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| SEDALIA DEPOT START OF TRAIL This was our starting point. We had a very interesting presentation here. Sedalia has a unique history. Cattle were driven here and loaded on trains headed for Chicago. So cowboys herding the cattle came into their pay here and proceeded to spend it. If you're old enough you might remember the TV show Rawhide which made Clint Eastwood famous. They mentioned Sedalia often and the actors came here one time for some sort of publicity. The other bit of history that put Sedalia on the map was that Scot Joplin played Jazz here and became quite well known. One song "the Mapleleaf Rag was very well known. He eventually went to NY lived too high a life and died at the age of 49 in 1917. He was known as the King of Ragtime. Remember the movie, The Sting, that song was Scot Joplin's. |
DAY 7 July 14. Green Bay WI Today was one of our longer drives. It took us 4 1/2 hours to drive from St Ignace around the top of Michigan on Lake Michigan's shore line. It was an interesting drive, a few really nice houses on the water and so many trees!! Sometimes they form a wall which looks impenetrable. They changed in density once we hit Wisconsin. We were able to check into the Hampton Inn at noon so we did and immediately went for a bike ride on the Fox River Trail which stayed paved for 11 miles and then changed to crushed stone. The top photo expresses city pride. They have a very nice waterfront area, bars and restaurants and lots of condos. right on the trail. We rode through some neighborhoods of million dollar homes complete with tennis courts overlooking the river and some condos and townhouses, a real mix. Outside of the city limits the trail left the river and passed by some big farms. At mil...
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