Saint Joseph Travel Guide

 BruceDunning Says:  This site is the place of the original structure from 1873. It also houses the jail and other facility administration. It was renovated in 1989, and the facade upgraded with newer looking brick. The dome had extensive work done on it, and is today silver in painted color 

 BruceDunning Says:  There are still a number of nice homes that reflect the elegant lifestyle of old times when things were good-back in late 1800's to about early 1920's. A lot have been torn down, or now cut up into low end apartments. Most are the homes that are just on the east edge of... 

 BruceDunning Says:  This is a nice art gallery of mostly paintings and some sculptures. There are portraits from 1700-1800's, and some modern day scenery, and some bizarre contemporary types. The museum opened in 1966 kin what was the home of the Albrechts. Crosby Kemper, a wealthy banker and... 

 BruceDunning Says:  This is what is left of a string seven units that served as apartments for settlers that came to town to set roots. While they were getting their homes built, they stayed here. The row was built in 1843 and lasted until mid 1880's. The place was closed for a while, and then... 

 BruceDunning Says:  This is a nice, but somewhat small display of Indian artifacts, and some history. The best part is the paintings/drawings of the different Indian tribes, and its people. Great works of art on the walls. Entry with the Glore Psychiatric Museum also is $5-open 10-5 Mon-Sat and... 

 BruceDunning Says:  It is to say the least--EEERY. The displays of how mental patients were restrained back in the days dating many centuries ago, is gut wrenching. Not until about early 1900's did the attitude change and they tried to calm patients and guide them to work out of their dispair.... 

 BruceDunning Says:  This is the place where he was shot in 1882, and the bullet hole is said to be seen in the wall. I did not go inside because of time constraints and $4 admission. Located behind the Patee House museum 

 BruceDunning Says:  This hotel was from 1858 and built by John Patee, a wealthy merchant that made money trading and selling goods to settlers heading west. It only was a hotel for the first time until 1865, but during most of that time the Union Civil North troops were stationed inside. It... 

 BruceDunning Says:  A church first was built in 1860, but wind destroyed it in 1864, and rebuilt in 1867 of brick. In 1908, it was torn down and built again out of brick. The church thrived until the neighborhood declined. The complex of religious refuge for nuns and priests closed back about... 

 BruceDunning Says:  This was a nice museum for sites and a reading and interactive depiction of the pony express system when it began in April, 1860. It only lasted until October, 1861, and was closed because not enough money was earned in shipping mail to west coast/California, and the... 

 etfromnc Says:  Almost 150 years ago, at 7:15 on the morning of 3 April 1860, a single young man left The Pony Express Stables in St Joseph on what was probably the most historic horseback ride since Paul Revere galloped through the night in colonial Massachusetts. That young man and dozens... 

 basstbn Says:  Only the bravest young orphan men were signed on as Pony Express riders due to the extreme dangers of the trail. Riders would gallop at top speed from one station to another, changing horses at each at top speed. They would rest only when they reached their destination and... 

 basstbn Says:  Prior to 1860, it took months to get a piece of mail from the eastern US to California. Beginning in April of 1860, that time was cut dramatically due to the organization of the Pony Express. Fearless young horsemen in relay fashion would carry the mail from the western... 

 basstbn Says:  Included in the museum complex is an area devoted to the history of blacks in the St. Joseph vicinity. Notable amongst the displays is this tribute to Coleman Hawkins, one of the greatest tenor sax players in the history of jazz to date. Hawkins was a native of St. Joe. 

 basstbn Says:  One patient hospitalized in the St. Joseph hospital was operated on to remove objects which he had swallowed. When the surgeons had finished, they had removed 1,446 items, now creatively assembled on display. Items include buttons, thimbles, pins, nails, etc. The patient... 

 mrclay2000 Says:  St Joseph possesses what many similarly-sized and larger cities lack, which is a wide open common in the city center. The Civic Center Park is bounded by the Pony Express monument, a hillside with a facsimile of the Statue of Liberty and a pocket of B&Bs (old Victorian...