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Missouri State Parks
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Linda Endersby had a ready answer when asked for the strangest item in the collection of the Missouri State Museum. “Ella Ewing’s shoes,” she said. “They’re size 24s.”
Endersby is the director of the museum, which is in the State Capitol building in Jefferson City, and she knows [...]

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Missouri State Parks
PINEVILLE, Mo. – One of the first white men to explore the rugged Ozark hills of the far southwest corner of Missouri described it well.
“A tall, thick and rank growth of wild grass covers the whole country, in which the oaks are standing interspersed, like fruit trees in some well-cultivated orchard, [...]

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Missouri State Parks
WEST ALTON, Mo. – Right on cue, V-formations of migrating waterfowl flew in from the north as Patricia Hagen looked out from a wall of windows at the Audubon Center at Riverlands.
“Oh look, white pelicans!” said Hagen, who is executive director of the new $3.3 million bird-watching facility. “People [...]

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By Tom Uhlenbrock
Missouri State Parks
Hawn State Park has the reputation as being Missouri’s prettiest, especially in fall. Ed Schott can look out the window of his office and see why.
“There are [...]

Share(Asst. Ed. note: periodically Missouri state parks put out detailed stories on themselves, especially on lesser known locations or aspects which might make a good road trip. Emery and I met Tom Uhlenbrock, the series author, in September, and we agreed that these might make good blog postings. We’ll leave Tom’s byline on them so [...]