Made in Missouri Gift Baskets now in Legend's Store

Legends Of America's Rocky Mountain General Store is proud to announce our new partnership with Gift Basket Drop Shipping Inc., of Jackson Missouri.  Like Legends Of America, Gift Basket Drop Shipping is a family owned  and operated company that started in 1992, and moved from California to their current Missouri location in 2004.

As one of the top suppliers, and the oldest wholesale drop shipper in the Gift Basket industry, their central location gives Legend's store a great advantage in delivery times.  And Legend's is proud to say that with the exception of fruit and cookies, all gift baskets, care packages and snack packages are created and shipped from their Jackson Missouri facility, offering a level of quality control unparalleled in the industry.

We're proud to partner with a fellow Missouri business, and think you'll find our new selection from Gift Basket Drop Shipping to be a perfect fit for the Rocky Mountain General Store.

Here are just a 'few' examples of our newly offered products from Gift Basket Drop Shipping. See our complete selection HERE.

Baskets and Packages designed for our Troops

Thank you Gift Baskets

Gourmet Gift Baskets

Specialty Gift Baskets

See All Categories Here!

Our gift baskets ship anywhere in the USA, and most to APO, FPO and AE Military addresses around the world.  For more information, contact Legends Of America's Rocky Mountain General Store via email (orders@legendsofamerica.com), or phone us Mon-Fri, 9am to 5pm Central at 913-708-5119.

Casting Call for Historic Building

Legends Of America has once again been contacted by a television production company for help with a project, and this time the Casting Call is for a building.. Not just any building though, one that is historic, has a fascinating history, is abandoned, and still has some of it's original artifacts.

Here is the request from Pictureshack Entertainment.  Please help them by submitting your suggestions soon!


Do you know of a vacant building near you that has a fascinating history? Pictureshack Entertainment has a great new show on a major cable network, and we're looking for abandoned locations! Ideally, these buildings are time capsules full of the artifacts that tell the story of the people who lived, worked, and played there. We are working with an extremely talented salvager who will lead the audience through these buildings, in search of items to purchase so the location owner must be willing to negotiate a fair price to sell some of the items inside. Is an ideal location popping to mind? Email us with all pertinent details (pictures would be great!) at developmentgroup@pictureshackentertainment.com

Any help you can provide Pictureshack Entertainment is greatly appreciated, and please tell them Legends Of America sent ya!  If you prefer not to contact the production company direct, please don't hesitate to send your suggestions to Dave Alexander or Kathy Weiser Alexander at Legends Of America (Contact).

Treasure Hunter Casting Call - Host Wanted for Documentary Series

Every once in a while Kathy and I are contacted by production companies for guidance.  Today it is a production company in Australia looking for someone in the USA to Host a documentary series.  Here's the email in it's entirety.  If you know someone let them know Legends Of America sent ya!

Good Day Kathy & Dave,

My name is Serita Wesley and I am a Development Casting Director with Prospero Productions (www.prosperoproductions.com.au), a television production company out of Australia. We are currently developing an exciting new documentary series based around the worlds of Treasure Hunting, Battlefield Detecting, Aviation Archaeology, Warbird Restoration, Wreck Diving, Battlefield Archaeology, etc.  Unfortunately, we have yet to find a charismatic and knowledgeable host for this series.

I stumbled upon your website while doing research online and wondered if either or you might be interested in the opportunity or know anyone who might be a great fit.  Ideally we would like to find someone who is youthful, incredibly passionate about any of the subjects previously listed, has a wealth of knowledge (its not required to be an expert on all of the sub-categories listed above), someone with a very outgoing personality that viewers would find easy to watch and trustworthy.   

We are looking for individuals in the USA.  I have pasted below the casting notice for this particular search.  Our deadline is fast approaching; therefore, I would love to speak with you and give you more information on the series.

If you or someone that you know of fits this description please contact me, Serita Wesley (Casting Director) at SWesleyCasting@gmail.com. 

NOTE: Please feel free to pass this note and the casting notice along to any groups, clubs or forums that you might belong to pertaining to the topics.

Thank you so much for your time, and please do not hesitate to contact me for more information.

Sincerely,

Serita Wesley

CASTING CALL: LOOKING FOR REAL LIFE TREASURE HUNTERS!!!

*Are you or someone you know a true to life TREASURE HUNTER?

*Do you travel the country or the world combing historic battlefields?

*Do you scour the fields looking to collect a piece of history?

*Do you search local parks and beaches for treasure?

*Do you dig at battle sights and wreckage sights in search of historic relics?

Prospero Productions, a television production company in Australia, is seeking charismatic, knowledgeable & fearless Metal Detectors, Battlefield Detectors, Wreck Divers, War-bird Restorers, etc. all over the United States and Canada.  

We are looking for people who have fun personalities, a zest for life and who love to learn and explore.

If this sounds like you or someone you know send us an email to SWesleyCasting@gmail.com, with the following information…

- Name

- Age

- Location

- Contact Information

- TWO photos of yourself & your finds

- A summary of where treasure hunt, how you are “known” in the treasure hunting/historical excavation world.

Deadwood to Home

Downtown Deadwood, SD

We cut our trip short to get back to Kansas to see our new Granddaughter, but made sure to spend some time in downtown Deadwood.  This city was founded in 1876 after  a miner named John B. Pearson found gold in a narrow canyon in the Northern Black Hills the previous year.  Today the entire city is a National Historic Landmark.  We highly recommend experiencing this Old West city, which despite the commercialization through the Casino's, still holds plenty of it's original charm.

Pine Ridge Reservation

From Deadwood we head back to I-90, then south to Rapid City, where we take Highway 79 to 40 and  through the Pine Ridge Reservation. Home to the Oglala Sioux Tribe, it is located just on the edge of the South Dakota badlands. Though the reservation is 2,000,000 acres large, the bulk the original Sioux homeland was the Black Hills which the Sioux considere sacred. In fact, the Sioux continue to dispute losing their lands in the Black Hills to this day.

Wounded Knee

After we get on Highway 18 we found time for a quick jog north to the site of the Wounded Knee massacre. This regrettable and tragic clash of arms, occurring  December 29, 1890, was the last significant engagement between Native Americans and soldiers on the North American Continent, ending nearly four centuries of warfare between westward-bound immigrants and the indigenous peoples. Today, it serves as an example of national guilt for the mistreatment of the Natives. You can read the full story about Wounded Knee here.

Sandhills Journey Scenic Byway

After heading back to Highway 18, we start making our way to Nebraska via 391/27 into Gordon.  From Gordon we continue south to Highway 2, which is also Nebraska's Sandhills Journey Scenic Byway.  The rolling hills of Nebraska and the somewhat sandy soil is home to very few.  In fact, Kathy and I believe that this was one of the longest stretches of desolation we have encountered yet.  Though there are a few small towns through this region, we were happy we filled up in Gordon.

Ashby

Along the way we stopped for pictures in Ashby, Nebraska. Near the end of the 19th century, the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad moved west and laid rails through the Sandhills of western Nebraska. This area had once been called a desert, and unfit for humans. Not suitable land for farming, it was ideal for the grazing of cattle. The land south of Ashby was set aside for a time as a forest reserve, and then opened for settlement to homesteaders by way of a land drawing in 1912. With the homesteaders, the town grew and added businesses. In 1914 there were three lumber yards, two livery barns, a blacksmith shop, a bank, barber shop, post office, two grocery stores and a newspaper called The Ashby Argos. Today, Ashby is called home to less than 100 people.

Nebraska National Forest

On down the road you pass by the Nebraska National Forest. Located in the Sandhills of central Nebraska, was established in 1902 as an experiment to see if forests could be created in treeless areas of the Great Plains. This effort resulted in a 20,000-acre forest, the largest human-planted forest in the United States.

After a long day of driving, we spent the night in Grand Island and then quickly wrapped up our journey to Lawrence Kansas to be with family.  Overall, Kathy and I were fortunate to experience the wonderful history, Ghost Towns and people along the way of our 9 day journey to North Dakota and back.  We look forward to writing more about the places we've seen in the months ahead.

You can follow this portion of our trip in pictures via our Facebook Fan Page here!

Congratulations to Kathy's daughter Torri, and husband Pete Nobo on their 3rd daughter.  We welcomed Havana Blue Sky Nobo to the world on Friday and plan to start priming her with history as soon as she can talk!

Deadwood to Devils Tower

Deadwood's Historic Adams House

It was a wonderful feeling waking up and realizing that we didn't have to pack up and leave our hotel.  Kathy and I decided we would stay in Deadwood, SD for a couple of nights and spend Friday traveling close by.  We didn't really need to "do" Deadwood, since Kathy has already been here and done that.  Of course, this city does have some fantastic history, which is worth reviewing once in a while.  The famous and the infamous have called Deadwood and the Black Hills home. Lewis and Clark, Wild Bill Hickok, Wyatt Earp, George Armstrong Custer, Poker Alice, the Sundance Kid, Calamity Jane, and many others have all passed through here in search of fortune and adventure.

Homestake Mine, Lead SD

And for all the hoopla over Gold and Deadwood, it was the town of Lead, just a few miles further on Highway 85, that actually struck it richer. Founded in 1876 by Mining Magnate George Hearst , it's Homestake Mine, which closed in 2002, was the most productive gold mine in the Western Hemisphere, as well as the largest and deepest.  Today, a viewing platform allows visitors to view the Mine and learn about the "rich" history of the area.  It's also worth noting that the town is now home to a "Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory" which deals in dark matter and other nuclear physics studies. By the way, Lead and pronounced Leed, just so ya know.

Bridal Veil Water Fall

We departed Lead on Highway 14 for some picturesque views of the Black Hills, stopping at the areas water falls and generally enjoying the Fall color already prevalent along the Spearfish Canyon Scenic Byway.  Beautiful clear water is a welcome site to a couple from the Lake of the Ozarks.  We typically don't see fish "in" the water, unless they are coming up for air.  Absolutely worth the drive over to Spearfish, where we catch I-90 and head west into Wyoming.

Along the way we run into Vore Buffalo Jump just west of Beulah.  This was something I hadn't run into before, at least the way it was found.  It's one of the most important archaeological sites of the Late-Prehistoric Plains Indians that just happened to be discovered when I-90 was being constructed during the 1970's.  It's a natural sink hole that was used by natives as a buffalo trap around the years 1500 to 1800 and is actively being studied to this day. Different than the Buffalo jumps we have seen where the natives would run them off a cliff, but just as effective.  The building at the bottom of the sink hole was built to protect and expand the excavation unit working the site.

Devils Tower, WY

From there we continue down I-90 to Sundance, where we veer off with Highway 14, then onto Highway 24 to take in Devils Tower.  Movie geeks know this as a key place in Close Encounters of the Third Kind (well, at least I did), however this monstrous rock is a sacred and important landmark to Plains Indians, America's First National Landmark, and draws thousands of visitors a year.  It is 867 feet from the base to the top,  and 1,267 feet above the Belle Fourche River that runs below it. You just can't appreciate the awe of this place on a movie screen.  Incredible.

Aladdin General Store, WY

From Devils Tower we start our trek back to Deadwood, stopping at the General Store in Aladdin for some shopping, before heading back to South Dakota. Aladdin's General Store was built in 1896 and is one of Wyoming's five remaining 19th century mercantiles. It hasn't changed much in appearance since then.  If you are ever in the area, stop in this town of 15 and check this place out, on Highway 24, a few miles from the state line.

On our way back to the hotel in Deadwood we discovered that our new Grand Girl decided to come a few days early, so we are going wrap up our trip in rapid time so Nana can help out with the other two grand girls while Mom recovers.  Welcome to the world Havana Blue Sky Nobo.  Papa Dave and Nana are on the way to Lawrence, Ks to make sure you get the historic welcome you deserve!

See Day 7 of our trip in pictures here on our Facebook Fan Page!