Tag Archives: James River

Moving the Blog to LENS & PEN PRESS

We’re consolidating our blogs into one platform on Lens & Pen Press (the parent platform if you will) where we will continue to discuss our books–the Beautiful and Enduring Ozarks, the James Fork of the White (coming 2017), Mystery of … Continue reading

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RIVERBED SONG by Patrick Mereithi – A fortuitous meeting on Panther Creek

Recently we finished researching the proposed and controversial Army Corps of Engineers County Line Dam for our upcoming book on the James River. This 1970s dam would have created a 14,000 acre multipurpose reservoir on the James, ten miles east … Continue reading

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CAMP YOCUM Near Galena – Night Scene – early 1920s Hall photograph –

Flashlight Scene at Camp Yocum, James River, Galena, Mo. Real Photo postcard. #626 Hall Photo Co. (Note – by ‘flashlight,’ Hall means he used a flash bulb) George Hall was among the most talented producers of real photo postcards in … Continue reading

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CAMP ON WHITE RIVER – George Hall vintage photo

All Busy in Camp on White River, Real photo postcard, by George E. Hall. 385 Hall Photo Co. We think this uncommon George Hall postcard shows a portrait of Hall (on the left) holding a very fine postcard camera. Most … Continue reading

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