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Growing Up with the River: Nine Generations on the Missouri
$19.95
Growing Up with the River: Nine Generations on the Missouri takes a brief look at each of the nine generations that have grown up in nine different communities since Lewis and Clark traveled the river for their epic Voyage of Discovery.
Authors: Dan and Connie Burkhardt
Introduction by Frances Levine, President, Missouri History Museum
Epilogue by Jon Landau, Producer of Avatar and Titanic
Illustrations by Bryan Haynes
Missouri River Country
Missouri River Country: 100 Miles of Stories and Scenery From Hermann to the Confluence presents readers with a beautiful look at the river valley's lush scenery and rich history, connecting you with the region and the importance of conserving it.
Author: Dan Burkhardt
230 photos and illustrations and from the perspective of more than 60 contributors
Published in partnership with Missouri Life Media
$39.95
Trails Across Missouri: The Katy Trail and Rock Island
Join us on a photographic exploration of Missouri’s landscape and learn how the incomparable trail system of Missouri came to be! Missouri has something no other state does — a cross-state pathway, America’s longest rail/trail, connecting its two largest urban areas. Often running next to America’s longest river —the Missouri — through miles of farmland and past old railroad towns, the Katy and Rock Island trails currently traverse more than 280 miles, with another 140 to be built. Trails Across Missouri is a story of history, landscape and perseverance. Trails chronicles these pathways with original photography and a discussion of how they create recreational opportunities and economic activity, providing those who use them with a connection to the land.
$40.00
Trail Blazers: The Free-Spirited and Extraordinary Lives of Ted and Pat Jones
$24.00
This book celebrates the story of Ted and Pat Jones, the Missouri couple who worked to create the Katy Trail and turned their central Missouri farm into a 700 acre Conservation Area— providing places where all of us could experience the natural beauty of Missouri. All proceeds from book sales go to Magnificent Missouri.
Written by Jeannette Cooperman with cover comments from Former Attorney General John Ashcroft, Former Governor Jay Nixon and Penny Pennington, Managing Partner, Edward Jones.
Missouri – The Trails State Coloring Book
$5.00
Among Missouri’s greatest assets are the Katy and Rock Island Trails. This 20 page coloring book tells the story of how abandoned railroads became trails that today give hundreds of thousands a way to enjoy the Missouri countryside each year. Stretching across Missouri through farm fields, through small towns and along America’s longest river you can color your way across the state along our trails.
Price: $5 plus $2 for shipping and handling
Special Magnificent Missouri Edition of “The Man Who Planted Trees” – A Conservation Classic
$10.00
In the new special edition of The Man Who Planted Trees by Jean Giono, the original text of the book and the beautiful woodcut illustrations are accompanied by a foreword and afterword written by Dan Burkhardt about Magnificent Missouri, the Missouri River valley, and the land along the Katy Trail.
100% of the proceeds go to support our mission of conserving and increasing appreciation of the Katy Trail and the last 100 miles of the Missouri River Valley — as a premier regional asset — through education, events, and collaborative projects.