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Monthly Archives: October 2012
PADDLEFISH (SPOONBILLS) AT OSCEOLA
Trophy Paddlefish This looks to be taken below the Osceola Dam which was removed when Truman Dam and Reservoir was built. While the primary paddlefish spawning beds were over gravel bars between Osceola and Warsaw, paddlefish on spawning runs would … Continue reading
CATFISH AND EELS CAUGHT IN THE OSAGE RIVER
Real photo postcard, circa 1910 Handwritten’ labels’ on the card beside each fish identify three blue catfish and two American eels, the largest of which is 27 pounds. At the end of the card is written: “These are fish from … Continue reading
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Tagged Bagnell Dam, blue catfish, catfish, eel, Lock and Dam #1, osage river, real photo postcard
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MYSTERY STEAMBOAT PHOTOGRAPH, OSAGE RIVER?
Real photo postcard, 1915-1925 This came with the identified Lock & Dam #1 photo. It looks like an excursion boat and is named the S. Katherine. Don’t see any smokestacks but it’s also got staple holes, similar to the Lock … Continue reading
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Tagged osage river, real photo postcard, steamboats
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OSAGE RIVER and the Missouri State Capitol
The Osage River runs a course of about 500 miles from the Flint Hills of north central Kansas to Bonnot’s Mill in central Missouri where it joins the Missouri River. A fecundate prairie stream that cuts into the Ozark uplift … Continue reading
JERICO SPRINGS, MISSOURI
Real photo postcard, circa 1910, by Surtle Today virtually a ghost town, Jerico Springs has suffered the population loss of many villages in the Osage basin. As well as being a trade center for small prairie farms, there was a … Continue reading
PAPINVILLE PICNIC AND HARMONY MISSION TOUR
Phyllis Stewart of the Papinville Historical and Cemetery Association explains the history and significance of Harmony Mission to the crowd. The Papinville, Missouri, Historical Association held its annual picnic this year on the first day of autumn. This afforded the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bates County, Crystal Payton, Damming the Osage, Harmony Mission, Leland Payton, Marais des Cygnes, Osage Indians, osage river, Papinville, Schell City
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OSAGE CHIEF BACON RIND
Real photo postcard, 1920s Wah-she-hah was called Bacon Rind, but the real translation of his Osage name was Star-That-Travels. He was born in Kansas a decade before the Osage tribe bought their reservation in northeast Oklahoma. He was a superb … Continue reading
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Tagged Osage Nation, Osage oil, Osage reservation, Osage Tribe
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