| DONOR RECOGNITION |
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Thank you to those who made donations in December,
- Mount Mitchell Heritage Prairie, Wabaunsee County, KS
- Ken and Mary Asher, Mound City, KS
- Jody Craig, Leawood, KS
- Connie & James Banwart, Fort Scott, KS
- Ross Marshall, Merriam, KS
Donation Levels:
Friends of Freedom under $500
Missouri River Steamboat Circle $500 - $999
California Road Circle $1,000 - $4,999
Pony Express Circle $5, 000 - $9,999
Santa Fe Trail Circle $10, 000 - $19,999
Oregon Trail Circle $20,000 - $49,999
Freedom's Frontier Circle $50,000 or more
Donations of any amount are welcome. To donate please contact Judy Billings at jbillings@freedomsfrontier.org or mail your donation to Freedom's Frontier NHA, P.O. Box 526, Lawrence, KS 66044. You can find our current list of Founding Donors and Charter Members here.
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| MANAGEMENT PLAN - UPDATE |
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MARK YOUR CALENDARS!  Freedom's Frontier's Management Plan is nearing completion. Before we submit the plan to the National Park Service, we want to hear from you. In the coming months, you and your neighbors will have an opportunity to review the plan and make comments. We want to hear your opinions and the opinions of others in your communities. Help us spread the word by telling people about the management plan and sharing press releases announcing the release of the plan. The plan, press releases, along with the coordinating section will be posted in a downloadable pdf format online at Management Plan. The scheduled dates for posting (subject to change) are as follows: February 6 Executive Summary
The Executive Summary will acquaint readers to Freedom's Frontier, Foundation Documents, Statement of National Significance, and will give a brief overview of the management plan. February 20 Power of Story
The Power of Story will help to make sense of how the natural geography of the region shaped settlement, agriculture, movement, and conflict sites. This section will incorporate the "Cultural Watersheds" piece that is currently posted online. February 20 Power of Place
The Power of Place will explore the natural history of Freedom's Frontier. This section will incorporate the "Power of Place" presentation that is currently posted online. March 6 Power of Action and Power of Partnership The Power of Action offers "toolkits" for citizens and groups to manage and improve Freedom's Frontier. The toolkits will cover citizen engagement, heritage preservation, tourism & marketing, and Storytelling. The Power of Partnership offers in-depth information for Freedom's Frontier's coordinating entity and its partners to manage and improve Freedom's Frontier. This section will address heritage preservation, recreation and natural resource conservation, interpretation and education, tourism and marketing, and Economic Development. March 13 Appendices
Appendices will include a glossary, acknowledgements and appendices about the planning process and the background data and information that form the recommendations in the plan.
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| IN THE NEWS |
- The new 2009-2010 Official Kansas Visitors Guide, features a 10 page article on Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area. It also lists events within the area along with a trip planning section. To obtain a copy go to Kansas Guide and complete the form. We will also have copies available at the Partnership meetings.
- Kansas has stories to tell as it celebrates 148th birthday
A group will seek funding for a virtual museum to share the state's contributions to U.S. history. To read the entire story click HERE
Send items for "IN THE NEWS" to info@freedomsfrontier.org |
| WHAT DOES THE LOGO MEAN? |
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The Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area logo was designed to represent the trails that have been blazed, both literally and figuratively, throughout the region and how the past intersects with the present. The star in the logo is a six-point star, representing the North Star, which has served as a guiding light from the time of the Underground Railroad's existence in the region. The blue in the graphic represents the boundless sky and the brown represents the abundant earth and prairie.
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| LINK TO FFNHA's WEBSITE |
We would like everyone with a website to link to Freedom's Frontier NHA site. You will need to check with your IT person for the best way to accomplish. Basically you'll want to imbed the address into a logo or picture and it will link. Or the no frills method would just have the web address.
Until the logo criteria has been finalized you could link the way the Lawrence CVB does to FFNHA on their home page. Click HERE to see the example.
Example
Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area Lawrence is pleased to be a partner of the Freedom's Fronter National Heritage Area. For more information visit www.freedomsfrontier.org
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MISSOURI DIGITIZATION CONFERENCE 2009 |
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Registration now for "Catching Up and Catching On!" the Missouri Digitization Conference 2009.
Scheduled for March 10th and 11th at the Hilton Garden Inn in Independence, this conference will provide attendees with an opportunity to learn about developments in digitization, find out about connecting with millennials, and understand how to incorporate user-centered design into projects. A preliminary agenda is available HERE.
A pre-conference event, "Building Regional Partnerships for Missouri Civil War Digitization Projects", will be held on the morning of March 10th. The Springfield-Greene County Library District and its consortia partners will discuss how they organized and planned for their successful digitization project, "Communities in Conflict: the Civil War in the Ozarks." Their presentation will be followed by an open forum.
There is no registration fee to attend. The conference is fully funded by an LSTA grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Missouri State Library. Missouri Library Network Corporation (MLNC) is the conference-coordinating agency.
Details and a link to the registration form are available at REGISTRATION. Registration deadline is February 10, 2009. We hope to see you there!
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| PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES |
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The following are several educational opportunities you may want to take advantage of.
- Online Museum Classes - Providing collection care, preservation and conservation treatment services to collectors and collecting institutions. New classes begin each month, for more information click Online Museum Classes
- American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) - Oct 31-Nov 21, 2009 Indianapolis, Indiana MARK Seminar for Historical Administration, the longest-running and best professional development seminar in the country for history professionals. To register and more information click AASLH
- Oklahoma Museum Association - Has several good seminars that are open to the people outside OK. For a listing of events click OMA Seminars and Events
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| GEO-CACHING |
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Geocaching (pronounced geo-cashing) is a worldwide game of hiding and seeking treasure. A geocacher can place a geocache in the world, pinpoint its location using GPS technology and then share the geocache's existence and location online. Anyone with a GPS unit can then try to locate the geocache.
 There are various types of caches. The traditional cache is simply a cache hidden in a particular location. The person who hides the cache, the keeper, posts the GPS coordinates online. The cacher, the one looking for the cache, could then punch in the coordinates on his GPS unit and find the cache.
After finding the cache, the cacher would sign the log book and could either leave an item or swap an item from the box with another of equal or greater value.
A multicache is a cache that covers multiple locations. For instance, when following the coordinates given on the geocaching website, the cacher might find himself at a specific tombstone in the cemetery that contains information needed to find the next location. Something like the birth and death dates or the name could be encoded GPS coordinates to the next cache, which could lead you to another cache, until you finally get to the end of the multicache.
You can find more information at the following sites:
If you do not yet have a GPS check out an alternative called
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| HUMANITIES COUNCIL PROGRAMS & GRANTS |
Museum Services - Better Museum Visits
 Our focus is on people rather than things. This section is about better "visits" rather than better "exhibits" or better "collections management," because if cultivating the visitor's intelligence is not the center of the museum's mission, then exhibits or collections won't avert the failure of the institution.
 The Kansas Humanities Council announces a new Abraham Lincoln Speakers Bureau series to commemorate the Lincoln Bicentennial. Nine program topics offer fresh perspectives on Lincoln's life, presidency, and legacy. The Abraham Lincoln Speakers Bureau includes the following programs:
- John Brown's Raid and the Election of Abraham Lincoln
- Strong-minded Women, Lincoln and the Civil War
- The Great Emancipator?
- Lincoln's Likeness in History and Memory
- Lincoln, American Indians, and the Civil War
- Lincoln the Lawyer
- Lincoln and His Place in History
- Lincoln in Kansas
- Lincoln the Storyteller
The programs are presented by the Kansas Humanities Council. A non-profit organization, the Kansas Humanities Council conducts and supports community-based programs, serves as a financial resource through an active grant-making program, and encourages Kansans to participate in their communities. For a complete list of programs, booking information, and fees, contact Kansas Humanities.
Grant opportunities:
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| PARTNERS MONTHLY INVESTMENT UPDATE |
Partners and attendees of Freedom's Frontier NHA were recently asked to compute their travel expenses to the monthly Partners meeting and turn them into Julie Lenger. The form is available on the website or at Partners meeting.
Results:
Attendees Total Investment
Nov-08 46 $ 6,144.21
Dec-08 49 $ 5,849.81
Aug/Oct-08 $ 34,185.00
Total 2008 $ 46,179.02
Jan-09 53 $ 4,878.75
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FEATURED SITE |
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Burnt District Monument
Following the Civil War and the removal of civilians from Jackson, Cass, Bates and part of Vernon Counties in Missouri as a result of Order No. 11 in 1863, those who returned to the "Burnt District" found a desolate landscape; only chimneys marked once flourishing farms and homesteads.
This monument of hand-cut native limestone commemorates the suffering which almost every family in western Missouri endured in the war years of 1861 to 1865 and the courage they displayed.
Four interpretive panels and a memorial brick plaza, stand on the lawn of the Cass County Justice Center in Harrisonville, Missouri. US Highway 71 & MO Hwy 2.
The monument was recently featured in an article in American Roads, a national travel magazine. Travel journalist Kathleen Walls of Florida visited Harrisonville in September with a tour of travel writers who were exploring the Civil War history of the area. Following is an excerpt of her article: "The Burnt District Monument is a brand new memorial to those trying times. I felt privileged to be among the first group of journalists to visit it."
For more information contact Cass County Historical Society.
To have your site or event considered, please send your information to Steering Committee.
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| STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR THE MANAGEMENT PLAN PROCESS |
Debbie White, Lawrence, KS
We would like to thank Lori Simms, Missouri Tourism, for her dedication and service to Freedom's Frontier as a member of the Steering Committee. Lori has recently accepted a new position with State of Missouri in Jefferson City.
We welcome Janae Fuller, Battle of Lexington and Anderson House in Lexington, Missouri, as the newest member of the FFNHA Steering Committee. | |
