Tag Archives: Osage Indians

LITTLE (SQUATTER’S) HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE: LAURA INGALLS WILDER FAMILY – TRESPASSERS ON OSAGE LANDS

Posted on October 28, 2014 by admin

One of the joys of research is a road trip. Working on Damming the Osage took us the length of the Osage River and across areas of Missouri and Kansas that were once the domain of the Osage Indians. Early … Continue reading →

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DELEGATION OF OSAGE INDIANS MEET WITH PRESIDENT CALVIN COOLIDGE – 1924

Posted on August 20, 2014 by admin

(click to enlarge) Press Photo, 8 x 10, dated January 23, 1924 (by UNITED) Official caption pasted on the back of photo: RICHEST INDIANS GREET PRESIDENT. The delegation of Osage Indians, in the Capital seeking additional allowances from their government … Continue reading →

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Wife and Daughter of Osage Chief Red Eagle in Washington 1924

Posted on February 21, 2014 by admin

Press Photo by Wide World Photos, 1924 Caption reads: Mother clings to Indian Custom, but Daughter … much American: The wife and daughter of Red Eagle, Principal Chief of the Osage Tribe, in Washington to adjust some finances with 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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A Chronology of Development on the Osage River and Tributaries

Posted on November 5, 2013 by admin

For our presentations this month for the Greenway Network at River Soundings and for the Big Muddy Speaker Series in St. Charles, we created this chronology of development on the Osage River. DAMMING THE OSAGE: A Chronology of Development on … 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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OSAGE RIVER and the Missouri State Capitol

Posted on October 14, 2012 by admin

The Osage River runs a course of about 500 miles from the Flint Hills of north central Kansas to Bonnot’s Mill in central Missouri where it joins the Missouri River. A fecundate prairie stream that cuts into the Ozark uplift … 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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Rethinking the Osage River book

Posted on December 3, 2011 by admin

We are interested in things, the common denominator of which is the Osage River – for 35 + years exploring prairies, small towns, the Ozark-prairie border, doing some snake hunting in the middle part. Leland has fished the lower Osage … Continue reading →

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