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CLARK MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT CO. – PIEDMONT CANYON, WAYNE COUNTY

bossFebruary 27, 2025April 1, 20250

The 1920s saw a surge in optimistic developers vying to attract the leisure class to vacation destinations in the Ozarks….

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Ozark Chair Shop, Beaver Dam.

bossJune 11, 2024May 30, 20240

Although this was called Ozark Chair Shop, for the passing tourist what caught the eye were the colorful drip-glaze pots…

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Springfield “a Gem of a City”

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John T. Woodruff and the Chamber of Commerce had encouraged private companies in the 1920s and ’30s to harness the…

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A True Ozark Icon: the Hillbilly

bossOctober 17, 2023September 11, 20230

Controversy over viewing the Ozarks as a refuge of degenerate primitives has a long history. This symbol of profound rusticity…

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