ShareThanksgiving is traditionally the time when people went to Grandma’s, or if you were a grandma, you knocked yourself out making delicious food.
Getting there and back was half the fun. To celebrate that, here’s a picture of the old hog-trough bridge over Courtois Creek north of Highway 8 between Potosi and Steelville, from a 1960s [...]

ShareLike many folks around here, both Emery and Jo like the Ozark National Scenic Riverways. Not sure when Emery was introduced to the clear, cold water of the Jacks Fork and Current Rivers, but for Jo it was the summer she was 13, during a family vacation at Alley Spring State Park.

ShareThe Bonebrake Center of Nature and History presents “Interesting Missouri Place Names” on Saturday, November 6, 2010 – 7 p.m.

ShareGeneral James R. McCormick Camp 215 of the Sons of Union Veterans in Park Hills, as well as our auxiliary ( Louisa Volker Auxiliary 215, named for the first woman military telegrapher in the Civil War, stationed at Mineral Point, MO) will host a Belated Veteran’s Day Ceremony on Saturday, November 13, 2010 at 11:00 [...]

Shareby Jo Schaper
The ladies and gentlemen of Washington, D.C. came out in carriages with picnic lunches to the first major land battle of the Civil War at Manassas Junction, Va., on July 21, 1861 and were horrified to be overrun by the retreating Federal army.
In similar fashion, spectators outnumbered participants by at least [...]

ShareOn September 18 and 19, 2010, all roads in southeast Missouri and the surrounding areas will lead to the Greenville Recreation Area, just two miles south of Greenville, Missouri, on U.S. Highway 67 at Wappapello Lake. This recreation area and National Historic Site will transform from present day to the early 19th century before [...]

ShareTake your pick. Learn about native Americans at Washington, white settlers at Big Oak Tree state parks on Sept. 11.
The Three Rivers Chapter of the Missouri Archaeological Society will provide information on Missouri’s many cultural resources and assist with tours of the petroglyphs, rock carvings that are remnants of the prehistoric Native American [...]

ShareHave a local fall festival (September or October dates) in your area? Want to tell the world about it? Traveler is listening!

ShareVan Buren, Missouri-Ozark National Scenic Riverways is hosting a “Split and Whittle Workshop” on Saturday, November 7, 2009, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at The Heritage Workshop located at park headquarters in Van Buren, Missouri. This workshop will focus on traditional woodworking crafts, featuring Ozark wood splitting and shaping.

ShareMine tailings are in the news again.
After local residents contacted environmental activist Erin Brockovich (who did not show at two locally scheduled public meetings), Doe Run Company has received an administrative order on July 31 from Region 7 of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to modify a 2006 cleanup agreement with the agency, an [...]