Family-Outdoors

Discover the fun of yesterday at the Frontier Children’s Festival Saturday, May 19 at Nathan Boone Homestead State Historic Site near Ash Grove. Sponsored by Missouri State Parks, the free event will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and is open to the public. The event will feature a number of games for kids, including activities related to Nathan Boone, his farm and the natural world at the historic site. A special feature will be a 19 th century pickup baseball game called base, which served as the ancestor of today’s baseball. At 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., visitors are encouraged to participate in a game of base and imagine what it was like in the 1800s. Nathan Boone Homestead State Historic Site preserves the last home and grave of Missouri frontiersman Nathan Boone. The historic site is located 1.5 miles north of Ash Grove on State Highway V. For more information, call the historic site at 417-751-3266 . For more information on state parks and historic sites, visit mostatep...

Image via CrunchBase JEFFERSON CITY, MO., JULY 18, 2011 -- If you are looking for an easy way to access information about Missouri state parks and historic sites, the answer is in the palm of your hand. A new free mobile application for smartphones is designed to provide visitors with convenient access to detailed state park information. The app is currently available for the Apple iPhone and is coming soon for Android smartphones. Innovative features within the app are sure to enhance any visit to a Missouri state park or historic site.                       "Our amazing state parks are timeless in what they offer and these new mobile applications will make sure today's visitors have the latest technology to easily access information about them," said Bill Bryan, Missouri State Parks director.               T...