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PADDLEFISH (SPOONBILLS) AT OSCEOLA

Posted on October 30, 2012 by admin

Trophy Paddlefish This looks to be taken below the Osceola Dam which was removed when Truman Dam and Reservoir was built. While the primary paddlefish spawning beds were over gravel bars between Osceola and Warsaw, paddlefish on spawning runs would … Continue reading →

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CATFISH AND EELS CAUGHT IN THE OSAGE RIVER

Posted on October 24, 2012 by admin

Real photo postcard, circa 1910 Handwritten’ labels’ on the card beside each fish identify  three blue catfish and two American eels, the largest of which is 27 pounds. At the end of the card is written: “These are fish from … Continue reading →

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MYSTERY STEAMBOAT PHOTOGRAPH, OSAGE RIVER?

Posted on October 17, 2012 by admin

Real photo postcard, 1915-1925 This came with the identified Lock & Dam #1 photo. It looks like an excursion boat and is named the S. Katherine. Don’t see any smokestacks but it’s also got staple holes, similar to the Lock … 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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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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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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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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EXPOSED! Lock & Dam #1 on Osage River

Posted on August 26, 2012 by admin

This summer’s drought has drastically lowered water levels on major waterways throughout the Midwest. The Corps of Engineers first major water control project on the Osage – built around the turn of the last century to facilitate steamboat travel – … Continue reading →

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OSCEOLA DAM

Posted on August 20, 2012 by admin

Real photo postcard, postmarked May 22, 1951 In the late 1920s, Ozark Utilities Company of Bolivar built a low hydroelectric dam at Osceola. While it did block spawning runs of fish (except during very high water), the reservoir it created, … Continue reading →

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Lock and Dam No. 1

Posted on July 20, 2012 by admin

Real photo postcard, 1910-1920. Businessmen along the Osage River agitated for generations for engineering improvements that would facilitate steamboat traffic on the river. Finally in the late 1800s, politicians bullied the Army Corps of Engineers into building a disastrous lock … Continue reading →

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