Part 1 -- Denver to Hannibal, December 20 to December 30
Part 2 -- Hannibal to Memphis, December 31 to January 3
Part 3 -- Memphis to New Orleans and Denver, January 4 to January 9
Trip Photo Album
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12000 BC-8000 BC |
Paleolithic Culture at Dickson Mounds |
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9000 BC |
Mammoths & mastodons become extinct |
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1000 BC |
Monte Alban, Mogollon, Hohokam, Anasazi civilizations in prime in SW U.S. and Oaxaca |
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8000 BC-600 BC |
Archaic Culture at Dickson Mounds |
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1250 BC |
Herodotus's approximate date for fall of Troy |
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600 BC-1050 AD |
Woodland Culture at Dickson Mounds |
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1250-1500 |
Drought ends Anasazi culture |
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900 AD - 1500 |
Mississippian Culture at Dickson Mounds, Illinois |
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1500 |
Buffalo extend range to east of Mississippi River |
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1673 |
Pere Marquette & Joliet explore Mississippi River from the Wisconsin to Helena Arkansas in June and July |
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1804 |
Lewis & Clark leave on their journey to explore the Louisiana Purchase |
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1825 |
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1826 |
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1827 |
Joseph Smith receives plates containing Book of Mormon |
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1828 |
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1829 |
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1830 |
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1831 |
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1832 |
Robert E. Lee works on survey of Rock Island rapids |
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1833 |
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1834 |
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1835 |
Mark Twain born |
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1836 |
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1837 |
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1838 |
Founding of Nauvoo |
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During winter Princess Otahki dies on Trail of Tears, near Cape Giradeau, Missouri |
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1839 |
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1840 |
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1841 |
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1842 |
Beginning of widespread use of Oregon Trail |
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1843 |
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1844 |
Murder of Joseph and Hyrum Smith in Carthage, Illinois |
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1845 |
Mormons agree to evacuate Nauvoo |
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1846 |
Mexican War begins |
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1847 |
First party of Mormons reach Salt Lake City |
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1848 |
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1849 |
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1850 |
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1851 |
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1852 |
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1853 |
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1854 |
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1855 |
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1856 |
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1857 |
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1858 |
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1859 |
Gold discovered near Denver |
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1860 |
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1861 |
Beginning of Civil War |
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1862 |
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1863 |
Rock Island prison camp opens |
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1864 |
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1865 |
End of Civil War |
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1866 |
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1867 |
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1868 |
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1869 |
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1870 |
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1871 |
Chicago fire |
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1872 |
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1873 |
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1874 |
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1875 |
Mark Twain publishes Tom Sawyer |
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1876 |
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1877 |
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1878 |
Approval of 4 1/2 foot deep channel for Mississippi River |
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1879 |
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1880 |
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1881 |
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1882 |
Iowa passes state temperance amendment |
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1883 |
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1884 |
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1885 |
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1886 |
Georges Seurat finishes "Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Jette" |
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1887 |
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1888 |
Van Gogh paints "Bedroom at Arles" |
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1889 |
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1890 |
After a vision, Mormon President Wilford Woodruff announces Mormons will not perform new plural marriages, ending struggle with federal government. |
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1891 |
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1892 |
First classes at University of Chicago |
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Toulouse-Lautrec paints "At the Moulin Rouge" |
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1893 |
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1894 |
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1895 |
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1896 |
Rodin's "Burghers of Calais" displayed in Calais |
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1897 |
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1898 |
Great Grandfather Dierks born |
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1899 |
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1900 |
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1902 |
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1905 |
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1906 |
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1907 |
Approval of 6 foot deep channel for Mississippi River |
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1908 |
Current Carthage, Illinois courthouse dedicated |
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Internationally-known violinist Maud Powell returns to her birthplace, Peru Illinois, to play a concert |
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First Matisses shown in U.S. |
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1909 |
Frank Lloyd Wright creates Robie House. |
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1910 |
Death of Mark Twain |
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1911 |
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1912 |
W.C. Handy's "Memphis Blues" is published |
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1913 |
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1914 |
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1918 |
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1925 |
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1926 |
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1927 |
Dr. Don Dickson, a chiropractor, excavates Dickson Mounds |
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1928 |
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1929 |
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1930 |
Grandpa Hughes born |
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Approval of 9 foot deep channel for Mississippi River, including current locks and dams |
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1931 |
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1932 |
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1933 |
Great Great Aunt Helen married |
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1934 |
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1935 |
Elvis Aron Presley born |
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1936 |
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1937 |
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1938 |
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1939 |
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1940 |
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1941 |
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1942 |
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1943 |
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1944 |
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1945 |
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1946 |
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1947 |
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1948 |
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1950 |
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1951 |
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1952 |
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1953 |
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1954 |
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1955 |
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1956 |
First interstate highway started outside St. Louis |
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1957 |
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1958 |
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1959 |
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1960 |
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1961 |
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1962 |
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1963 |
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1964 |
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1965 |
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1966 |
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1967 |
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1968 |
Dr. Martin Luther King shot at Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee |
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1969 |
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1970 |
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1977 |
Elvis Presley died |