Revisiting Noccalula hypercommon.com/2023/02/revisi…

UP SOUTH IN THE OZARKS – Sampling the cultural DNA of a legendary region beautifulozarks.com/up-south-in-th…

CAUGHT AT OSCEOLA MO – Spoonbill / Paddlefish beautifulozarks.com/caught-at-osce…

OZARKS TOURISM OF THE 1940S CAPTURED ON CLOTH beautifulozarks.com/ozarks-tourism…

THE JAMES: TRANSFORMATION OF AN OZARK RIVER beautifulozarks.com/the-james-tran…

The “The Hillbilly Von Trapps,” a powerhouse collection of local talent, are uniting on stage with the @SprngfldSymph for "Power Ballads" Saturday night. Paul Cecchini has a preview and info on how you can get tickets. sgfcitizen.org/springfield-cu…

Girl sings in a church with the most amazing acoustics youtube.com/shorts/H6zswBO… via YouTube

The Ozarks go to Washington:  How an international festival might broaden perceptions of our culturally rich region (even for ourselves!) sgfcitizen.org/springfield-cu…

FolkLIVE Concerts: An Evening with the Ozark Mountain Daredevils youtube.com/live/vYEwbDTVX… via YouTube

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Today in the park. Lovely afternoon

First Lead Mine in Missouri was on the James River. . #Schoolcraft mentioned the site. beautifulozarks.com/first-lead-min… #history #Missouri

Uniquely Kansas City | Bishop Hogan and the #IrishWilderness kshb.com/news/local-new…

The Cemetery stevewiegenstein.wordpress.com/2023/09/24/the… Interesting post about the rediscovering of the Black cemetery in #WestPlains, #Missouri

A mere 175 years ago, John Joseph Hogan started on his journey to America - a journey that had implications for Missouri history as well as the course of the Catholic Church in this country. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.... beautifulozarks.com/john-joseph-ho…

A spectacular view awaits at this overlook. The legend written into this tourist guide has a generic sound. This is one (likely of many) that we didn't have in Lover's Leap Legends - so enjoy the view here! virginia.org/listing/lovers…

Continuing saga of John Joseph Hogan's journey to America from #Ireland in 1848. I explored his route up the #MississippiRiver a few years ago. beautifulozarks.com/alas-no-help-f…

Initially I thought Hogan’s reference to the “mouths (plural) of the Mississippi” was a typo. But when I saw the charts, it was clearly no mistake. At the "Head of Passes" three channels part to seek their own paths to the Gulf. beautifulozarks.com/the-mouths-of-…