Tag Archives: Truman Dam

DAM REMOVAL success on the #Hudson – time to remove #Lock & Dam No. 1

Posted on June 13, 2016 by admin

#AmericanRivers and #Riverkeepers celebrate the removal of a rusty, abandoned dam on Wynants Kill near Albany, NY. Already they see the flash of silver as herring swarm upstream to spawn. ” ‘Every dam should have an existential crisis,’ ” said … Continue reading →

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Poetic Meditations on the Osage River – Guest Post by Rod Cameron

Posted on May 23, 2016 by admin

Recently Rod Cameron, of Raytown, messaged us on Facebook after reading Damming the Osage. Rod lived along the Osage River in the 1970s. He shared with us a poem he had written as he watched Truman Dam being built. It … Continue reading →

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COLLAPSE OF BROWN’S FORD BRIDGE ON OSAGE RIVER

Posted on October 21, 2014 by admin

This “swinger” over the Osage at Brown’s Ford was built between 1912 and 1915 by E.A. Bledsoe and Ira Alspach, who also built the suspension bridge at Monegaw Springs.  (see earlier post here) On June 21, 1940, the aging Brown’s … Continue reading →

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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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TRUMAN DAM SOUVENIRS – hard to find

Posted on January 28, 2014 by admin

  Before Truman’s dam waters rose, there was promise of new entrepreneurial opportunities to be had with the coming of a mammoth lake. We found these roadside offerings during paddlefish snagging season in the mid 1970s. Since the dam closed, … Continue reading →

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BAGNELL DAM LICENSE PLATE TOPPER

Posted on January 15, 2014 by admin

Cast aluminum and painted license plate frame, circa 1940s Lake of the Ozarks filled in 1931 but the Depression and World War II stymied its tourism development. From the late 1940s on, gift shops located along Highway 54 offered hundreds … Continue reading →

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Blind Pony Hatchery – Paddlefish Nursery

Posted on May 12, 2013 by admin

Paddlefish eggs at Blind Pony Hatchery When Truman Dam closed, the paddlefish was cut off from its primary spawning grounds, the gravel bars of the upper Osage. This ancient fish has inhabited the Mississippi and Missouri river system for more … Continue reading →

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KAYSINGER BLUFF, Warsaw, Missouri

Posted on December 12, 2012 by admin

Real photo postcard by McKinney A hundred years before the Army Corps of Engineers Visitor Center was built at the overlook, locals came to picnic and gawk. With a distant view of the Pomme de Terre entering the Osage, and … Continue reading →

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