Meramec Cave – early tourism
Real photo postcard. Entrance to Meramec Cave in Stanton, Missouri. Probably 1930s Caves have been inhabited and served as…
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PEARL SPURLOCK, the Tourist’s Friend
Pearl Spurlock, tourist guide and raconteur extraordinaire of the early Shepherd of the Hills days in Branson. “Sparky” was such…
Ozark Chair Shop, Beaver Dam.
Although this was called Ozark Chair Shop, for the passing tourist what caught the eye were the colorful drip-glaze pots…
Scenes along the Mississippi 1848 and 2017
Hogan describes the scenery along the river as the tug pulls the clipper ship slowly toward New Orleans, 107 miles…