Tag: Independence

Space Monkey Independence celebrates its own Miss Able, who blazed the trail for human space travel when she was launched to space 60 years ago Mickey Mantle made history in 1949 when he hit his first professional home run at Independence’s Shulthis Stadium. His ball soared over the stadium...

Little House, Big Story Visit Laura Ingalls Wilder’s former home near Independence In its seven open months each year, the Little House on the Prairie Museum welcomes 20,000 visitors. Some are locals. Many are families. A good number are “bonnetheads” – superfans of author Laura Ingalls Wilder and her...

Welcome to Neewollah Annual celebration back in a big way this Halloween Reverse the word “Halloween”; what do you get? Much more than a jumble of letters, as Independence natives well know. In fact, Neewollah is a 100-year-old nine-day festival in Independence, billed as the state’s largest annual celebration....

Fab Lab ICC Turning ideas into creative solutions, one project at a time Of all things, Wes Koschke needed to make a hand. And a fully functional one, at that – for 13-year-old Kara Marr, who was born with a condition called symbrachydactyly, leaving her right palm with no...