the story is ha her son, john hadley did come in and see mansion years later and remarked that mother wishes she had not waited. and he had also wished that she had chosen a dress that did not look like a nightgown. lightning struck the old capital building and she and her children were upstairs swadled in blankets as the fire burned down the capital building. this is a portrait of mrs. ca l carolyn bahn. in 1973, she opened this mansion to public tours trying to make the mansion available to all of the peecople and the children missouri. the dosens wear these costumes to try to share with those individuals that come into the home what it might be like if they had visited the home in the 1870s. this is one of my favorite items here. this is from the u.s.s. missouri. on the backside, we have the missouri state seal and all the little things that are on here are the things that are indigenous to us high in missouri. this was on board the u.s.s. missouri when the treaty was signed. it was located in the pacific ocean. we're presently standing in the formal dining room of the dpov nor man

the story is that her son john hadley did come in and see the mansion years later and remarked that he wishes mother had not waited until she was so much older to have her portrait painted and wished she had chosen a dress that did not look like a nightgown. mrs. hadley lived here at the mansion when in february 1911 lightning struck the old capitol building and it burned and she and her children were upstairs squadled in blankets watching in horror as the fire burned down the capitol building. this is a portrait of mrs. carolyn bond. carolyn bond was really important to the mansion in what she did and provided for all of us. in 1973 she opened the mansion to public tours trying to make the mansion available to all the people and children of missouri. we have around 70,000 visitors annually and the s doens have so far given 8,000 volunteer hours to the mansion and the tours. they wear these costumes to try to share with those individuals that come into the home what it might be like the they had visited the home in the 1970s. this is one of my favorite items here. this is a silver punc