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STEAMBOAT LANDING @ LINN CREEK – 1911

Posted on September 15, 2014 by admin

click to enlarge This hand tinted postcard from 1911 shows one of the small steamboats of the late era of commercial river travel. Published by James Bruin, Linn Creek, Mo. While this is rather late in the history of commercial … Continue reading →

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OLD LINN CREEK – before the ‘flood’

Posted on August 13, 2014 by admin

(click to enlarge) 8 x 10 press photo captioned “Move Entire Town to Make Room for World’s Largest Artificial Lake” (photo credit: ACME) This press photo dated March 26, 1931 shows what remained of the soon-to-be-covered-with-forty-feet-of-water town of Linn Creek, … Continue reading →

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Governor McClurg Excursion Boat on Lake of the Ozarks

Posted on January 8, 2014 by admin

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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HA HA TONKA LAKE AND DAM

Posted on February 27, 2013 by admin

2 Real Photo postcards by Strathman Photo Both postcards have been sent, postmarked Linn Creek, but the dates are obscure – probably 1930s. The exact origin of the low dam that created Ha Ha Tonka Lake is not clear. It’s … 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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LOVERS LEAP, LAKE OF THE OZARKS

Posted on December 5, 2012 by admin

Real photo postcard, probably 1940s Lovers Leap was a cliff near Linn Creek, about which J. W. Vincent, editor of the local paper, penned a fanciful tale of a suicidal India maiden.  Virtually every declivity more than 25 feet high … Continue reading →

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