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In yesterdays post I showed what Maggard Cabin looked like before
In yesterdays post I showed what Maggard Cabin looked like before restoration work began on it. The first two photos today illustrate what the Nation...

Lets examine the appearance of Maggard Cabin before The National
Lets examine the appearance of Maggard Cabin before The National Park Service restored it. I took the two photos in 1983, one if the exterior and one...

The maintenance staff at Ozark National Scenic Riverways has to be
The maintenance staff at Ozark National Scenic Riverways has to be skilled in the crafts of the past as well as the present because they work on struc...

While we are on the subject of axes in The Ozarks, lets examine
While we are on the subject of axes in The Ozarks, lets examine the kinds of such hewing axes through time. In the first photo are three broadaxes ar...

Our Ozark settlement pattern on the landscape has changed
Our Ozark settlement pattern on the landscape has changed drastically through time. From circa 1880 to 1950 a family could make a living off of just ...

If you are a descendant of the first Scots-Irish settlers in the
If you are a descendant of the first Scots-Irish settlers in the southeastern Ozarks, it is likely that your ancestors fought in The Revolutionary Wa...