Chamber of Commerce President Incensed by Violent Obscene Novel of the Ozark Hills
“Mountain Music Lovers On March To Springfield; Chamber of Commerce Looks Askance at Hill Billy Antics; Old Fiddlers Will Torture…
Paul Holland, “Hillbilly Artist” of Springfield
These attractive maps promoting rusticated leisure near Springfield were designed by Paul Holland. Paul Holland was the owner of Holland…
Woodruff Believed Springfield’s 1934 Folk Festival was “a lot of freaks”
The committee for the first Springfield Folk Festival, held in 1933. Vance Randolph is third from left, and Sarah…
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….