Learn about the history of Shaw Nature Reserve on this tour around the property and behind the scenes in the historic buildings.
You'll climb aboard the Wilderness Wagon for a three-mile tour around Shaw's main loop road, and learn about the history of the property and how it's changed through the years from the Gray Summit Extention, to The Arboretum, and finally to today's Shaw Nature Reserve.
10 a.m. to noon at Shaw Nature Reserve, at Highway 100, south of I44 at exit 253 in Gray Summit.
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