A friend called me and asked me if I’d like to go to the “Poor Farm.” She mentioned that her neighbors had purchased the site where the Wright County Farm and Alms House used to stand, and would be willing to show me where the graveyard associated with it lay. How could I say no? We headed over to ...
Jim Oxley, ‘The Dress Man’
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 ...
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