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….
Ozarks
UP SOUTH IN THE OZARKS – Sampling the cultural DNA of a legendary region
5-Star Review of Brooks Blevins new book by Leland Payton National and regional identities may not have disappeared but what…
SURREAL 1907 OSAGE RIVER POSTCARD
What in the world is that ball on a stick doing in the middle of the Osage River, poking up…
A PRETTY BUT MISLEADING PHOTO OF GRANDIN, MO, CIRCA 1905
This seems an appropriate card to post this week as temperatures fall and freezing mist turns roads into treacherous slides….