Declaring Independence: Drafting the Documents. The document we know as the Declaration of Independence was not written in just one sitting. Thomas Jefferson toiled for many weeks, while John Adams, Ben Franklin, and others contributed to the process. The Library of Congress presents a fantastic site dedicated to the development of the Declaration.
Fort Hays Chuckwagon Supper & Cowboy Music Show, south of Rapid City, is home to a âDances With Wolvesâ film set, including original buildings used during the movie. Visitors are able to stand where John J. Dunbar stood when given posting orders, see the supply house and sawmill that were also in the film.
The Oak Ballroom is a historic building in Schuyler, Nebraska constructed with dozens of native oak trees hauled to the building site from the nearby Platte River using horse and buggies. A Works Progress Administration project it was completed in 1937. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.