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Order Missouri tree seedlings until April 30

f you’re anything like Traveler staff, after a few weeks of warm weather you start thinking about planting things. Jo’s got her tomato seeds in pots warming in the sun as she types this.
Traveler Country is home to the George O White Forest Nursery near Licking. Every year, from late November through April 30, [...]

Meramec Fenton Bridge demolition starts

When the structures and places of your childhood start tumbling into the river, it’s time to pause and check your pulse.
I knew the demolition of the Meramec River bridge at Fenton was only a matter of time when the bridge was closed in 2007, only a few hours after the I-35W bridge collapse in [...]

Attack of the Bambi Rats

by Jo Schaper
According to the Wildlife Code, it’s illegal to shoot deer from the road.
Lucky for Eugene and me, that admonition does not include a Canon G9 with a 2-gigabyte card. Saturday November 28, with admirably crisp late fall weather, we went to Salem on business, and unwilling to waste the day, stopped by Maramec [...]