A Safari

After stopping to download the pictures we took yesterday, we're ready to go on to Chanute, our first library of the day. We spot the Carnegie building on the way into town, but go on a few blocks to the Chanute Public Library. The building is an old railroad depot and houses both the library and the Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum. The Johnsons were explorers and filmmakers in the 1920's and 30's. Martin was raised in Chanute and Osa was from nearby Independence. I've had older people in Parsons tell me about Martin and Osa visiting their classrooms to show movies of Africa and the south seas.