Follow Grandma T and Grandpa Dave through Missouri as they discover the Pony Express, Lewis and Clark, steamboats, wagon trains, the Gateway Arch, and why Missouri became known as the Gateway to the West!
Grandma T and Grandpa Dave are back on the road as their traveling house takes them to Missouri! Back home, Jack, Morgan, and Little Lainey are especially interested in one thing—the horses. Their newest postcard holds clues about the Pony Express, a giant silver arch, and a boat packed with supplies, and the children cannot wait to find out how they all fit together.
As Grandma T and Grandpa Dave explore Missouri, they discover why St. Joseph became the starting point of the Pony Express and how riders carried mail west toward California. Their questions soon lead them to an even bigger story—why Missouri became known as the Gateway to the West.
From there, the adventure follows Lewis and Clark as they prepared near St. Louis, traveled the Missouri River, mapped unfamiliar lands, recorded plants and animals, and even sent a surprising prairie dog back to President Jefferson. Grandma T and Grandpa Dave also discover how steamboats, wagon trains, telegraphs, and railroads helped people, supplies, and messages move farther across the growing country.
The journey ends high above St. Louis at the Gateway Arch, where Grandma T and Grandpa Dave look west across the land and imagine all the adventures still waiting beyond the horizon.
Perfect for kids ages 4–8, Grandma and Grandpa’s Traveling House in Missouri blends geography, history, transportation, state facts, humor, and family adventure into a fun journey through the Show-Me State. Ideal for homeschool, classrooms, road trips, Missouri state studies, and grandparents reading with their grandchildren.
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