Some people call him “the dress man.” Jim Oxley and his homemade collection of frilly little dresses for girls can be found on the Mountain Grove Square during the town’s Farmers’ Market days. How does a 93-year-old man find himself on the town square selling dresses reminiscent of the 1960s? Here’s ...
Bollinger Mill Graffiti from the Past
While onsite at the Bollinger Mill State Historic Site, near Cape Girardeau, Missouri, I noticed scrawls on the walls. When I asked Holly Rohr (DNR employee) about the autographed walls, she said, “We have lots of historic graffiti, both inside the mill and inside the covered bridge that dates ...
In Search of The Sinks
In this throwback column from 2002, my husband and I went in search of The Sinks in Shannon County, Missouri. Although it appears that the property associated with this site has changed ownership, the site itself is still flowing. “Where are they?” I asked out loud. “I’ve been here before, and I ...
The Great Wall of Cape Girardeau
Cape Girardeau began at the river’s edge, back in the days when French fur traders started using the settlement as a port on the Mississippi River in the early 1700s. You still can see Cape Girardeau’s European influence in the downtown area near the river, and from there, it sprawled into a small ...
Alhambra Grotto, Knotwell Smelter and Pool Holler
This is the story of a typical afternoon search for me back when I wrote a weekly newspaper column that appeared in a few Missouri newspapers. I found the Alhambra Grotto, Knotwell smelter and Pool Holler. ~BB “Now, where is that Scooby-Doo headband?” I asked myself as I searched through the flotsam ...
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