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PERRY, Mo – A little luck nabbed a record size largemouth bass for 20-year-old Dylan Gilmore of Perry. Gilmore and his friend, Austin Lake, had set their trotline on April 27 using goldfish as bait, hoping to catch some catfish at Ka-Tonka Lake, located in Ka-Tonka Game Preserve and [...]

ShareIt was a war that wasn’t a war. Nearly half a century ago, young men came home to jeers, not cheers. Most who served just tried to forget. Some succeeded, some did not. It was the first war where the objectives seemed muddy at best, and questions outnumbered answers even decades later.
For all of [...]

ShareOctober 6th, 2011, Mark Twain Lake – It’s that time of year again when the Indian Creek Campground at Mark Twain Lake is invaded by a full cast of creepy characters! The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is proud to announce the return of the Annual Halloween Walk. From 6 p.m. until 9 [...]

ShareJo note: Anyplace that invites people to look at the rock and fossil case, then has an evening talk on of geology has to be good!
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Mark Twain Lake would like to invite the public to come celebrate the 18th Annual National Public Lands Day on September 24th with [...]

ShareThis Saturday, September 24, is National Public Lands Day as well as National Hunting and Fishing Day. Many federal land managing agencies, such as national parks and monuments and US Forest Service forests celebrate with admission free days, and special events.

An area roundup follows:
National parks: Riverways does not charge an entry fee anytime. [...]

ShareOccasionally Traveler Country laps over onto our borders, especially up U.S. 61 to include news from Mark Twain Lake. With “Talk Like a Pirate Day” coming up Sept. 19, we’re sending an “ahoy” from our Army Corps friend Ben Sapp stationed there to defend the mainland:
Come set sail with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers [...]

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These two stories are related by geography– the common link being Mark Twain Lake in northeast Missouri.
In news that Traveler somehow missed, the Army Corps of Engineers announced in August that the M. C. Boudreaux Visitor Center near Clarence Cannon Dam will have its official grand opening on October 2 of this year. The [...]

ShareTraveler has been corresponding with Robert Nellesen, one of our new Facebook friends. First, Mr. Nellesen won a Traveler magnet for his response to one of our mini-contests. A few days later, he asked if we’d be interested in a few pics of the M. W. Boudreaux Visitor’s Center at Mark Twain Lake, currently under [...]

ShareOn April 14, 2010, the Corps of Engineers at Mark Twain Lake entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the following agencies and organizations to form the FOREST Council: Whitetails Unlimited, Missouri Department of Conservation, USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service, National Active and Retired Federal Employee Association, National Wild Turkey Federation, Show-Me Missouri Back Country [...]

ShareEaster weekend started out cold and blustery. We thought we were pushing the season for a north Missouri campout, but our family outing to Mark Twain State Park turned out to be a good one. Having sold our pop-up trailer after many difficult experiences, we rented a camper cabin. We found that an enjoyable way [...]