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Wearing a mask, volunteer Caden Gird sets up a holiday tree in the parlor of the Wornall House. Across the metro, many historical sites are still open to visitors for a quieter holiday season.
Disease and conflict shadowed frontier life during the heydey of many historic homes in the metro. Visitors have a chance to view today s events through the lens of history at places like the John Wornall House and the Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop and Farm.
John and Eliza Wornall lost five of their seven children before they reached their 3rd birthdays, and John Wornall s brother died of cholera on the Oregon Trail.