Thursday we had a blast! We had a fun impromptu field trip first going to the Historic Arkansas Museum and then to see the Nina & Pinta replica ships that were visiting Little Rock for a short time. Perfect for our Columbus Day lesson!

Here are some great photos from the Arkansas Historic Museum. Below is the first office of the Arkansas Democrat Gazette, Little Rock's first newspaper. The man lived & worked upstairs.

 

 

This is the first Inn in Little Rock. Wild times for travelers back then! The cage looking area is where the bartender kept all the liquor. There was nothing past this Inn except wild territory with black bears & native Indians!

This building is the kitchen. It had 2 rooms with a giant fireplace for cooking at each end and a outdoor fireplace for cooking as well. Outside was a garden with medicinal and herbs for cooking. It also had this cool murphy bed!

This huge magnolia tree was just beautiful!

 Inside the separate museum was very beautiful art gallery & these are some interesting pictures. They even had a fun children's art section with interactive pieces and a fun puppet area.

On the second floor was a great area with all about the Native American Indians  local to the area.

After we left the museum we rode the downtown trolley for the first time! It was very cool! We missed our stop, but walked back to where we needed to go to see the ships at the river.

We loved seeing these beautiful ships! The Nina & Pinta are the most accurate replicas in the world & they travel all over the US. It was very cool & a great way to bring our Columbus studies to life! They were much smaller than I imagined them to be. No wonder why the crew threatened to mutiny!

Last we visited the sculpture garden & the girls had fun playing in the misters. We walked a LONG way back to the car, but we had a great day!

The girls have declared History their very favorite subject, because we have really brought history alive for them this year! Love hearing them so excited about learning!