Monthly Archives: August 2012

EXPOSED! Lock & Dam #1 on Osage River

Posted on August 26, 2012 by admin

This summer’s drought has drastically lowered water levels on major waterways throughout the Midwest. The Corps of Engineers first major water control project on the Osage – built around the turn of the last century to facilitate steamboat travel – … Continue reading →

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OSCEOLA DAM

Posted on August 20, 2012 by admin

Real photo postcard, postmarked May 22, 1951 In the late 1920s, Ozark Utilities Company of Bolivar built a low hydroelectric dam at Osceola. While it did block spawning runs of fish (except during very high water), the reservoir it created, … Continue reading →

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