123, Phone: 816-483-8300. Tues-Sat 9:30am-4:30pm; Sun noon-4:30pm. Regular Museum Admission: Adults $2.50; children & seniors $2.

Country Club Plaza. The nation's first shopping center, the 55-acre Spanish-style Country Club Plaza is America's oldest shopping center, constructed in an ambiance of Spanish architecture. Built in 1922, the Plaza is best known for its pastel-colored tile-roofed buildings, shops (including Saks Fifth Avenue, Brooks Brothers and Gucci), sparkling fountains, Italian statuary, outstanding restaurants, romantic horse-drawn carriages and elegant hotels. At Christmas time the Plaza becomes a fairyland of color; the holiday tradition of outlining buildings in multicolored lights began here in 1925. There are over 60 miles of Christmas lights outlineing the 14-block district. The Plaza is also the setting for art fairs, the city's Easter parade and summertime concerts in the park. To catch a closer look at the statues and fountains, take a self-guided walking art tour of the Plaza or catch a horse-drawn carriage ride.

Crown Center Exhibit Hall, Level 1, 25th & Grand, KCMO 64108, Phone: 816-274-8444. Mon 10am-7pm; Tues-Fri 10am-9pm; Sat 10am-7pm; Sun noon-5pm. Admission: free.

Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art & Design (of Kansas City Art Institute), 4420 Warwick, KCMO 64111, Phone: 816-561-3737. Tues-Thurs 10am-4pm; Fri 10am-9pm; Sat 10am-5pm; Sun 1-5pm. Admission: free.

Bruce R. Watkins Cultural Heritage Center, 3700 Blue Parkway, KCMO 64130, Phone: 816-923-6226. Tues-Sat 10am-6pm. Admission: $2.

Black Archives of Mid-America, 2033 Vine, KCMO 64109, Phone: 816-483-1300.

Thomas Hart Benton Home & Studio, 3616 Belleview, KCMO 64111, Phone: 816-931-5722.

Lewis and Clark Point, 8th and Jefferson Streets, KCMO. A marker commemorates the spot where the famed explorers camped in 1806. The site overlooks a spectacular view of Kansas City and the Kaw and Missouri Rivers.

Liberty Memorial, 100 W. 26th Street, KCMO 64134, Phone: 816-221-1918. This is the only war memorial museum in the country specializing in relics and memorabilia of World War I.

Worlds of Fun, 4545 Worlds of Fun Avenue, KCMO 64161, Phone: 816-454-4444. Amusement park.

City Market, Main and 5th Streets, KCMO 64106. Bustling Saturday mornings are fun for everyone who come see and buy everything from farm-fresh produce to crafts and live animals.

The Harris-Kearney House, 4000 Baltimore, KCMO 64111, Phone: 816-561-1821. Built in 1855 by John Harris, this museum is the oldest house in Kansas City..

Wagonmaster Statue, at the Ward Parkway entrance of the new Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Wornall Road at Ward Parkway.

John Wornall House, 146 W. 61st Terr., KCMO 64113, Phone: 816-444-1858. This 1858 home was used as a field hospital during the Civil War's Battle of Westport.

Alexander Major House, 8201 State Line Road, KCMO 64114, Phone: 816-333-5556. Majors, whose freighting firms paved the way west, built his farmhouse in 1856 as the earliest headquarters for the Pony Express.

The Toy and Miniature Museum, 5235 Oak Street, KCMO 64110, Phone: 816-333-2055.

UMKC Geosciences Museum, Geophysics Building, 1710 E. 52nd Street, KCMO 64110, Phone: 816-276-1334. The museum displays a variety of unusual rocks and minerals plus gemstones, fossils, petrified wood and sea shells.

Cave Spring Interpretive Center, 8701 E. Gregory, (corner of Gregory Blvd and Blue Ridge Cut-off), KCMO 64133, Phone: 816-358-2283. This historic campground on the Oregon-Santa Fe Trail has a small cave and spring that supplied pioneers with their cooking water.

Kansas City Zoo, Swope Park, Meyer Blvd and Swope Parkway, KCMO 64134, Phone: 816-333-7406.

Kansas City Royals, Kaufman Stadium, I-70 and Blue Ridge Cut-off, P.O. Box 419969, KCMO 64141, Phone: 816-921-4400.

Kansas City Chiefs, Arrowhead Stadium, I-70 and Blue Ridge Cut-off, 1 Arrowhead Drive, KCMO 64129, Phone: 816-924-9300.

Kansas City Wizards, Arrowhead Stadium, I-70 and Blue Ridge Cut-off, 1 Arrowhead Drive, KCMO 64129, Phone: 816-924-9300.

Federal Reserve Bank Roger Guffey Gallery, 925 Grand Blvd, KCMO 64198, Phone: 816-881-2200. Hours: 8am-5pm One of only 12 in the country, the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank serves as the bank to all other banks. Completely restored, the lobby and mezzanine of this original 1921 structure provides a home for a permanent exhibit, which explains the various roles of the Reserve, as well as traveling art collections featured in the Fine Art Gallery. Visitors may also view the check and cash operating areas of the bank.

Arabia Steamboat Museum, 400 Grand Ave., KCMO 64198. More than 200 tons of buried treasure recovered from the sunken 1856 steamboat Arabia is displayed.