Given that admission is free, this small museum is probably worth a visit if you have an interest in the subject matter. The Western Historic Trails Center is about the nation’s westward expansion and more specifically about the California, Oregon, and Mormon trails, which passed near this spot. If you’re planning to go to Omaha from Kansas City or any...
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Western Historic Trails Center
3434 Richard Downing Avenue, Council Bluffs, IA 51501
712-366-4900
Kansas City, Missouri
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Everyone should go there. Just off 24th south of I-80.
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My in laws live in CB and took us to see the museum and we wondered why they'd kept it from us for so long! If you enjoy history you really need to come to this place. Neat!
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we just stopped in to check out the Western Trails Center - small museum w/gift shop in a neat building. There's lots of info to be found here about the area and what to do. Restrooms also. Outside there are miles of trails to bike or walk.
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