Monthly Archives: January 2014

TRUMAN DAM SOUVENIRS – hard to find

  Before Truman’s dam waters rose, there was promise of new entrepreneurial opportunities to be had with the coming of a mammoth lake. We found these roadside offerings during paddlefish snagging season in the mid 1970s. Since the dam closed, … Continue reading

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New Review in February issue of Rural Missouri magazine http://www.ruralmissouri.org/digitalrm/index.php

February’s issue of Rural Missouri offers ” A Mid Winter Read: New books from five Missouri writers” – including Damming the Osage.  We especially appreciated these comments: “”While others have dipped their pens into the river, no one before has … Continue reading

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FLOOD ON OSAGE RIVER AT WARSAW, MISSOURI – 1906

Small cabinet card by Moore Written on the back:  “No. 7 Warsaw Flood April 24, 1906. Duplicates 15ȼ Moore’s Gallery, Warsaw Mo.” As this photo shows, the spur railroad from Sedalia to Warsaw unwisely located its station in the floodplain.

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BAGNELL DAM LICENSE PLATE TOPPER

Cast aluminum and painted license plate frame, circa 1940s Lake of the Ozarks filled in 1931 but the Depression and World War II stymied its tourism development. From the late 1940s on, gift shops located along Highway 54 offered hundreds … Continue reading

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Governor McClurg Excursion Boat on Lake of the Ozarks

Advertising Brochure, 1940s We devoted a full page (p. 129 to be precise) to the Gov. McClurg in Damming the Osage but we just acquired this ephemeral treasure – a brochure advertising the dining, dancing and photography opportunities available to … Continue reading

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Osage River in flood – Osceola – 1915

Real Photo Postcards, 1915 Embossed with name of photographer, “McKinney, Osceola, MO” these two unusual images of high water on the Osage were taken on May 30, 1915. The residents seem to take the high water in stride. Written in … Continue reading

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Osage Chief Fred Lookout and his wife Julia – 1928

  Press Photo, August 1, 1928 Photograph is by Love Studio, Pawhuska, Oklahoma. The white lines were the outline for cropping for newspaper or magazine layout. The cutline for the photo states: “Fred Lookout, present chief of the Osage Indians … Continue reading

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