Tag Archives: Missouri

TWO LAKES – The Artificially Shallow and the Naturally Deep

Posted on August 5, 2014 by admin

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 →

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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 →

Posted in blog, Vintage Image of the Week | Tagged Cedar County, Crystal Payton, Damming the Osage, Jerico Springs, Leland Payton, Missouri, osage river | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Vintage Image of the Week | Tagged covered bridges, Crystal Payton, Damming the Osage, fairfield, Harry S. Truman Dam and Reservoir, historic bridges, Kaysinger Bluff, Kaysinger Dam, Leland Payton, Lens & Pen Press, Missouri, pomme de terre, Warsaw Missouri | 7 Comments

JERICO SPRINGS, MISSOURI

Posted on October 10, 2012 by admin

Real photo postcard, circa 1910, by Surtle Today virtually a ghost town, Jerico Springs has suffered the population loss of many villages in the Osage basin. As well as being a trade center for small prairie farms, there was a … Continue reading →

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DEATH OF THE SCHELL CITY BRIDGE

Posted on September 26, 2012 by admin

Just north and west of Schell City, Missouri, down the old “River Road” are the ruins of an iron truss bridge that for a hundred years spanned the Osage River, connecting Schell City and Rockville. It’s not far from where … Continue reading →

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Schell City Truss Bridge on the Osage River

Posted on November 18, 2011 by admin

Rivers both provide and obstruct transportation routes. A book about a river requires attention to and consideration of the ways the river has been spanned. In Vernon County, northwest of Schell City, down a gravel, then a dirt road (aka … Continue reading →

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