Tag Archives: Leland Payton

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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Spring and Park, Jerico Springs, MO by Suttle

Posted on January 30, 2013 by admin

Real photo postcard by Suttle This is an earlier version of the spring and basin (such as it is). Even in the early days, it didn’t pour forth a volume of water. Originally there was a sandstone or limestone rock … Continue reading →

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Foster, Missouri Railroad Station and Handcar

Posted on January 23, 2013 by admin

Cabinet card of Foster, Missouri, circa 1910 The watershed of the upper Osage/Marais des Cygnes, Little Osage and Marmaton rivers is more crisscrossed by railroads than that of the main Osage and contains a number of much-diminished towns like Foster.  … Continue reading →

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NIGHT HAWKS TAVERN, Camdenton, Missouri

Posted on January 9, 2013 by admin

Real photo postcard, 1935-1945 Inscription on back reads – “We enjoyed a fine meal here today with Toots and Jack.” Toots and Jack Stotler operated this thriving business from 1933 until selling to Buford and Anna May Foster in 1945. … Continue reading →

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OSAGE RIVER in Flood at the Town of Bagnell

Posted on December 19, 2012 by admin

8 x 10 press photo from Chicago.  4/21/41 The cutline reads: “BAGNELL, MO. – This bantam rooster, caught in the flood that has inundated several Ozark towns, found himself floating on a log down the Main Street of Bagnell, Mo., … Continue reading →

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FAIRFIELD (MISSOURI) COVERED BRIDGE

Posted on November 21, 2012 by admin

 Real photo postcard. Penciled on back: “Fairfield Mill in July 1910” There was a mill and a small manufacturing complex at the hamlet of Fairfield, Missouri on the Pomme de Terre River built, it is said, by Judge George Alexander. … Continue reading →

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PAPINVILLE PICNIC AND HARMONY MISSION TOUR

Posted on October 4, 2012 by admin

Phyllis Stewart of the Papinville Historical and Cemetery Association explains the history and significance of Harmony Mission to the crowd. The Papinville, Missouri, Historical Association held its annual picnic this year on the first day of autumn. This afforded the … Continue reading →

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