Jo Schaper’s review of John Holod’s Route 66 video prompted Kathleen Brotherton, who writes River Hills Traveler’s monthly “Our Indian Heritage” series, to share some memories of a 1962 trip on Route 66. Her Route 66 memories sparked some of my own. Here is Kathleen’s account of her long-ago Mother Road bus ride, along with [...]

Dave Murphy, executive director of the Conservation Federation of Missouri, tipped us off on a parallel bills moving through the Missouri House and Senate that could accelerate the building of wireless communications on public lands. While most of us enjoy using our cell phones and other electronic devices, we need to guard against sacrificing our [...]

Defending frozen positions, blaming others won’t solve problem of violence; public, government, firearms industry all have share of responsibility for solution
I don’t know about you, but I was disappointed in the National Rifle Association’s response to the horror in Newtown, Conn. I was hoping the NRA would acknowledge that the firearms industry owns a part [...]

I’m going to stay out of the minefield of endorsing political candidates, but I do want to venture a comment about this election season as it relates to the outdoors we all share.
It concerns me that in a nation that practically invented government by the people, for the people, of the people, so many people [...]

Updated:
Funeral Services will be held for Doug at the Stars and Stripes Veterans Cemetery at 17357 Stars and Stripes Way, Bloomfield, Mo., this Thursday, June 14, at noon.

We are saddened at Traveler this week by the loss of our friend and colleague, Doug Mansfield, who died unexpectedly Tuesday at his home near Pacific, Mo
Doug [...]

A story in USA Today this morning about the fading of interesting American place names rang a bell with me. I’ve been a longtime grouch about real estate developers displacing homegrown American communities with fancy sounding, brand new towns with names like Saddlebrooke or Anthem and street names like Chantilly Lane and Venetian Way.

Spare me [...]

Online newspaper-magazine kiosk carries over 2,000 titles
Readers now have an additional online option for reading each monthly issue of River Hills Traveler magazine. Traveler is now available on PressDisplay.com, the world’s largest online newspaper kiosk, where you can browse and read hundreds of full content premium newspapers and magazines from around the world. Go to [...]

Our annual directory of Missouri outdoor businesses, Mo-Go, short for Missouri Guides & Outfitters, is now available online in two formats and in print. (To learn how to get the printed Mo-Go mailed to you free, see the offer at the end of this article).

ONLINE OPTIONS
In addition to the traditional online format, allowing you to [...]

A big thanks to the many Traveler readers who stopped by to say hi at the Let’s Go Fishing Show in Collinsville, IL. The three-day shop wrapped up today with great attendance despite unseasonably warm and sunny weather, when people could have been fishing instead of wishing.
It was one of the best shows for Traveler [...]

If St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley was trying to get the public’s attention, his 2012 budget plan to close 23 out 50 county parks and cut 175 jobs did the trick. In fact, he may have aroused a sleeping tiger.
Some 60 members of the public attended a County Council meeting in Clayton last night, [...]