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Experiencing history first hand is one of the best reasons for traveling with kids. Rather than simply reading about it in a book, traveling to historic sites allows your children to see and feel what happened long before they were born.
Nauvoo, Illinois is one of those places where kids can experience hands-on what life was like for early settlers of America.
Steeped with history, charm and beauty, historic Nauvoo offers sites of interest for children and adults alike. With more than 40 restored homes, stores and public buildings, as well as entertainment, carriage and wagon rides and handcart treks, there is sure to be something to delight every member of your family. (And all rides, sites, tours and shows at Nauvoo are FREE! You can’t beat that 
Here are five examples of the fun to be found in old Nauvoo.
1. Print Shop
Curious to how books and newspapers were printed in the past? The Nauvoo Print Shop gives you a first hand look into the time consuming and tedious process involved in producing the printed word (150 hours for 600 copies of a newspaper).
The Print Shop gives your children the chance to see how type was set by hand (each individual letter), and backwards. They can have the chance to ‘press’ a copy on the printing press (one copy was done at a time), and learn a new definition for terms like ‘furniture’ and ‘dingbats’.
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