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Gatlin’s ROCKY COMFORT Lodge / Boat Yard on Lake of the Ozarks
We can surmise that this is a surveyor’s map of a subdivision of seventy-four lots laid out by then-owners H. O. (Orville) and Ruth Gatlin, notarized on July 6, 1937 by “George Clifford Williams, Notary Public in and for Morgan … Continue reading
TWO LAKES – The Artificially Shallow and the Naturally Deep
July 20, 2014: The last Sunday in Colorado, we made a round trip drive along Trail Ridge Road from Estes Park to Grand Lake. Grand Lake – elevation 8,367 feet; formed by glaciation 30,000 years ago; estimated depth, 265 feet. … Continue reading
Osceola residents were not universally in favor of Truman Dam… an Open Letter to the Corps of Engineers, 1997
Consequences (intended or not) and pernicious effects of Truman Dam and Reservoir for residents of the upper Osage River. We received a fat envelope in the mail a few weeks ago that included an “open letter to the Corps of … Continue reading
PADDLEFISH SNAGGING SEASON – 2014
Big treble hooks and heavy line are splashing into lakes and rivers of the Osage and Missouri river systems as fisherman hope to haul in some of the hatchery-raised descendants of Osage River paddlefish. The 2014 spring snagging season runs … Continue reading
Wife and Daughter of Osage Chief Red Eagle in Washington 1924
Press Photo by Wide World Photos, 1924 Caption reads: Mother clings to Indian Custom, but Daughter … much American: The wife and daughter of Red Eagle, Principal Chief of the Osage Tribe, in Washington to adjust some finances with the … Continue reading
Junction of Sac and Osage rivers near Osceola
Real Photo Postcard, circa 1920 People have been taking pictures of the junction of the Sac and Osage rivers in St. Clair County, Missouri for a long time. Though the scenery along the Osage was not celebrated in oil paintings, … Continue reading
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Tagged osage river, Osceola, Sac River, St. Clair County
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Wah Tze Moh In (Star that Travels), Chief of the Osage – a.k.a. Bacon Rind
Chief Bacon Rind Photogravure, 1925 In his classic book, Wah’kon-tah: The Osage and the White Man’s Road, John Joseph Mathews describes Wah Tze Moh In (Star that Travels), as a ‘tall (and handsome) aristocrat’ of the Osage tribe, and a … Continue reading
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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Tagged Bagnell Dam, Lake of the Ozarks, souvenirs, tchotchkes, Truman Dam
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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