The flood of 1943 The flood of 1943 destroyed homes and businesses all along the Osage River. At Bagnell Dam the battle to save the power plant drew hundreds of volunteers. “By May 1943, …
The Harmony Mission Trace “An Osage trail led from Western Missouri to the mouth of the Osage River, later replaced by the old Harmony Mission Trace. An Osage-Shawnee trail crossed the Osage …
Holiday House Holiday House, “a modern resort hotel where the traveler and his family will find all the conveniences of an up-to-date metropolitan hostelry combined with the friendliness and …
Lee Mace Lee Mace was born July 30, 1927, at Brumley to Lucian Thomas and Clare Buster Mace. He died June 16, 1985, in a plane crash in Gladstone Cove on Lake of the Ozarks near Gravois Mills. A …
Much of the conversation at the Miller County picnics in 1926 was about the proposed 2,360 foot long dam on the Osage River. The Lake of the Ozarks did not exist. By the Summer of 1926 …
“Would you get hip to this kindly trip, and go take that California trip. GET YOUR KICKS...” At the beginning of the 1920s no one really knew what highway business was but plenty of …
July 4, 1921, was celebrated with picnics at Eldon and Iberia. The American Legion picnic in Eldon advertised the very best good cold well water, good shade, and plenty of water and shade for …
Our Summer of Disorganized Baseball - The North Side Rinkydinks vs. the South Side Sluggers [Excerpt from Cow Pasture Wars by Bob Richardson] One day, when the Norths were pummeling us …
Vintage look at Olean First Olean Street Fair 1909 Eldon Advertiser 1979 by Madolyn McFarland Olean’s street fairs were recalled by Herbert H. Allee, former Olean resident. The …
At his summer job, a 15 year-old dug up a career - as a Forensic Archaeologist. “Back in 1967 at Stark Caverns south of Eldon, there were a couple of teenage boys, Glen Bashore and Kent …
Cross Roads/Atwell Community Progress Notes by Joe Pryor June 28, 2010 In the southeast corner of the county, close to the Maries County line, was once a small settlement known as Atwell. …
[Excerpts from articles in the June 14, 1917, Eldon Advertiser] June 7th was a day of tragedy for the men working on the Rock Island Railroad in 1917. A west bound local …
The First Stars and Stripes [from Judge Jenkins History of Miller County, Volume I] In May 1861, the womenfolk of the families of Hawkins and Robinson, having torn old dresses of vivid …
Never Forget Eldon Advertiser, September 12, 1968 Jimmy Don Lester graduated from Eldon High School in 1966 and entered the military in January 1968. After basic training at Fort Wood and …
China School: "In the spring of 1925 we moved from Eldon to three miles southwest of Brumley on the Glaize Creek. I started to school at China that fall. It was a concrete building with two doors. …
The Birth of Farm Cooperatives Arthur Lee Farnham was born on April 11, 1898, and grew up north of Iberia. Lee's father, David Porter Farnham, was less than a year old (1866) when his parents …
On April 30, 1904, the gates opened at the Louisiana Exposition / World's Fair in St. Louis. Imagine leaving Eldon to visit the World's Fair on your honeymoon as C. S. Idsardi and new bride Cora …
On April 17, 1917, American patriotism, as defined in speeches, newspapers, and advertisements, meant intolerance of anything pro-German. Emil Albert Becker was born in Germany in 1858, one of …
Miller County Ferrys In 1862 Jacob Capps began a ferry service near the mouth of Humphrey's Creek at the site where an old road led to the river. The road began at Iberia and went northward to …
Two phrases to remember for spring planting: When the plow reached the end of the row, a farmer called out "Haw" if he wanted the horses/mules to turn left and he would call out "Gee" if he wanted …