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Paddlefish – Trophy Fish – 3 snapshots circa 1940

Posted on December 5, 2013 by admin

              These were likely taken in the American South – perhaps Mississippi or Louisiana.  The man in the boat is holding an unbaited trot line. Paddlefish swim the waters with their mouths agape as … Continue reading →

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Clinton, Missouri – “Artesian Princess of the Prairie”

Posted on December 2, 2013 by admin

Commemorative Coin celebrating the sesquicentennial (1836-1986) of Clinton Missouri. We recently acquired this gem of history – a commemorative coin mounted on walnut celebrating the 150th year of Clinton Missouri in 1986.  Interesting that they take as their theme the … Continue reading →

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Lewis Red Eagle and Willie Bigheart – Students at Osage Indian School – 1917

Posted on November 27, 2013 by admin

Real Photo Postcard, 1917 Written in ink on the back: “Genva McQuain. Lewis Redeagle, Willie Bigheart. Osage Indians. Friends of mine at O.I.S. 1917” These handsome young scholars attended O.I.S. (the Osage Indian Government School (1912-1953) in Pawhuska, Oklahoma. The … Continue reading →

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GLAMORLAND – the Ozarks, 1944

Posted on November 22, 2013 by admin

By Richard Gear Hobbs, PhD, copyright 1944. This is a rather scarce but not particularly valuable example of the kind of soporific writing Mark Twain loved to satirize. His ridicule of James Fenimore Cooper (see “Fenimore Cooper’s Literary Offenses” – … Continue reading →

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Harry S. Truman Dam and Reservoir – A Case History of Problems in Fish and Wildlife Coordination, Rollin D. Sparrowe

Posted on October 24, 2013 by admin

Click on this link to read the entire paper: Truman-Dam-Case-History-Sparrowe-v2 Reprinted from: Transaction of the 42nd North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference, 1977. Published by the Wildlife Management Institute, Washington, DC This is an excellent summary of the hazards … Continue reading →

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DAMMING THE OSAGE wins in two categories of ForeWord Reviews’ 15th annual Book of the Year Awards

Posted on July 24, 2013 by admin

ForeWord Reviews’ 15th annual Book of the Year Awards, judged by a select group of librarians and booksellers from around the country, were announced at the American Libraries Association Annual conference. Damming the Osage: The Conflicted Story of Lake of … Continue reading →

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Review of Damming the Osage in St. Louis Post Dispatch

Posted on July 8, 2013 by admin

  This weekend the St. Louis Post Dispatch published a review of Damming the Osage. Written by Steve Weigenstein, author of Slant of Light, a historical novel set in the Civil War,  “Tangled History of Osage River” (find it here) … Continue reading →

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BRIDGE AT HOECKER / HENLEY (UNDER CONSTRUCTION) 1903

Posted on May 16, 2013 by admin

Although long out of service,  the Henley railroad bridge is still an imposing iron bridge across the Osage in Miller County, not far from St. Elizabeth. It is hard to get to as the right of way is grown up … Continue reading →

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BRICE SPRING – now Bennett Spring State Park on the Niangua River

Posted on May 15, 2013 by admin

Real photo postcard – Mill Dam at Brice Mo, 1914 Given an abundant water source, like a spring-fed Ozark stream, one of the first things pioneers often did was build a water mill. The dams began as crude wood obstructions … Continue reading →

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PLANS FOR LOCK AND DAM NO.1 ON OSAGE RIVER

Posted on May 9, 2013 by admin

Local plans for improvements to the Osage River to make it a commercially navigable stream projected a series of locks and dams.  Work by the Corps of Engineers on the first one began in September 1895 at Shipley Shoals, then … Continue reading →

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