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

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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“Cemetery Ridge” on the Osage

One of the best parts of working on a book is the research – specifically the road trips to locations we’re writing about. Hard to believe that eight years ago Damming the Osage was still just the “Osage River book” … Continue reading

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KAYSINGER BLUFF, Warsaw, Missouri

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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