Monthly Archives: February 2013

HA HA TONKA LAKE AND DAM

Posted on February 27, 2013 by admin

2 Real Photo postcards by Strathman Photo Both postcards have been sent, postmarked Linn Creek, but the dates are obscure – probably 1930s. The exact origin of the low dam that created Ha Ha Tonka Lake is not clear. It’s … Continue reading →

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Steamboats Remembered

Posted on February 20, 2013 by admin

Steamboats ran up the Osage as far as Osceola when the river was high. Tuscumbia, county seat of Miller County, was a regular stop – a fact commemorated today in this plaque on the new county courthouse. [hr]

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OSAGE RIVER BLUFFS NEAR OSCEOLA

Posted on February 13, 2013 by admin

Real photo postcard, Osceola Missouri, 1913 The bluffs along the Osage may not have been as spectacular as the larger bluffs along New York’s Hudson, but they excited a similar esthetic appreciation in the writer of an 1888-something booklet extolling … Continue reading →

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Mansion South Side of Linn Creek

Posted on February 6, 2013 by admin

Real photo postcard Atop a small hill is a large frame house with an encircling porch (“veranda” they might have called it). In Kansas City or St. Louis, this would probably not have been considered a mansion, but in the … Continue reading →

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