Honor Pledge

I pledge my word and honor that I have neither given nor received any unauthorized aid on this work. Amelia Carrier

Photo URls

• https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2F2%2F27%2FDigging_For_Diamonds_%25282245556315%2529.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FCrater_of_Diamonds_State_Park&docid=U5O_G2GeZ1HrRM&tbnid=FiKtkubgBkdaFM%3A&vet=10ahUKEwjwgJf-rtrTAhXDWSYKHb9fD3EQMwg5KAAwAA..i&w=858&h=635&bih=710&biw=774&q=Crater%20of%20diamonds%20state%20park&ved=0ahUKEwjwgJf-rtrTAhXDWSYKHb9fD3EQMwg5KAAwAA&iact=mrc&uact=8
• http://aboutstlouis.com/local/parks/cuivre-river-state-park
• https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gfp-missouri-cuivre-river-state-park-walkway-up.jpg
• https://civilwartalk.com/threads/my-visit-to-missouri-civil-war-museum-and-jefferson-barracks.114311/
• http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=FO031
• http://fortwiki.com/Fort_Coffee
• http://www.lindaweisrealty.com/armed-forces/fort-leavenworth/
• http://www.ordnebraska.com/fort-hartsuff-news/
• http://www.panoramio.com/photo/75736034
• http://adventure.howstuffworks.com/fort-smith-national-historic-site.htm
• http://www.exploresouthernhistory.com/ARFS5.html
• http://www.kia.com/us/en/vehicle/niro/2017?cid=sem&ppc=y&aud=nro_b

Budget

My goal was to spend no more then $100 a day minus the cost of food. I did this quite easily. The $122.61 spent on food could be divided into 7 days, making the price $17.51 a day. Adding this to the price of most of my days beside the day I spent $90 would be bellow my estimated daily budget. 

I spent $118.87 on gas, this was lower then the estimated original price of gas.

Citations

Works Cited

Cox, Dale. Fort Smith, Arkansas - Historic Sites and Points of Interest. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 May 2017. <http://www.exploresouthernhistory.com/ARFortSmith1.html>.

"Fees & Reservations." National Parks Service. U.S. Department of the Interior, n.d. Web. 05 May 2017. <https://www.nps.gov/fosm/planyourvisit/feesandreservations.htm>.

Fort Coffee (fort) | The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 May 2017. <http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=FO031>.

Fort Hartsuff 1874-1881. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 May 2017. <http://www.nebraskahistory.org/publish/markers/texts/fort_hartsuff.htm>.

"Fort Hartsuff State Historical Park (Burwell, NE): Top Tips Before You Go - TripAdvisor." Read Reviews and Book Your Perfect Trip. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 May 2017. <https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g45469-d1078454-Reviews-Fort_Hartsuff_State_Historical_Park-Burwell_Nebraska.html>.

Fort Hartsuff State Historical Park. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 May 2017. <http://forthartsuff.org/>.

Fort Leavenworth Kansas - History and Hauntings. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 May 2017. <http://www.legendsofamerica.com/ks-fortleavenworth.html>.

"Fort Leavenworth." Military.com - Base Guide. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 May 2017. <http://www.military.com/base-guide/fort-leavenworth>.

"A Gem Among Diamond Sites." Crater of Diamonds State Park. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 May 2017. <http://www.craterofdiamondsstatepark.com/>.

"Google Maps." Google Maps. N.p., n.d. Web. <www.google.maps.com>.

"Henry Leavenworth." Henry Leavenworth | The U.S.-Dakota War of 1862. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 May 2017. <http://www.usdakotawar.org/history/henry-leavenworth>.

History.com Staff. "James Madison." History.com. A&E Television Networks, 2009. Web. 05 May 2017. <http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/james-madison>.

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Hoptak, John David. "48th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry." Getting To Know. . .General George Lucas Hartsuff. N.p., 01 Jan. 1970. Web. 05 May 2017. <http://48thpennsylvania.blogspot.com/2009/01/getting-to-know-general-george-lucas.html>.

Judge Isaac Parker - The Hanging Judge of Indian Territory. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 May 2017. <http://www.legendsofamerica.com/ar-isaacparker.html>.

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"The Top Things to Do in Troy 2017 - TripAdvisor - Troy, MO Attractions - Find What to Do Today, This Weekend, or in May." TripAdvisor/. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 May 2017. <https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g44978-Activities-Troy_Missouri.html>.

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Photos

Sign before you enter the park

Trail up from the river in Cuivre River Park

Cuivre River Park water 

Display at Missouri Civil War Museum

The front of the Civil War Museum

Grave yard at the Civil War Museum

People looking for diamonds at Crater of Diamond State Park

Sign when you enter the park

Sign when you enter the diamond park

Sign welcoming you to Fossil Flats Trail

A rock flat on Fossil Flats Trail

Expenses

Post Cost (Food) -

• Salad Supplies - $20. 34
• Sweet Potatoes - $6.82
• Caned Soups/Chilies - $23.64
• Oats - $4.35
• Freeze dried berries - $20.50
• Chia - $10.62
• Fruit for snacks - $14.56
• Trail Mix - $21.78
• Total Food Amount - $122.61

June 1st -

• Gas - $27.37
• Motel 6- $50
• Total - $77.37

June 2nd - 

• Gas - $23.32
• Motel 8 - $67
• Leavenworth Fort - $0
• Total - $90.32

June 3rd - 

• Gas - $0
• Motel 6 - $50
• Fort Hartsuff - $2 parking fee
• Total - $52

June 4th - 

• Gas - $22.59
• Motel 6 - $50
• Fort Madison - $8
• Missouri Civil War Museum - $7
• Total - $87.59

 June 5th - 

• Gas - $18.86
• Motel 6: $50
• Fort/Court House Visit - $0
• Total - $68.86

June 6th -

• Gas - $0 
• Motel 6 - $50
• Fort Smith - $7
• Total - $57

June 7th - 

• Gas - $26.73
• Crater of Diamonds Park - $10
• Total - $36.73

The total amount spent on this trip was $592.48.

Fort Coffee

Historical Photo Representation of the fort.

        In 1834 Fort Coffee was established on the south bank of Arkansas by soldiers of the Seventh Infantry and Captain John Stewart. The purpose of this Fort was to protect the Choctaw. It was also used to keep liquor from Arkansas from entering Indian Territory. In 1835 and 1836 the Fort was used during the Texas revolution as an armory for the Arkansas militia. This fort was not built very well, because of this the Fort was abandoned in 1838. After the fort had been abandoned by the army the Choctaw Nation acquired it. They turned the building into the Fort Coffee Academy for Boys, this school was run by Methodist ministers. During the civil war the school was closed and Fort Coffee was occupied by the Confederate Choctaw troops. In 1863 Union soldiers captured these buildings and burned them. 
         Fort Coffee was named after General John Coffee of Tennessee. John Coffee had many jobs his life, he had been a frontier merchant, land agent and locator, Indian fighter, surveyor, and land inspector. John Coffee was a good friend and business partner to Andrew Jackson. Andrew Jackson was such a public figure that people like John Coffee were never recognized. Historians are also still unclear about John Coffee's place because they still do not totally understand the operation of land in the Old Southwest and his connections of being a surveyor and a land speculator.

Plaque representing Fort Coffee