FIRST Lead Mine in Missouri was on the James River
Lead mine along Pearson Creek, circa 1900. Commercial extraction of lead here began in the 1840s and ended around 1920….
James Fork of the White
Evolution of Ozark Bridges
Real photo postcard, 1920s, Ozark, Missouri. Wooden covered bridges were never common and very few survive. Iron bridges were abundant…
THE LOST SPRING CREEK MILL AT HURLEY
Water driven mills were a necessity in isolated Ozark valleys. They were a community gathering place and Ozarkers are enormously…
The Battle for Ozarks Identity
John T. Woodruff: progressive president of the Springfield Chamber of Commerce. Woodruff had thousands of copies of “The Ozark Empire…