ShareUsually things from this site are cross-posted to Facebook. Here is one which has come the other direction.
Thanks to “Ranger Bill” O’Donnell of NPS, and real world and Facebook friend, for this little You Tube gem:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQzsCR5JehI
The singer is Tom Aley, senior hydrologist, and founder of the Ozark Underground Laboratory near Protem, Missouri. [...]

Shareby Jo Schaper
Back in the days before GPS, when a surveyor measured out a parcel of land, he needed to establish the corners of the parcel for the legal description, preferably using some landmark unlikely to move. Various techniques were used, but in forested areas, the most common was the “witness tree.”
The surveyor blazed the [...]

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 [...]

ShareThere is a time for love and laughter
The days will pass like summer storms
The winter wind will follow after
But there is love and love is warm
“There is a Time”… Lyrics by Rodney Dillard/Mitch Jayne
Mitch Jayne, humorist, bass player for the bluegrass/newgrass band The Dillards, language scholar and Ozark storyteller, passed away August 2, 2010, in [...]

ShareNow on permanent display in our Photo Gallery: 2010 Traveler Readers Choice winners. Check out this album for our readers picks of the best outdoor, places and people and businesses in Traveler  Country.
Ballots for the 2011 Traveler Readers Choice awards will be published in our September and October issues. Be sure to vote for your favorites [...]

ShareKenny Collins and Aaron Pruiett, both of West Plains, DID NOT win the annual Dale Kipp Birthday Goggle-eye Tournament on Current River at Van Buren.  John Conner, West Plains, and Merlin Pyrtle of Jackson — in the new shirts — did win the tournament. They were so sure of themselves they had these shirts printed [...]

ShareBy Emery Styron
I’m enjoying getting acquainted with south central Missouri folks at the at the Greater Ozark Region Outdoor Adventures Sportshow at the West Plains Civic Center.
The atmosphere is relaxed and friendly. Show co-chair Tom Harris of the West Plains Lions Club has been around to make all the vendors feel welcome. Traffic is not [...]

ShareGene and Eleanor Maggard, longtime owners of Akers Ferry Canoe Rental, Jacks Fork Canoe Rental and Jason Place Campground, were inducted into the Missouri Tourism Hall of Fame at the Missouri Governor’s Conference on Tourism, held Sept. 29-30 in Branson.
The Hall of Fame award is given annually to recognize people whose long-term contributions have [...]

ShareJohn Hoskins, director of the Missouri Dept. of Conservation for the last seven years, has announced his intent to retire on January 15, 2010.
“There are seasons and cycles in nature, and a season is changing in my life; the cycle of service as director of the Department is nearing an end,” Hoskins said. “Janet and [...]