RAINY DAY BOONVILLE VICTORIANS

After going out to lunch today we drove

through a favorite part of Boonville where

the really interesting old houses stand.

The new owner of this Bed and Breakfast
(above) has renamed it "The Grand 

Victorian" and there have been

 improvements to the property.

I love the flags which are 

always waving here. (below)

This house (below) sold not long ago and

 has been experiencing major renovation

 and soon, possible paint color change.

I have taken so many photos over

the years of these same houses.  These

are the types of houses that scare my

husband to death.  He sees all the 

issues and the $$$$ signs start

clicking in his head.

The brick ones

 look so "sturdy"

to me.

I have always admired the yellow Victorian

which seems small compared to some of

these others but I find houses always do

seem smaller when there are no 

attached garages. 

 I think this house is perfect.

The owners of this house below,

have definitely done a lot

of work (or had it done).

This building is an old jail and is

open sometimes for tours but this

summer I heard that a snake got

into one of the cells.....yipes.

In the past I shared Roslyn Heights

during their Christmas tour.  It

is owned by the Missouri State

Daughters of the American

Revolution.

These are just a few photos of the

 ones I took photos of and then

the last two.  The one on the right

is greatly admired but this is the

kind that my husband fears.

Boonville is a town of less than

9,000 people.  At one time their

was a historic military academy

here for young men but that is

long gone.

There are many farmers in this area

and the corn has been harvested, also

soy beans and sorghum.  We did have

a drought in August through September

so I am not sure how that worked out.

A REAL PIONEER WOMAN IN BOONVILLE

 I have shared several posts about a town

 west of Columbia called Boonville and

 a town east of here called Fulton.

Today my husband and I went over to

Boonville to the Visitors Center.  The

town along the Missouri River

 is now 200 years old. 

When we ride over to Boonville , I usually take photos of the old Victorian and Edwardian homes and their gardens. 

 I have posted some of these before here on

my blog but today the with the colors of

the leaves - everything was aglow:

I took these photos from in

inside of our car.

I always admire this Bed and Breakfast:

It looks like it has a new name 

and a fresh new look.

What I want to share about now

is the fascinating story about the

real life pioneer woman who

first settled there.  Her name was

Hannah Cole.  I have read all the

documents I could find about her on

line and I am in awe about her

personal quality of endurance.

Hannah was actually originally from Virginia as I also am.  Here is her story if you would 

like to read all the many details about her.  I would not have made a very good pioneer woman myself because I don't like to be cold.  How this woman raised 9 children

without a husband is absolutely amazing.

A few weeks ago I was on a crafting roll

and created some Ephemera for a few of the history centers in nearby towns for them to sell.   Here are the ones I made about

 Hannah

Cole for Boonville:

No photo was ever taken of photo but that

is a photo of her youngest son,

Samuel, when he

was old.  

I have visited Roslyn Heights before

and taken photos so I made these

for them:

These were for our Boone County

History and Culture Center and depict 

one of the first families who built

 Maplewood House here

in 1877, the Lenoir's.  their

daughter, Lavinia married Dr. Frank

Nifong who founded the local

Boone Hospital.

And lastly this was one of the ones

I did for the

Churchill Museum in Fulton:

It always feels good when

 something

is done. 

SMALL TOWNS WITH OLD HOUSES

Wishing you a 

Happy 4th of July!

 

  I found this fun flag decoration in a

little shop over in Boonville, Missouri. 

We recently took a ride over west

of our town and I always enjoy

seeing the old houses and

the many lovely gardens.

I have taken photos before

 of this little

yellow house:

I can't resist peeking into someone

else's garden and seeing what they

have planted.

It was good to get out of the

house and enjoy a drive.....

and of course,  the beautiful hydrangeas!

And I found this sweet vase

and sheet music in a little 

shop called Buygones:

GOING FOR A RIDE OVER TO BOONVILLE

We have mostly stayed home for

quite a few months.  I think I have

even forgotten since it has been

so long.  Today, however, we decided

to drive over to Boonville which is a

small town about 25 minutes away west

on I-70.  It is like a lot of towns that go

back to the 19th century that once were busy

places and now have old buildings which

sadly need some attention.  The old homes

are very charming though and one can 

dream about living in such a place.

So we can start here at the old jail house -

not that any of us every plan to go

there.  Hopefully, none of us has been

out looting or destroying private property.

(and that's a subject I best stay out of)

It is very hot today so I took

most of these photos from inside

our car.  My camera started steaming 

up on me.  I did love - love these

hydrangeas!

We just drove up a down a few streets in 

the area and I took these photos to share.

I have taken photos before of this sweet

yellow house that I adore:

If I was a little girl I would

 love going to

their little free library.

The next house was for sale:

I thought this house looked

better than the last time we

drove by it - you can spend

a lot of money on these old

houses!

I hope you enjoyed our ride!

CHRISTMAS HOME TOUR IN BOONVILLE, MISSOURI

Yesterday was a lovely day to take a

Christmas Home Tour in Boonville - 

not far away! My friend Gina had

invited me to go with her and we

had a lovely day:

I may be in big trouble for this photo

above which shows Gina in front

of a darling garden house we saw.

So here are some of the homes:

The little yellow cottage above was

 not on

the tour but I adore it!

The house below had 100 Christmas

trees in it - amazing!

We would have loved to do Afternoon

 Tea at the High Street Victorian Bed

and Breakfast but we did not have

a reservation and they were full:

The ladies at First Presbyterian did

serve a lovely soup and sandwich

luncheon and we admired their

stained glass windows:

 After lunch we went on to more homes:

At the DAR home we voted on our favorite

Christmas tree and this was my choice: 

 This darling shop is

always a favorite stop
and the owner is Glenna
with her daughter Kate: