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The Border Star The Border Star Official Publication of the Civil War Round Table of Western Missouri “Studying the Border War and Beyond” THIS WEEK IN THE WAR: In August 1861, the citizens of Missouri had two governors from which to choose. The State Convention appointed Hamilton R. Gamble as provisional and acting Governor and Willard P. Hall as Lieutenant-Governor, and they were inaugurated on August 1st. Historian William E. Parrish calls this “one of the most unusual extralegal actions any state ever witnessed.” On August August 2011 5th southern leaning Governor Claiborne Fox Jackson declared Missouri to be independent . The Civil War Round Table President’s Letter of Western Missouri I have been to the holy grail of battlefields and have seen the light. Two weeks ago I had an opportunity to visit Gettysburg for the second time. The first time I visited was in September 2011 Officers during the middle of the week and I practically had the place to myself. Not so this time. It was a Friday afternoon 10 days after the battle anniversary and to top it off the weekend of National President --------------- Mike Calvert Motorcycle Week. Needless to say there were cars and people everywhere and I was not happy. 1st V.P. -------------------- Pat Gradwohl As I stood at the visitor’s center and bought two books on the Trans-Mississippi Theater it 2nd V.P. ------------------- Art Kelley dawned on my befuddled mind that I was standing not only on hallowed ground, but on a gold Secretary ---------------- Karen Wells mine. The amount of money being exchanged before my very eyes was unbelievable. I was Treasurer ---------------- Beverly Shaw witnessing the zenith of what experts have come to call “heritage tourism.” Studies have Historian ------------------ Open determined that Gettysburg visitors provide annually nearly $12 million in state taxes, over $5 Board Members million in local taxes and $121,080,000 in visitor expenditures*. Now I admit that Gettysburg is the battlefield to visit so what about another one that might compare favorably to let’s say the Delbert Coin Karen Coin Little Blue Battlefield. Terry Chronister Barbara Hughes Don Moorehead Kathy Moorehead I picked Wilson’s Creek, Missouri*. Steve Olson Carol Olson 1. 69 Jobs supported Liz Murphy Terry McConnell 2. 1,456 visitors needed to support one job 3. $217,000 annual State government revenue The Border Star Editor 4. $144,000 annual local government revenue Dennis Myers 5. $3,121,000 annual visitor expenditures th 12800 E. 48 Street S. Independence, MO 64055 I know that’s a lot of statistics and I only use them to make this point. The preservation of (816) 769-6490 battlefields gives back to the community. The Little Blue Battlefield has been recognized as one of the top 10 endangered historic sites in Missouri and as one of the top 25 endangered historic Meetings battlefields in the United States. We now have a grant from the National Park Service to write 2nd Wednesday of each month the National Registry of Historic Places Nomination. Let’s make the emphasis on what we do as 7:00 p.m. a group to be the preservation of the Little Blue Battlefield. When someone says building houses Villages of Jackson Creek on the land is a better than saving it bring up the statistics, ask them how many houses would you 3980-A S. Jackson Drive need to build in order to put that much money back into the local economy. Here’s just a little (lower level) extra, most of that money is from out of town visitors. I haven’t even touch on quality of life Independence, Missouri enhancement, environmental issues or historic value. Our goal won’t be easy to obtain and it won’t happen overnight, but if we don’t make the effort … (I can’t finish that sentence.) Visitors Always Welcome! Heritage tourism - it pays! Annual Dues Individual --------------------------- 15.00 *Statistics are from “Blue, Gray and Green; How Saving Civil War Battlefields Makes $$$ and Sense” a study commissioned by the Civil War Preservation Trust Family ------------------------------- 25.00 Student (under 21) --------------- 5.00 ~Mike Calvert, President, Civil War Round Table of Western Missouri Newsletter Only (no meetings) 10.00 Use of Code for Entrance and Exit at the Villages of Jackson Creek For Information Mike Calvert ------------------- 836-1013 Our meeting place is very generously provided by the Villages of Jackson Beverly Shaw ----------------- 225-7944 Creek, an Independence assisted living and nursing care facility. We meet Art Kelley ----------------------- 373-4101 in the eastern wing of the building which is occupied by the assisted living Mailing Address clients. In the evening the front doors are secured and can only be CWRTWM accessed by the keypad with the code 1207*. When you leave after the P.O. Box 3019 meeting, please be sure to utilize the keypad rather than forcing the doors Independence, MO 64055 open. Once you have entered 1207*, you will need to stand directly in **** NEW Website ***** front of the doors to activate them. If you have a problem, you can call Beverly on her cell phone number (816) 225-7944 to ask for assistance. www.CWRTWM.org CWRTWM Calendar Fort D 150th Anniversary Event-Cape Girardeau, MO Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 6-7, 2011 – 9:00 a.m. – 9:00 August 2011 Membership Meeting p.m. on Saturday and 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. on Sunday. Wednesday, August 10, 2011 – 7:00 p.m. Night fire of cannons on Saturday. Infantry and Artillery Villages of Jackson Creek (lower level), drill and firing both days. Display and Demonstration of 3980-A S. Jackson Drive, Independence, MO. nd Civil War medicine and camp life. Free. Earthworks fort Movie Night: A Very Bloody Affair (2 installment dating from 1861 located in Cape Girardeau off Sprigg of the Ken Burns series). Popcorn and Soda. Street, 4 blocks south of MO Route 74. For more information, visit www.fortdhistoricsite.com. August 2011 Board Meeting Wednesday, August 17, 2011 – 7:00 p.m. st Battle of Athens Reenactment Home of Beverly Shaw, 17313 E. 51 Terr. Court, Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 6-7, 2011 – 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 Independence, MO. Please note new 4-way stop signs at p.m. on Saturday. Reenactment of the Battle of Athens Downey. both days – 1:00 p.m. House tours, sutlers, food service, medical and civilian scenarios. Shuttle to Battlefield Preview of Coming Events Historic Area near Revere. For information please visit Tour to Lexington, Missouri www.cwrtwm.org and look for the link. Saturday, October 8, 2011. More information to follow on this guided bus tour in cooperation with Battle of Dug Springs in Christian County, Missouri the Civil War Round Table of Kansas City. Sunday, August 7, 2011 – 2:00 p.m. Clever Middle School parking lot, 401 W. Inman Street, Other Civil War Events Clever, MO. Re-enactors and artillery firing of cannon Raytown Historical Society as well as historians to recount this early skirmish which Monday, August 1, 2011 – 10:00 a.m. took place along the old Wire Road near Clever. Free Raytown Historical Society, 9705 E. 63rd Street, Please visit www.mocivilwar150.com/attraction/163. Raytown, MO. “The Civil War Afloat.” Lawrence: Free State Fortress “Prisoners of War and Their Families” August 7-21, 2011 – Mon.–Sat. – 9:00 a.m.– 4:30 p.m. August 1, 2011 – September 30, 2011 – Mon. - Sun. Sun. – 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Lawrence Visitor Center, Special Exhibit Room of Wilson’s Creek National 402 N. 2nd, Lawrence, KS. View a 27-minute docu- Battlefield Visitor Center. 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Objects drama which chronicles the first 10 years of Lawrence’s and historic documents from Confederate POW camps history culminating with Quantrill’s Raid in 1863. Free. such as Andersonville and Camp Ford and the Union camp at Johnson’s Island. Wilson’s Creek is 10 miles The Kansas City Posse of the Westerners southwest of Springfield, MO at the intersection of Tuesday, August 9, 2011 – 6:30 p.m. Dinner at the Highway ZZ and Farm Road 182. Golden Ox Restaurant, 1600 Genessee Street, Kansas City, MO. $25 for steak or salmon. $20 for chicken. Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women Reservations to Ann Schultis at (816) 741-2897. Roger Thursday, August 4, 2011 – 7:00 p.m. Slusher: “The Santa Fe Trail Lives On.” Blue Springs North Library, 850 NW Hunter Drive, Blue Springs, MO. Alisha Cole, Louisa May Alcott Grant and Lee Speakers Series scholar, leads a discussion of the biography Louisa May Tuesday, August 9, 2011 – 6:30 p.m. Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women. First in a National Archives, 400 W. Pershing Road, Kansas City, 5-part series about Alcott and her impact on women MO. Dr. Terry Beckenbaugh: Grant and Lee – A Study throughout time as well as her own generation. By the in Comparative Generalship. RSVP at (816) 268-8000. way, Alcott lived in the Civil War era and nearly died as a result of working as a nurse in Washington, DC. See The Battle of Wilson’s Creek August 16th listing for Part 2 of the series. Thursday, August 11, 2011 – 6:30 p.m. Central Library, 14 W. 10th Street, Kansas City, MO. Historic Liberty Walking Tour Dr. Terry Beckenbaugh discusses the first Civil War Saturday, August 6, 2011 – 10:00 a.m. battle west of the Mississippi. RSVP at (816) 701-3407. Historical Murals. Meet at Lewis & Clark Mural at Mill and South Water Street, Liberty, MO. Led by Harold Phillips.
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