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- Apr 8, 2018
- Location
- Coffeeville, TX
Sorry @archieclement I didn't notice that last post the other day.
Okay it looks like I'm leaving out Monday, and going by time from NE Texas to West Tennessee and stopping in Trenton for I think and International Harvester, I'm starting to think a stop by Fort Pillow is highly unlikely to my great disappointment. Only way I can see it is haulin a** East Bound and Down from here around 5 am, with the original time thought of being 6. Plus with my compadre and boss on these work trips, being a few hours late leaving is a fact of life.
It would be more than possible, if I wasn't in a real need of stopping by Dixie Gun Works, plus my boss on this trip is a big car and tractor collector so their car museum and my buying and out of print artillery book and possibly buttons for my ever expanding uniform projects. For other people I might add because I'm such a nice guy who can't have nice things.
I'm putting a poll here for folks, for leaving DGW in Union City, TN heading to St. Louis I got two sites I might can stop by. But only one
Columbus/Belmont Kentucky
New Madrid, Missouri
Probing around the internet I noticed the New Madrid Museum has what looks to be an original Confederate greatcoat I'm not familiar with, so for a uniform nerd from h*** that's enticing, but the battlefield as far as I know no longer exists at all, but I've always loved the story of the Lady Polk in Columbus so I'm halfway at a loss. Advice appreciated.
As for up in St. Louis more CW stops may start to hurt financially because the plan was head home after our pickup there, and I'm on a shoestring budget. The Missouri CW museum seems to be closed to my great disappointment, but I realized Grant's Farm could easily be put right on the way, so I hope to stop there.
It looks like the planed two day one night trip will be a pain, and I probably won't get to see what I'd prefer to see most, (Fort Pillow), but miracles happen. Its better to have some CW stops than none at all.
Okay it looks like I'm leaving out Monday, and going by time from NE Texas to West Tennessee and stopping in Trenton for I think and International Harvester, I'm starting to think a stop by Fort Pillow is highly unlikely to my great disappointment. Only way I can see it is haulin a** East Bound and Down from here around 5 am, with the original time thought of being 6. Plus with my compadre and boss on these work trips, being a few hours late leaving is a fact of life.
It would be more than possible, if I wasn't in a real need of stopping by Dixie Gun Works, plus my boss on this trip is a big car and tractor collector so their car museum and my buying and out of print artillery book and possibly buttons for my ever expanding uniform projects. For other people I might add because I'm such a nice guy who can't have nice things.
I'm putting a poll here for folks, for leaving DGW in Union City, TN heading to St. Louis I got two sites I might can stop by. But only one
Columbus/Belmont Kentucky
New Madrid, Missouri
Probing around the internet I noticed the New Madrid Museum has what looks to be an original Confederate greatcoat I'm not familiar with, so for a uniform nerd from h*** that's enticing, but the battlefield as far as I know no longer exists at all, but I've always loved the story of the Lady Polk in Columbus so I'm halfway at a loss. Advice appreciated.
As for up in St. Louis more CW stops may start to hurt financially because the plan was head home after our pickup there, and I'm on a shoestring budget. The Missouri CW museum seems to be closed to my great disappointment, but I realized Grant's Farm could easily be put right on the way, so I hope to stop there.
It looks like the planed two day one night trip will be a pain, and I probably won't get to see what I'd prefer to see most, (Fort Pillow), but miracles happen. Its better to have some CW stops than none at all.