Showing posts with label local history. Show all posts
Showing posts with label local history. Show all posts
Sunday, January 17, 2016

The Box, the Belt, the Hinge

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Back today to the site of my mysterious ruin in the woods. Now in 20-degree weather with a dusting of snow, I had a broom and rake to he...
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Monday, November 23, 2015

The Gate That's Gone

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This property once had gates at its entrance on Highway F, with gateposts of pink Missouri granite. The gateposts had been wired to have li...
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Friday, July 11, 2014

What Does "Ozark" Mean?

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We say “Ozark” but where did that name come from and what does it mean? Is it French, perhaps formerly “Ozarque”? Is it Indian? Which Indian...
Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Sandy Creek Covered Bridge: Peace

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All seemed so crisp and fresh this first day of 2014 that I treated myself to the historic 1872 covered bridge in my own home county, one ...
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Saturday, November 10, 2012

The Old French Trading Post

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Toured the private historic site Fort LaCharrette with its proprietor, architectural historian Wheelock Crosby Brown, who showed me around...
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Saturday, September 1, 2012

The Old Tiff Mills

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Interviewed a lady named Mary Jean Daugherty who grew up during World War II in Richwoods, in Washington County, next county over from he...
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Monday, May 7, 2012

Bethel Methodist Church, Labadie, MO

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Built in 1868 in the Greek Revival Style. In 1993 this building was added to the National Register of Historic Places. Taken on one of tho...
Wednesday, February 29, 2012

The Roberts Cemetery in Robertsville

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In a corner of Robertsville State Park, at the end of a dirt path, in a clearcut beneath electrical wires, the Roberts family forever rest...
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Saturday, January 14, 2012

The Battle of Pacific

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At sunrise on Oct. 1, 1864, Confederate General William Cabell and troops set fire to the then-new and modern railroad facilities at Paci...
Sunday, December 26, 2010

Doc Sargent, Revealed

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Photocopied pages of a local-history book finally reveal the real Doc Sargent who gave his name to a nearby road. Dr. Jesse Sargent (1872-19...