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Clean Cities in the Country
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  • By grandmaR on April 15, 2006
  • Wilson's Creek National Battlefield Page by grandmaR
    • NPS alternative fuel car - Wilson's Creek National Battlefield
    NPS alternative fuel car
    by grandmaR
    Almost the only way to get to Wilson's Creek is by car. And even that is not particularly straightforward.

    When we were there, we saw this car in the parking lot. In addition to the picture of the field with the cannon, it says Wilson's Creek National Battlefield with the National Park Service logo, and under that, the label on the back of the car says "Clean Cities" (U.S. Department of Energy)

    I found information on this on a NPS website (listed below)

    Wilson's Creek Wraps Up Hybrid Technology
    A partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy Clean Cities Program and Toyota Motor Sales has put a Toyota Prius? hybrid vehicle on the road at Wilson's Creek National Battlefield. The car will be used in the park and the Springfield, Missouri, area by interpretive rangers and other park staff. Driving the vehicle will help educate more than 200,000 annual visitors about hybrid technology and the NPS commitment to exploring innovative ways to better protect, manage, and preserve natural resources. Toyota Motor Sales donated the graphics "wrap" for the vehicle, which features images of the battlefield landscape complete with a cannon and rows of corn. Toyota also provided informational cards for visitors that explain hybrid technology and recognize the park's dedication to environmental stewardship and sustainability.

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  • Theme: Car/Motor Home
  • Website: http://www.nature.nps.gov/sustainabilityNews/Spring_05/Innovations/SustainabilityNewsSpring2005Innovations.htm
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    Artillery on the Field
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  • By mrclay2000 on May 11, 2003
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    • artillery taking its position - Wilson's Creek National Battlefield
    artillery taking its position
    by mrclay2000
    Artillery played a prevalent part in this early battle of the Civil War. The hardest fighting of the day took place in the meat of today's auto-tour, somewhat on a line between Stop 7 (the Bloody Hill) and Stop 3 (the East Overlook). With no cannon foundries in the south, every captured gun was an enormous prize.

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  • Phone: (417) 732-2662
  • Website: http://www.nps.gov/wicr/index.htm
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    Ghosts Not Forgotten
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  • By mrclay2000 on May 11, 2003
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    • Wilson's Creek - Wilson's Creek National Battlefield
    Wilson's Creek
    by mrclay2000
    Those persons crossing Wilson's Creek on the tour road will merely pass a pleasant stream, a serene place befitting the several joggers you're certain to encounter. To get a battlefield view of the creek though, you'll have to trace the historic track of the Old Wire Road, which also takes you past the Edwards Cabin (Price's headquarters) on its rude supports.

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    Visitor Center
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  • By mrclay2000 on May 11, 2003
  • Wilson's Creek National Battlefield Page by mrclay2000
    • Visitor Center, Wilson's Creek - Wilson's Creek National Battlefield
    Visitor Center, Wilson's Creek
    by mrclay2000
    The Visitor Center is generally the best stopping place for another national park or battlefield tour. Though limited in its publications, the visitor center at Wilson's Creek will discuss anything about the battle or the progress of the Civil War in Missouri with whomever might ask.

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  • Phone: (417) 732-2662
  • Directions: 3 mi E of Republic and 10 mi S of Springfield
  • Website: http://www.nps.gov/wicr/index.htm
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    Ray House
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  • By mrclay2000 on May 11, 2003
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    • Ray House (Stop No. 2) - Wilson's Creek National Battlefield
    Ray House (Stop No. 2)
    by mrclay2000
    Built in 1852, the Ray House is the main surviving structure associated with the battlefield. Before the war it was a "flag stop" on the Butterfield Overland Stage route (which brought nearby Springfield into prominence -- see my Springfield page). During the battle it served mainly as a Confederate hospital and also for a short time afterward, though dying Union general Lyons was brought here also at the end of the fighting.

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    Ray Spring House
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  • By mrclay2000 on May 11, 2003
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    • Ray Spring House - Wilson's Creek National Battlefield
    Ray Spring House
    by mrclay2000
    At the foot of the hill in front of the Ray House, you can see a small stone structure that resembles a primitive oven. Though not resting on or near Wilson's Creek, the structure pooled water in a natural recess, providing the family's drinking water. Today, along with the actual house, the spring house is the only other surviving structure on the battlefield.

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    Pulaski Arkansas Battery
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  • By mrclay2000 on May 11, 2003
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    • Pulaski Arkansas battery - Wilson's Creek National Battlefield
    Pulaski Arkansas battery
    by mrclay2000
    Stop 3 on the auto tour pinpoints the location of an Arkansas battery that halted the Union advance coming from the west on what was known as Bloody Hill. The artillery from here kept up a hot fire throughout the battle. The spot also marks (or nearly marks) the position of CSA General Price's headquarters. The point today occupies a woody ridge in the northwest of the battlefield, much as it did in 1861 (therefore the bad shadows).

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    The Worst of It: Bloody Hill
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  • By mrclay2000 on May 11, 2003
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    • timber rail fence leading to Ray House - Wilson's Creek National Battlefield
    timber rail fence leading
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    by mrclay2000
    The worst fighting at Wilson's Creek occurred to the west of the stream at a prominence later to be known as "Bloody Hill." The hill is due west of the Ray House, lies at almost an equal distance from Wilson's Creek, and sits at almost the same elevation. 4,000 Union men under Gen. Lyons held this high ground against repeated attacks, but at the end of the fighting, over 1,700 Union and Confederate soldiers had be killed or wounded here. Among the fatalities was Gen. Lyons.

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    Ray House
    grandmaR
  • By grandmaR on February 25, 2006
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    • Bedroom - Wilson's Creek National Battlefield
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    Visitor's Center
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  • By grandmaR on April 15, 2006
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    • The film explaining the battle - Wilson's Creek National Battlefield
    The film explaining the battle
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    The Visitor Center is open every day 8 - 5. It has a small museum with exhibits about the battle, a thirteen minute film (always a good deal at a NPS site), and a bookstore. There was supposed to be a fiber optics map program but it wasn't in operation when we were there. It had been sent to be repaired. The rangers said it was one of the most popular of the exhibits there. Also in the Visitor's Center is a research library which is open Tuesday to Saturday

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  • Phone: 417.732.2662
  • Directions: U.S. 65 (from Branson): Turn left (west) on State Highway 14 at Ozark. Continue west on Highway 14 to State Highway ZZ. Turn right on ZZ and follow it north to Farm Road 182 (Elm Street). Turn right at the intersection. Entrance on the right.
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