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SUMMER EVENTS CLARKSVILLE

Missouri ‘Show-Me’ State Chili Cook-Off

June 10

“A Day in Oz”

August 26

APPLEFEST

October 14•15

CURRYVILLE

Back Forty Bluegrass Festival

May 25•26•27•28

LOUISIANA

Big BAM Bicycle Ride

June 16

Riverfront Fireworks Display

July 4

The Louisiana Country COLORFEST

October 21•22

BOWLING GREEN Pike County Fair

July 25•26•27•28•29 Heritage Festival

September 9

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Contents M AY 2 0 1 7

in every issue >

[18] SHOW-ME BOOKS Meet Mr. Stinky Feet, Jim Cosgrove; learn about post baby boomers; solve a Kansas City murder mystery; explore caves with Luella Agnes Owen; and join Ennis and Ada on a trip to a dairy farm.

[32] ESCAPE We’ve found nine ways to get off the beaten path this year on your Missouri vacation.

[22] MUSIC

special features >

Celebrate fifty years in Branson with Presleys’ Country Jubilee; step up to the plate for a CD of classic and new baseball songs; and find out about a performance by three legendary musicians.

What better place can there be to experience the epic Solar Eclipse of 2017

[24] MISSOURI ARTIST

[28] STATE PARKS IN THE DARK than in one of Missouri’s state parks or on the Katy Trail?

[46] THE HOLY TRINITY Experience three of the country’s most notable naturalists, live and in person. Well, sort of. Reenactors recreate Thoreau, Muir, and Leopold.

[50] ENDING QUANTRILL’S REIGN How did “conscientious, unassuming” John Langford manage to bring down

Lee’s Summit artist Tina Garrett is as passionate about her painting as she is about teaching.

[66] MUSINGS Ron Marr takes on the current political climate with a keen perception and the notion that, while loud, neither side is fully right or fully wrong.

one of Missouri’s most notorious Civil War renegades?

[68] NO PLACE LIKE HOME

[56] FOR HONOR AND SACRIFICE

Small-town festivals, built on pride and dreams, bring family and friends back home for traditional holiday celebrations.

We highlight Missouri’s five veterans cemeteries, two national cemeteries, and a Kansas City trail that honors fallen police officers.

[62] THAT’S PECULIAR The Cass County town with the peculiar name manages to retain its small-town identity while continuing to grow on Interstate 49.

[72] TREAT YOUR BELLY TO A DELI We’ve discovered some of the best “sammich” makers in the Show-Me State whose creativity is tested only by their variations of bread, meat, and cheeses.

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special section > [42] CARROLLTON FUN Plan your getaway vacation to the community of Carrollton in north-central Missouri.

Contents

CONTENT BY LOCATION 55

M AY 2 0 1 7

73 59 55, 59 35 61, 74 16 14 72 75 24 62 14 46 41

departments > [10] MY MISSOURI LIFE

[16] MADE IN MISSOURI

Editor-in-Chief Danita Allen Wood

Ice cream, date syrup, and wholesome

introduces nature photographer

doggie treats highlight this month’s

Jim Rathert. And we meet CMU

Missouri creations.

38 56 52 16, 22, 58, 60 74 37 22, 40 78

14, 16, 57, 75 78 39 32 78 57

student intern Lori A. Addington.

[76] RECIPES [12] LETTERS

Deli-inspired recipes include

We get our dam facts straight. Plus,

sandwiches, microwave sweet potato

[83] ALL AROUND MISSOURI

Lorry gets a love letter from an avid

chips, pickles, and Dutch letters.

It’s time to pack up the family and

fan. And our coverage of Missouri

head out into the Missouri sunshine

events gets a reader “out there.”

[78] DINING WORTH THE DRIVE

[14] MO MIX

Our culinary tour takes us to Festus,

MO Prairie Foundation receives an

Hollister, and Perryville.

to enjoy the art, historical, and music festivals all across the state.

[98] THE BACK STORY

award. A St. Louis couple is recognized

The big red barn needed restoration.

for arts contributions. And the mysteri-

[70] HEALTHY LIFE

Who would be up to the challenge?

ous Korla returns in a Columbia exhibit.

Understanding Zika helps allay fears.

Publisher Greg Wood tells the story.

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CELEBRATE KC WITH STINKY FEET

MOTHER’S DAY STARTS WITH MO

LAUGH WITH THE PRESLEYS

Author/singer/songwriter Jim “Mr. Stinky

This year, give Mom a little bit of Missouri

Enjoy comedy and music as the cast of

Feet” Cosgrove shares his love for Kansas City

with a gift from our online store. We’ve got

Presleys’ Country Jubilee sends Cecil “Back

with a video tribute. Watch it on our website.

books, apparel, and jewelry that Moms love.

to the Future” in a classic stage performance.

There’s still time to BAM

Bicyclers in search of adventure can still sign up for the 2017 Bicycle Across Missouri June 10-16. Go to BigBAMRide.com for more information or to register.

on the cover> NO HORSING AROUND Sonny Huff of Bucks and Spurs in Ava prepares one of the ranch’s horses for riding. The ranch features City Slickersstyle vacations. See the story on off-the-beaten-path rest and recreation opportunities that begins on page 32.

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it’s i t’s FESTIVAL SEASON In Fulton’s BRICK DISTRICT and beyond!

June 16 - 17 experience Summer in the Midwest at the Fulton Street Fair, a t wo-day event held each June in Fulton's Brick District. Attractions include a parade, car show, soon-to-be-famous mule races, brick skidding competition, go-kart derby, tug-o-war contest, kiddie corral and carnival, great food, arts and crafts, live entertainment and more.

On May 25 - 28, the Art House hosts Callaway Plein Air, a four-day outdoor painting event followed by the ‘Wet Paint Receptionʻ and exhibit. Catch artists in action as they find inspiration in the small-town charm of historic buildings, diverse praiThe weekend of August 18 - 21, Fulton and Callaway ries, rolling hills and valleys along the Missouri River. County are planning a series of events leading up to the first total solar eclipse to sweep across the entire nation since 1918. Callaway County offers optimal viewing of this wonder of nature. The weekend will be packed with "Light and Shadow" events, starting with a Friday evening art exhibit and reception; Saturday art class and farmers' market activities; and Sunday celebration at Serenity Valley Winery with live music and a hot air balloon glow. Events culminate Monday, August 21, with an eclipse viewing party at Serenity Valley Winery and other viewing events throughout the county. For more information, go to w w w.v is i t f u lto n . c o m /e c l i p s e. ht m l or call (573) 642-7692 . While you are here, check out these local attracti ons: -National Churchill Museum -Berlin Wall Sculpture -Church of St. Mary, Aldermanbury -Art House Gallery -Auto World Car Museum -Craneʻs Country Store & Craneʻs Museum

-Callaway County Historical Society -Serenity Valley Winery -Canterbur y Hill Winery -Katy Trail State Park -Missouri Firefighters Memorial -Prairie Garden Trust

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y MISSOURI LIFE WHAT’S HAPPENING HERE WE’RE EXCITED ABOUT greeting our first guests on the sold-out tour, “Find the Spirit of Discovery in the Show-Me State.” It’s our first tour in partnership with the fine folks at Country Travel Discoveries. This tour takes our guests in a big loop around the northern half of our state, from Kansas City to Weston, St. Joseph, Hamilton,

DANITA ALLEN WOOD, EDITOR

Jamesport, Marceline, Thousand Hills State Park, Hannibal, Mexico, Fulton, Boonville, and Arrow Rock. Our staff will greet them here in Boonville, when they stay and dine at the Hotel Frederick and tour our offices in the hotel’s east wing. Although this tour is sold out and one in October is filling fast, Country Travel Discoveries has added

► GREG,

OUR PUBLISHER (and my

husband), traded a Missouri Life subscription for a beautiful bird cup with a vendor when they both attended the annual meeting of the Conservation Federation of Missouri. I’m not a serious bird-watcher; I don’t keep a life list. But for years, I have filled feeders strategically placed outside my home office, living room, dining room, and kitchen windows. I don’t have a way to place feeders outside my office windows, so the mug sits on my desk. Now I can enjoy the birds when I’m workJIM RATHERT ing at my computer. The mugs are handmade by Jim Rathert of Jefferson City. He started making them about nine years ago after he bought a cup that went into the trash three months later because the image on it had completely faded away. He kept thinking to himself, “There must be a better way.” Eventually, he found it. Jim starts with a blank cup and uses a process called dye sublimation. He selects images from his own photography, then he makes a print transfer image with dye to wrap around the mug. The cup goes into a 400-degree oven for about twenty minutes, and the dye “sublimates” into a gas that chemically penetrates the glaze on the cup.

“The magic happens in just an instant,” Jim says, and the timing is critical. He learned that the hard way. He once left his studio to have dinner with his wife and discovered that an hour was way too long. The images became abstract instead of razor sharp. The process means he makes cups one at a time, but he can bake up to a dozen at a time. Jim retired about eleven years ago from the Missouri Department of Conservation, where he spent his early career as a biologist and the latter portion as a photographer. His interest in birds has been lifelong, and his interest in photography started when his father was in the printing department at the University of Missouri. Jim became fascinated by the printing process. His cups are sold in nature and bird stores throughout the Midwest and at craft shows and conventions. You can also find his mugs and contact information at JimRathert.com. Or just call him at 573-338-4115. He enjoys the creative challenge of coming up with the cups people want. Stay tuned. We’re so enamored of Jim’s mugs that we’ve asked him about creating one for Missouri Life with just bluebirds, the official state bird of Missouri.

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the beaten path to explore some of the hidden treasures we’ve discovered over the years. For more information, visit MissouriLife.com/northern-missouri-tour.—Danita

LORI ADDINGTON

FROM OUR MISSOURI LIFE TEAM For the past four years, I have been a communication major at Central Methodist University. I have written more papers than I care to count, and have been part of a few organizations on campus. People always ask me what I want to do when I graduate, and I have yet to come up with a good answer. I had one last opportunity to figure it out by squeezing in one more internship. These past four months, I’ve spent two days a week researching, writing, interviewing, and editing. To some, that may not sound too exciting, but I’ve loved every second of it. Working at Missouri Life gave me more insight about how publications grow from a few ideas into a magazine filled with adventures to be had and fascinating stories of fellow Missourians to read. I still don’t know exactly what I want to do when I graduate, but from my time here, I know I’ll continue writing. —Lori A. Addington

JIM RATHERT, HARRY KATZ

BIRD BY BIRD

a second fall date for this tour, where we take you off

ESCAPE FOR THE DAY OR THE WEEKEND Benton County has a one-of-a-kind trail system perfect for a morning ride or an evening stroll

BENTON COUNTY HIKING AND BIKING TRAILS It has been said that you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t come to Benton County to stay inside. We understand how important communing with nature is to both physical and mental health. Our one-of-a-kind, ever-expanding trail system accommodates the tastes of all users. Whether you are a casual stroller, a long-distance power walker, or a recreational jogger, on our 8 miles of river and nature trails youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re surrounded by nature. Also check out our Truman Lake Mountain Bike Park and Hiking Area. This 22-mile scenic trail system includes a variety of trail segments for a wide range of users. Come enjoy the nature of our trails.

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MAY

LETTERS from all over You write them. We print them.

MISSED IT BY THAT MUCH! Bad error on page 51 of the February issue. The last sentence said Bagnell Dam was built in 1951. It should have said 1931. I crossed the dam many times in the ’30s and ’40s. I was superintendent of schools in Boonville from 1966 until 1971 and have fond memories of the Frederick Hotel and the Boonslick area. I loved Boonville and the gracious people there. We enjoy Missouri Life magazine.—Don Wyss, Russellville We certainly can’t fault your memory, Don. Construction of Bagnell Dam started in 1929 and was completed in 1931. In fact, the Great Depression began just months afCompared to today’s standards, construction of the Bagnell Dam was done using relatively primitive equipment. It was completed in 1931.

dam gave a much-needed boost to the state’s economy and helped keep food on the table for area families. Thanks for keeping us on our toes.

A LOVE LETTER TO LORRY Hey, Lorry, I read your story in Missouri Life magazine. It was a good one and reminded me of when Tempe and

check out the box on this page about how you can get your vacation photos and memories into a future issue.

I decided to take our “blended” family of kids on a

SHOW-ME YOUR MISSOURI LIFE The end of May is typically the start of the

vacation. We went to Florida. One daughter did not

OUT THERE

want to spend time on the beach because she would

summer vacation season. This year, we’d like

We moved here one year ago to Columbia and your

sunburn. Another daughter was only interested in

to invite you to remember Missouri Life with

magazine “gets us out there,” knowing what is going

shopping and any boys around.

your family snapshots and travel memories.

on! Just renewed!—Bernideen Canfield, Columbia

The two sons had a great time on the beach. The

You can e-mail your high-resolution (300dpi)

Thanks, Bernideen. Getting out there is what we’re all

boys thought it was a great vacation, and the two

pictures and stories to Martin@MissouriLife.

about. This seems like as good a place as any to remind

girls could not wait to get back home. Tempe and I

com or send them to Editor, Missouri Life, 501

readers about our Missouri State Parks Special 100th

kinda wished we had just gone alone!

High Street, Suite A, Boonville, MO 65233.

Anniversary Edition that is still available on newsstands.

Please remember to identify everybody in the

The softcover “bookazine” has photos and features about

picture and tell us where it was taken. Include

Missouri’s ninety-two state parks, including trail listings

your contact information, in case we have any

and fun facts. It’s the ideal size to carry along on your

Humphrey, Columbia

questions. We can’t return photos, so please

family outings. If you can’t find it in the store, you can find

Reading Lorry’s column is the highlight of our month as

make sure you only send us copies. We’ll print

it online at MissouriLife.com/store. Or call us at 877-570-

well. While we’re on the subject of vacations, be sure to

the best ones in future issues of Missouri Life.

9898, Ext. 101 and we’ll get one to you.

Anyway, I enjoyed the story. I hope I get to read more in the future. Hope all is well with you and your family.—David

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Mo MIX Saving the Prairies Jefferson City ► THE CONSERVATION FEDERATION OF MISSOURI has honored the Missouri Prairie Foundation with the Conservation Organization of the Year Award. The group received the award at the CFM annual convention in March in Jefferson City. Once covering at least fifteen million acres in Missouri—one-third of the state—prairies are home to a stunning diversity of species. Today, fewer than 70,000 scattered acres of original prairie remain in Missouri. Celebrating its fiftieth anniversary last year, MPF is the only organization in Missouri whose land conservation efforts are devoted exclusively to prairies and other na-

Bringing the Arts Back Home St. Louis

tive grasslands. MPF also promotes the use of native plants through its Grow Native! program and supports the identification and control of invasive plant species through its Missouri Invasive

“WHAT YOU’VE DONE FOR THE LEAST OF THEM, you’ve

Plant Task Force.

done for me,” is the motivating scripture for David

Get more information at MoPrairie.org.

and Thelma Steward, who have been honored by Jazz at Lincoln Center for their commitment to the arts and youth development in St. Louis and beyond. JALC is a global institution led by the Pulitzer Prize

The Return of Korla Columbia

and Grammy award-winning musician and perform-

IN 1939, Columbia native John Roland Redd began his

Good Book: Fifty-two Lessons on Success, Straight

journey to Hollywood with dreams of becoming a musi-

from the Bible. The couple has supported the arts

cian. As racial prejudice was rampant at the time, John

by serving on such local boards as the St. Louis Sym-

used his light skin to his advantage and became known

phony, Sheldon Concert Hall, St. Louis Science Cen-

as Latin performer Juan Rolando. In 1944, John reinvent-

ter, Civic Progress of St. Louis Regional Chamber and

ed himself as the mysterious Korla Pandit, becoming the

Growth Association, Webster University, The Greater

first black performer to have his own television show—

St. Louis Area Council of Boy Scouts of America, Va-

though pretending to be an East Indian from New Delhi.

riety the Children’s Charity of St. Louis, and Harris-

His musical wizardry on the piano and Hammond B-3

Stowe State University’s African American Business

organ was said to be mesmerizing.

Leadership.

er, Wynton Marsalis. David is the founder of World Wide Technology Inc. and author of the 2004 book, Doing Business by the

The life and music of Korla Pandit are the subjects

“David is a man of faith,” says Wynton Marsalis.

of Korla, an exhibit at the Boone County Museum and

“His generosity has made it possible for us to expand

Galleries that is running through July. The exhibit was

and enrich audiences for jazz through Jazz at Lincoln

inspired by the PBS documentary Korla, which will be available on DVD for $25 at the museum store.

Center’s Abyssinian Gospel Tour. It makes us proud

The Boone County Museum and Galleries, 3801 Ponderosa Street in historic Nifong Park, is open 11 AM to

to have an African American sponsor for something

4:30 PM Wednesday through Saturday, and noon to 4:30 PM Sundays. For more information on the exhibit, visit

of this magnitude.” For more information on Jazz at

BooneHistory.org/special-exhibits or call 573-443-8936.—Lori A. Addington

Lincoln Center, go to Jazz.org.—Martin W. Schwartz

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COURTESY MISSOURI PRAIRIE FOUNDATION, JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER, BOONE COUNTY MUSEUM AND GALLERIES

—Martin W. Schwartz

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Made IN MISSOURI Nice Cream St. Louis ► WHO DOESN’T LOVE fresh, cold ice cream on a hot Missouri day? Plenty of options may exist, but Clementine’s Naughty & Nice Creamery in St. Louis’s Lafayette Square is the only microcreamery in Missouri. What’s a microcreamery? Owner Tamara Keefe explains that to qualify for this distinction, her ice cream meets the following criteria: created in small batches, handcrafted, all-natural, less than 30 percent overrun (the amount of air that’s whipped into ice cream), and a butterfat content of more than 16 percent. Customers’ favorite flavors include Gooey Butter Cake, Salted

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AFTER MUCH SUCCESS selling home-baked treats for canines at the Zona Rosa Farmers Market in Kansas City, Dottie and Brian Fiest launched Cassie’s K-9 Bakery at 201 North Forest Avenue in Independence. Doggie favorite flavors include Peanut Butter Oatmeal, Chicken Liver, Banana, and Sweet Potato. Dottie and Brian use locally sourced ingredients in their dog treats without any wheat, corn, soy, dairy, eggs, or added preservatives. To make the treats even sweeter, Cassie’s K-9 Bakery donates a percentage of proceeds to no-kill shelters. For more information on ordering or to check out the dog treat menu, visit K9Bakery.net, or follow them on Facebook at K9Bakery. –Lori A. Addington

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Friday: 1:00p - Finley River Boys 1:50p - KBA Treblemakers 2:40p - Lonesome Road 3:30p - Rural Roots 4:20p - Volume Five 5:00p - Dinner Break 6:00p - Finley River Boys 6:40p - KBA Treblemakers 7:20p - Rural Roots 8:00p - Lonesome Road 8:40p - Volume Five Saturday: 12:45p - Welcome 1:00p - KBA Treblemakers 1:55p - Rural Roots 2:50p - Lonesome Road 3:45p - Volume Five 4:40p - Flatt Lonesome 5:10p - Dinner Break 6:00p - KBA Treblemakers 6:40p - Rural Roots 7:20p - Lonesome Road 8:00p - Volume Five 8:40p - Flatt Lonesome Sunday 8:30a - Church Service Emcee: Gene Reasoner Lights: Steve Klein

THE MISSOURI

TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE, 2017

Dark in the Parks BY LORI A. ADDINGTON

The chart at right lists all of Missouri’s state parks that are on the line of totality along with the time the eclipse begins, ends, and when darkness occurs. Status is current as of press time, but camping and lodging sites are booking fast, so check the park’s website for current availability. SO designates Sold Out. Missouri’s state parks and historic sites are always great places to visit in August, but with the impending eclipse, many have scheduled educational and viewing celebrations. Arrow Rock State Historic Site will host a star-gazing walk on August 20 and an astronomy lecture on August 21 by Hubble Space Telescope scientist Trisha Muro. Hidden Figures: African Americans, Eclipses and Astronomy will be presented at Bollinger Mill State Historic Site in Burfordville starting at noon on August 21. Learn about the important roles former slave Nat Turner and naturalist Benjamin Banneker played in astronomy.

MISSOURI STATE PARKS AND HISTORIC SITES ON THE TOTALITY LINE Guests may make camping and lodging reservations at Missouri state parks for the weekend of the eclipse. Reservations require a three-night stay from August 18 through August 21. Call 877-422-6766 or go to MoStateParks.com and click on the Total Eclipse icon to make a reservation.

STATE PARK OR STATE HISTORIC SITE

CAMPING

Arrow Rock SHS

Dr. Edmund A. Babler Memorial SP

START

PEAK

TOTALITY

•

11:44 am

1:10 pm

2:41.6

•

11:49 am

1:16 pm

1:56.1

Battle of Lexington SHS

11:42 am

1:09 pm

2:29.2

Battle of Pilot Knob SHS

11:49 am

1:18 pm

0:27.1

Big Lake SP

11:39 am

1:05 pm

2:35.7

Bollinger Mill SHS

11:51 am

1:19 pm

1:29.5

Boone’s Lick SHS

11:44 am

1:11 pm

2:41.3

Bothwell Lodge SHS

11:43 am

1:10 pm

1:59.9

Castlewood SP

11:49 am

1:16 pm

1:59.3

Clark’s HIll/Norton SHS

11:46 am

1:13 pm

2:34.6

Confederate Memorial SHS

11:42 am

1:09 pm

2:24.5

Deutschheim SHS

11:47 am

1:14 pm

2:31.8

Gov. Daniel Dunklin’s Grave SHS

11:49 am

1:17 pm

2:33.3

Elephant Rocks SP

11:49 am

1:18 pm

0:40.0

Finger Lakes SP

•

11:45 am

1:12 pm

2:26.9

Graham Cave SP

•

11:47 am

1:14 pm

2:23.7

Hawn SP

•

11:50 am

1:17 pm

2:32.5

Jewell Cemetery SHS

11:45 am

1:12 pm

2:40.4

Knob Noster SP

•

11:43 am

1:10 pm

0:47.9

Lewis and Clark SP

•

11:40 am

1:06 pm

2:20.8

Mastodon SP

11:49 am

1:17 pm

2:20.8

Meramec SP

11:48 am

1:15 pm

2:35.3

Missouri Mines SHS

11:49 am

1:17 pm

2:18.6

Jefferson Landing SHS

11:46 am

1:13 pm

2:31.4

Onondaga Cave SP

•

11:48 am

1:15 pm

2:07.9

Robertsville SP

•

11:48 am

1:16 pm

2:36.4

Don Robinson SP

11:49 am

1:16 pm

2:35.3

Rock Bridge Memorial SP

11:45 am

1:12 pm

2:41.4

Route 66 SP

11:49 am

1:16 pm

2:13.4

St. Francois SP

•

11:49 am

1:17 pm

2:34.5

St. Joe SP

•

11:49 am

1:17 pm

2:13.7

Sandy Creek Covered Bridge SHS

11:49 am

1:16 pm

2:36.9

Sappington Cemetery SHS

11:49 am

1:10 pm

2:40.7

Trail of Tears SP

11:52 am

1:20 pm

2:20.5

Felix Vallé House SHS

11:50 am

1:18 pm

2:42.3

Van Meter SP

•

11:43 am

1:10 pm

2:40.0

Wallace SP

•

11:41 am

1:07 pm

2:35.8

Washington SP

•

11:49 am

1:16 pm

2:38.5

Watkins Mill SP

•

11:41 am

1:07 pm

2:34.8

Weston Bend SP

•

11:40 am

1:06 pm

2:15.6

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LODGING

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COURTESY MISSOURI DIVISION OF TOURISM

Rock Bridge Memorial State Park near Columbia has the longest totality of the state parks system. The August 21 eclipse offers a rare opportunity to explore the darkness of the caves and the total eclipse all in a single day.

MILE MARKER

KATY TRAILHEAD

START

PEAK

TOTALITY

227.1

Sedalia

11:44 am

1:11 pm

1:36.2

215.4

Clifton City

11:44 am

1:11 pm

2:09.5

203.3

Pilot Grove

11:44 am

1:11 pm

2:33.3

191.8

Boonville

11:44 am

1:11 pm

2:41.6

188.2

New Franklin

11:44 am

1:11 pm

2:41.6

178.3

Rocheport

11:45 am

1:11 pm

2:41.1

169.5

McBaine

11:45 am

1:12 pm

2:25.0

153.6

Hartsburg

11:45 am

1:12 pm

2:37.0

143.2

N. Jefferson City

11:46 am

1:13 pm

2:34.4

131.2

Tebbetts

11:46 am

1:13 pm

2:40.4

125

Mokane

11:46 am

1:13 pm

2:42.0

115.9

Portland

11:46 am

1:13 pm

2:39.6

100.8

McKittrick

11:48 am

1:14 pm

2:29.0

84.7

Treload

11:48 am

1:15 pm

2.28.1

77.7

Marthasville

11:48 am

1:15 pm

2:23.6

Dutzow

11:48 am

1:15 pm

2:23.7

66.3

Augusta

11:48 am

1:15 pm

2:21.8

60.6

Matson

11:48 am

1:16 pm

2:08.8

Weldon Spring

11:48 am

1:16 pm

1:51.8

45.7

Greens Bottom

11:49 am

1:17 pm

0:55.8

LIGHTS OUT ON THE KATY TRAIL A group of five hundred riders will take to the Katy Bicycle Ride on August 21, cycling from Rocheport to Jefferson City. That ride is sold out but there is still plenty of time to organize your own group for a unique bicycling experience. The Katy Trail offers several scenic vantage pointsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;some right on the banks of the Missouri River.

STATE PARKS AND STATE HISTORIC SITES THE LINE OF TOTALITY

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20 41

39 36 33

3 11 19

15 18

KT 24

12 27

9 29

22 25

38 23 14

21 33 13 30

35 17

31 4 6

THE MISSOURI TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE, 2017

THE MISSOURI

TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE, 2017

Explore Missouri After Darkâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;in the middle of the day! Make plans to visit one of these towns in the path of the 2017 Missouri Total Solar Eclipse on August 21 for a truly once-in-a-lifetime experience!

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THE MISSOURI TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE, 2017

JEFFERSON CITY

CAPITAL EOLIPSE 2 mins 29 secs of totality on the banks of the Missouri River

8.21.17

DAY

August 19 - 21 - Astronomy & Education Series - Live Entertainment - Eclipse Village & Skywatching

CELEBRATION W W W. C A P I TA L E C L I P S E . O R G

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These out-of-theordinary escapes may be just what the doctor ordered. BY EDDIE O’NEILL

Sometimes, the fun of going someplace new can be in the hubbub of traffic and crowds of people. The excitement and fast pace gets the heart racing and releases the inner party animal. Other times, you just want to flip the switch, get away from the stress of work and city life, and just CHILL! There are many Show-Me State destinations that appeal to those seeking the latter. Here are a few of our favorites. Take a deep breath, let your soul relax, and enjoy these off-the-beaten-path vacations.

Bonne Terre Scuba Dive at The Mine at Bonne Terre Deep below the surface of Bonne Terre lies a scuba diver’s paradise. Underwater pillars, shafts, archways, calcified walls, and ceilings stretch for miles in this flooded, abandoned mine. Artifacts such as shovels, drills, ladders, rail systems, buildings, locomotives, and ore carts are waiting to be discovered. Last year, the mine was rated the number one underwater attraction in the United States by USA Today readers. “It was truly an honor to be ranked higher than some of the most pristine beaches and coral reefs in Florida, Hawaii, and California,” says owner, Doug Goergens. He and his wife, Catherine, acquired the mine in

the 1970s. They also own West End Diving, which is headquartered in St. Louis County. Doug says that a 1983 visit from French oceanographer Jacques Cousteau put scuba diving in Missouri on the map. Cousteau and his film crew spent several days diving and filming the mine. The famed diver called his time spent in the waters of Bonne Terre, “magnifique.” The lead mine opened in 1860 and continued to produce lead for more than a century. The five-level mine is bigger than the town of Bonne Terre above it. When mining operations depleted the minerals, pumps that carried groundwater out of the mine were temporarily turned off and the bottom three levels quickly filled naturally with water to create a 17-mile-long underground lake.

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Today, the mine offers more than fifty exciting scuba-diving trails for certified divers. Every group of divers is assigned a professional certified guide and a safety diver; divers swim the trails in a preset sequence. For the non-diver, West End Diving offers scuba training and certification over the course of two weekends. Divers can opt for one of the many dive packages offered at the mine. Overnight visitors have a chance to spend a night in the historic train station and railroad car at the renovated Bonne Terre Depot, or Guesthouse at Mansion Hill Estate & Farm, both properties that the Goergenses also own. For those who do not scuba dive, the mine offers walking and boat tours year-round. BonneTerreMine.com • 888-843-3483

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The mine temperature is 62 degrees, the water is a cool 58 degrees, and the visibility is crystal clear. “We’re on every diver’s bucket list,” says owner Doug Goergens.

With a population of around 150 people, Bethel is a sleepy town in Shelby County most of the year. Come June, however, the northeast Missouri village springs to life with the sound of toe-tapping fiddle music. Since 1986, Bethel has hosted a weeklong, youth fiddle camp led by some of the finest traditional fiddle players from around the nation. The camp is organized to provide mostly one-on-one instruction in fiddle playing along with square dancing for kids 7 to 17 years old. Camp Director Wendy Brumbaugh says around thirty students from across the United States come to fiddle camp each year. The fiddle became the state’s official musical instrument on July 17, 1987. Brought to the region in the late 1700s by French fur traders and settlers, it was an ideal instrument for them—light, easy to carry, and adaptable to many forms of music without much formal training. For generations, the local fiddle player was the sole source of entertainment in many communities and held a position of great respect. Missouri has a number of regional fiddle styles such as Ozark, Little Dixie and Missouri Valley. Each style has a distinct bowing method, melody, and harmonic structure. Players are expected to learn a handful of traditional fiddle tunes during the week. Equally important, the campers must learn square dancing. There’s a dance every evening after dinner. According to Wendy, one cannot truly master the fiddle without the square dance to go with it. “As one old-time fiddler told me, ‘The dancers have to have a reason to put their foot down, and that reason is fiddle music,’ ” she says. The campers also get a master course on Ozark music history and fiddle lore. “They learn to appreciate old-time, traditional music,” she says. Campers are immersed in Bethel history as well. Daily lessons and programs take place in historic buildings such as the town’s old post office and the harness shop. This year’s camp runs from Sunday, June 11, to Friday, June 16. An adult fiddle camp takes place on Thursday, June 15, through Saturday, June 17. The two-day adult session began two years ago, Wendy says, and has been a huge success. FiddleCamp.missourifiddling.com 660-278-4221

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Bethel Make Old-Time Music at Bethel Fiddle Camp

In the Country Ava Round Up Cattle at Bucks and Spurs For a taste of cowboy life, Bucks and Spurs Guest Ranch is the place to go this summer. “It’s the Missouri version of the movie City Slickers,” quips owner Sonny Huff. She and her husband, Cecil— or “C”, as he likes to be called—have been welcoming visitors to their 700-acre home since 1994. “When we moved to this area, neither of us wanted to get jobs in town,” she said, referring to Ava, which is 35 miles away. So, my brother suggested we do the City Slickers thing.” Less than a week after the couple ran an ad in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and The Kansas City Star, they started receiving calls from folks who wanted to get away from the hustle and bustle of big-city life. Those folks keep coming back; many of Bucks and Spurs’ guests are return visitors. The ranch also gets many European travelers who want to experience the American heartland with its small-town charm, tractors, and chickens. Sonny emphasizes that Bucks and Spurs is a real, working ranch. “We are not a commercialized cowboy-theme park,” she notes. The fun for guests of Bucks and Spurs begins at the crack of dawn. Visitors wake up in a rustic log cabin and enjoy a home-cooked meal in a historic ranch house. After breakfast, they head out to saddle up their favorite Missouri Fox Trotter and hit the range to round up cattle. The ranch has around one hundred Angus cattle. Sonny says that no more than ten riders go out with the ranch’s trail bosses in the morning. “We do not have a Hollywood cattle drive,” she explains. “There’s no dramatic theme music or a cattle stampede. For the most part, horses and cows walk on back to the corrals, and that’s okay with us.” Lunch is typically on the banks of the Big Beaver River, which runs through the ranch property. Afternoons are usually free for guests to enjoy a more relaxing activity such as swimming, fishing, a float trip, or a leisurely hike. Sonny says that she and her family are there to serve, and they love to do it. “We can tailor your horseback-riding experience to accommodate whatever you’re looking for during your time with us,” she says. BucksandSpurs.com • 417-683-2381

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Enjoy a City Slickers-style vacation on a 700-acre horse ranch. Guests at Bucks and Spurs can ride Fox Trotter ranch horses trained by a “horse whisperer.”

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The Hermitage Spiritual Retreat Center provides ecumenical Christian hospitality. The staff welcomes people of all faith traditions who are seeking spiritual renewal. The center is nestled on 14 acres of forest on the shore of Lake Pomme de Terre in the Ozark foothills. Three facilities are available: the Retreat House, which can accommodate a small group of people, and two single-person hermitages. The Rustic Hermitage is made up of four modules that create a sitting room, chapel, bedroom, and study/kitchen area. There is electricity and heat in the unit, but water is supplied in containers. The Log Cabin Hermitage is an Amishbuilt, one-room structure with no electricity. Light comes from kerosene lamps and heat comes from a wood-burning stove. HermitageRetreats.org â&#x20AC;˘ 816-363.3968

The mission of Hermitage Spiritual Retreat Center is to provide short-term opportunities for sacred time, space, and resources to facilitate restoration and renewal.

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Visions of Peace Hermitages is a spiritual oasis that offers guests of all faiths the opportunity to slow down, catch their breath, and rediscover the small voice inside.

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Pevely Find Rest at Vision of Peace Hermitages For forty years, Vision of Peace Hermitages has welcomed pilgrims of all faiths to rest and refresh on the bluffs of the Mississippi River. The retreat was the vision of Sister Miriam Stoll of the Sisters of Providence who felt inspired to open a prayer house with hermitages here in the mid-1970s. Guests stay alone in one of nine secluded hermitages on the retreat facilityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wooded property. Each hermitage is equipped with a twin bed, a desk, a chair, a private bath, and a kitchenette. During their time on the retreat grounds, guests have a chance to take long walks, read spiritual books, or spend time in prayer in the newly renovated chapel. It is an ideal setting for a personal, self-guided retreat. The staff also offers guided retreats. On a guided retreat, a spiritual director meets with the guest each day and offers some suggestions for prayer and meditation, and listens to the guest recount what is going on in his or her life. Guided or unguided, Vision of Peace is a small, spiritual oasis in Jefferson County. VOPHermitages.org â&#x20AC;˘ 636-633-3865

Among the trees Branson Spend the Night in a Treehouse at Branson Treehouse Adventures

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Just outside of Branson exists an opportunity to vacation high off the ground in a treehouse. This isn’t your ordinary backyard treehouse your dad built for you as a kid. This is a tree cabin with Wi-Fi, television, and air conditioning. It was the vision of Martin and Shelley Teig, who simply said they wanted to create something unique. The couple erected their first house, which sits on a pedestal twenty feet off the ground, in August 2014. They now have six treehouses and are in the process of adding four more. “We can’t keep up with the demand,” Martin says. Houses can accommodate from two to around a dozen people. Insurance wouldn’t cover houses actually built in trees, Martin says, but each house is in the woods surrounded by trees and has a small deck, accessible only by a rope-suspension bridge to give guests the “in the tree” effect. The resort also offers traditional tent campsites as well as cabins and RV spots. BransonTreeHouseAdventures.com 417-338-2500

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Epple Haus Bed and Breakfast

Hermann Enjoy Farm Life at Epple Haus Bed and Breakfast

COURTESY EPPLE HAUS BED AND BREAKFAST

Though not actually built in the trees, Branson Treehouse Adventures offers the feel of rustic treehouse living in the scenic Ozark Mountains just minutes from Branson.

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For the down-home farm experience, there’s Epple Haus Bed and Breakfast. It’s a 400-acre working farm located twenty minutes west of Hermann. The farm has been in the Arlen and Kay Schwinkle family since the 1930s. “There’s no Internet, no traffic, and the stars shine as bright as can be out here,” says Kay. The couple rents out two homes on the property. The Epple House is a prairie home built in the 1920s. Located near the Gasconade River, it provides a great view of nature from sunrise to sunset. The other guesthouse is a 1960s ranch home called Mom’s House. It is surrounded by woods that are home to deer, wild turkey, and birds of all kinds. The main attraction here, however, is the farm experience. The Schwinkles raise cattle and grow alfalfa, corn, and soybeans, among other crops. Although guests do not get a chance to actually work on the farm, Kay gives detailed tours. Highlights could include watching the birth of a calf or the baling of hay. The farm’s location also offers ample opportunity to enjoy nearby activities such as hiking and biking trails and a visit to historic Hermann and other quaint towns less than an hour away. EppleBedandBreakfast.com 573-294-6203

Near Nature Steelville Catch Trout at Westover Farms

Located in Mark Twain National Forest, Westover Farms offers some of the Midwest's finest fly fishing along with luxury accommodations just ninety miles from St. Louis.

COURTESY WESTOVER FARMS

Just outside of Steelville, you’ll find one of the Midwest’s premier fly-fishing destinations. Westover Farms welcomes guests from all over the nation who come to kick up their feet and fish for beautiful trout. Guests have the option of spending a weekend in one of the resort’s nine hand-constructed cabins. Each house is actually built from salvaged wood or stones from a century-old home found in Missouri. These “discovered log houses” were taken down piece by piece and reconstructed on Westover’s property. They’ve been updated with the comforts of a modern home while maintaining a lot of colorful history, according to Westover Farms Manager Lisa Schlueter. “Our mill house cabin sits on the original foundation of a working mill that was on this property and burned down decades ago,” she says. “Our stone house was an old winery in Washington, Missouri.” The resort also offers an inn with rooms that resemble an upscale hotel experience for those just wanting to stay a night or two. Lisa says the resort offers the best of both worlds: It can accommodate those who like to fish and those who want to spend the day relaxing in the cabin with a good book and a glass of wine. “Our cabins are girl friendly,” she quips. “This isn’t roughing it.” Westover also offers a top-notch shooting range and is close to fun in Steelville or outdoor activities in Mark Twain National Forest. For the most part, however, people come to Westover Farms to fish. For more than one hundred years, the crystal-clear waters of this area have served as a commercial trout farm and hatchery, which Westover still operates. “You will catch fish here,” Lisa insists. “On a typical day, you’ll catch ten trout ranging from ten to twenty inches in length.” WestoverFarms.com • 573-743-6284

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Rocheport Mount Nebo Cottage

COURTESY MOUNT NEBO COTTAGE

Mount Nebo Cottage sits a few hundred feet from the Katy Trail. The building was once the home of Mount Nebo Baptist Church. The rehabbed structure is a combination bed-and-breakfast and house of prayer and reflection. The owners bill it as a sanctuary for the soul. The cottage can house up to five guests and spiritual direction is available. MountNeboCottage.com â&#x20AC;˘ 573-808-6843

Mount Nebo cottage is billed as a "sanctuary for the soul." Located mere steps from the Katy Trail, the Rocheport cottage is an ideal venue for personal or group retreats.

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Field Guides The Holy Trinity of Conservation comes to life at Prairie Star Restoration Farm.

BRUCE AND JAN SASSMANN are spending their retirement years perfecting a little piece of ground they call Prairie Star Restoration Farm in Osage County. The dedicated conservationists’ labors have included construction of replica shelters of Henry David Thoreau’s cabin at Walden Pond, Aldo Leopold’s Sand County shack, and a wall tent to represent John Muir’s wanderings. Bruce and Jan finished and furnished the shelters with attention to the stories of their historical occupants, a trio American philosopher J. Baird Callicott calls the “holy trinity” of the American conservation movement. Next month, the shelters will come alive when the couple hosts a two-day event—Friday, June 2, and Saturday, June 3—at Prairie

Star Restoration Farm with professional reenactors portraying Thoreau, Muir, and Leopold. Each actor will share his character’s story in a living-history presentation of America’s Holy Trinity of Conservation. The Sassmanns are a special couple. Theirs is a rare marriage of true best friends, each with life skills complementing the other. Jan is an art teacher with three decades of teaching art in public schools. Bruce is a scientist whose biology and chemistry education led him to work in the funeral business. Bruce’s retirement has led the Sassmanns to a quieter, simpler time and place. They indulge themselves in conservation practices and projects on Prairie Star Restoration Farm, near Bruce’s boyhood home. They’re active

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members in conservation organizations, including the Conservation Federation of Missouri, Quail Forever, Missouri Prairie Foundation, and the Missouri Conservation Heritage Foundation. The preparation for the America’s Holy Trinity of Conservation event is the crowning achievement of their conservation experiments. On Friday evening, join the reenactors for an intimate social and dinner. Many local and state conservation and environmental professionals and champions will be in attendance. Then on Saturday, experience the stories of these historic leaders from the comfort of their replica abodes. Many other activities throughout the day will entertain and educate visitors in the spirit of the conservationists.

MARK GORDON

BY BRANDON BUTLER

Henry David Thoreau portrayed by Richard Smith

John Muir

The two-day event offers visitors the opportunity to experience the passion of America’s most influential conservationists—Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, and Aldo Leopold.

BRAD WEIGMANN, BAY COLONY MEDIA AND COURTESY LEE STETSON

portrayed by Lee Stetson

The Missouri model of conservation is the bar against which all other states measure. Rooted in one of the most impressive displays of citizen-activism in state history, the restoration of Missouri’s natural resources would likely not have happened without the guidance of these three visionary conservationists, says Bruce. “The story is not the shelters and it is not about the men; it’s their messages,” he says. “The trilogy of conservation thinking involves Thoreau’s environmentalism, Muir’s preservation, and Leopold’s ecology. It is the foundation of our modern conservation message.” Richard Smith, whom The Atlantic magazine has called “The Punk Rocker Who ‘Becomes’ Thoreau,” will once again portray the herald-

ed author. Thoreau was born July 12, 1817, in Concord, Massachusetts—where Richard now makes his home—and attended Harvard College, taking courses in rhetoric, classics, philosophy, mathematics, and science. Upon graduating, he refused to pay five dollars for his diploma, an early sign of his commitment to minimalism and simple living. Thoreau is best known for the book, Walden, a reflection on simple living in natural surroundings. In order to better focus on his writing, Thoreau spent two years in a small cabin he built on the shore of Walden Pond. During this time devoted to wilderness philosophy, Thoreau developed a harmony with nature that still serves as a guide for the millions who have read Thoreau’s words.

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“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately ... and see if I could not learn what it had to teach.” —Henry David Thoreau

Bruce and Jan Sassmann

Aldo Leopold

“The trilogy of conservation thinking involves Thoreau’s environmentalism, Muir’s preservation, and Leopold’s ecology.” —Bruce Sassman

“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived,” Thoreau wrote. Lee Stetson, an actor who has portrayed John Muir in Yosemite National Park since 1983, will interpret the naturalist/author who taught us to wander in both spirit and body. Muir was born in Scotland on April 21, 1838. His family immigrated to the United States in 1849. They settled near Portage, Wisconsin, at Fountain Lake Farm. From there, Muir struck out to travel America. Muir became an early advocate and political spokesman for the preservation of wilderness in the United States. He founded The

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Sierra Club, and millions have read his essays. Muir may be best known for his activism to preserve the Yosemite Valley. He walked about 1,000 miles from Kentucky to Florida in 1867, and wrote about the journey in his book, A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf. “I think that most of the antipathies which haunt and terrify us are morbid productions of ignorance and weakness,” Muir wrote. “I have better thoughts of those alligators now that I have seen them at home.” In 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt went with Muir on a visit to Yosemite. Roosevelt asked Muir to show him the “real Yosemite” and the duo went camping in the backcountry. Conversing with the president of the United States around wilderness campfires, Muir em-

MARK GORDON, COURTESY OF THE SASSMANNS AND JIM PFITZER

portrayed by Jim Pfitzer

MARK GORDON

Structures simulating the naturalists’ abodes have been built on Prairie Star Restoration Farm. Guests may explore the grounds in a self-guided, one-mile walking tour; the trail is considered moderately difficult.

phasized the issues with state mismanagement and the exploitation of the valley’s resources. He managed to convince Roosevelt that federal control and management would be best. Today, Muir is referred to as the “Father of the National Parks.” Jim Pfitzer from Rising Fawn, Georgia, will bring to life Aldo Leopold, who inspired wise use of natural resources. Born in Burlington, Iowa, on January 11, 1887, Leopold was exposed to the outdoors early by his father, Carl. The lessons stuck. Carl’s son grew up to be one of the most influential conservationists of the twentieth century. Leopold graduated from Yale University School of Forestry. In 1909, he went to work for the US Forest Service District Three in the

Arizona and New Mexico Territories. He first worked at Apache National Forest in the Arizona Territory, and then Carson National Forest in New Mexico. Leopold left New Mexico in 1924 to become an associate director with the US Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, Wisconsin. In 1933, he was appointed professor of game management in the agricultural economics department at the University of Wisconsin, the first such professorship of its kind. Leopold purchased eighty acres in Sand County, Wisconsin, where the landscape had been grossly mistreated. Heavily logged, overgrazed and too often burned, it was a desolate land. Leopold’s restoration efforts on his little personal paradise laid the groundwork for

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his greatest work, A Sand County Almanac. To date, the classic book, which focuses on Leopold’s idea of “land ethic” has sold more than two million copies. “We shall never achieve harmony with the land, any more than we shall achieve absolute justice or liberty for people,” Leopold wrote. “In these higher aspirations the important thing is not to achieve but to strive.” The Holy Trinity of Conservation takes place at Prairie Star Restoration Farm in Bland on Saturday, June 3. Tickets are $20 for adults, and $10 for students. There is a special reserved evening dinner on June 2 for $100 per person. To purchase tickets or learn more about this unique Missouri conservation event, visit HolyTrinityOfConservation.com.

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The Man Who Killed

Quantrill How one man put an end to a bloody reign of terror. BY RODNEY J. GREEN

This wood engraving print titled “The destruction of the city of Lawrence, Kansas, and the massacre of its inhabitants by the Rebel guerrillas, August 21, 1863” was published in Harper’s Weekly in 1863.

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he residents of Lawrence, Kansas, would never forget what happened on August 21, 1863, if indeed they were lucky enough to survive. The reason for the bloody raid that left nearly two hundred men dead and caused between $1 million and $1.5 million in damage (in 1863 dollars) is still the subject of speculation. Whether it was in retaliation for an attack by Senator James H. Lane’s “jayhawkers” on Osceola, or revenge for the collapse of a women’s prison in Kansas City that killed relatives of “Bloody” Bill Anderson and other guerrillas, the event that would come to be called the Lawrence Massacre was one of the largest and most significant acts of violence on civilians in the American Civil War. It would forever alter the destiny of William C. Quantrill and his infamous Raiders. And the ramifications would echo into the next century in a small town in northwest Missouri. With the declaration of war in 1861, the North and South separated into usually well-defined areas of battle geography that marked the American Civil War. Not so in the Missouri-Kansas border country, a regional hotbed of political and armed warfare. Unlike other border states to the east, guerrilla fighting, ambushes, raids, skirmishes, massacres, and atrocities of personal revenge between proslavery and abolitionist forces pitted neighbor against neighbor and defined the region. Most of the early settlers who established homes, farms, and businesses in the northwest Missouri frontier were of Southern origin, hailing from states such as Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia. Only later, in the 1850s, did settlers from northern states such as Ohio migrate to the fertile, well-watered forests and prairies, armed with their convictions. Both sides founded groups that sponsored and located settlers of their political persuasions: antislavery abolitionist jayhawkers to Kansas and states-rights proslavery secessionists to Missouri. ENTER THE RAIDERS The best known of the leaders of the Missouri bushwhackers, also called pro-Confederate partisan rangers, was William Clarke Quantrill (often spelled Quantrell in period newspapers and writings). Born in Canal Dover (today, simply called Dover), Ohio, on July 31, 1837, Quantrill was a bright but troubled young man. His behavior was constantly defended by his doting mother, who was always his champion, even as her son reached manhood. His

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father, a high school principal, was less supportive. In his teens, Quantrill had short-term stints of employment as a teacher in Ohio, Illinois, and later, in Kansas. As with any larger-than-life historical figure, Quantrill’s story proves difficult, perhaps impossible, to determine where fact ends and legend begins. Nodaway County author Homer Croy wrote of Quantrill, “Because of Quantrill, widows wailed, orphans cried, maidens wept.” Croy was echoing the sentiment of William Elsey Connelley, author of the 1909 book Quantrill and the Border Wars, in his introduction to the 1956 Civil War Book Club edition of Connelley’s book. A solitary youngster with few friends, young Quantrill is said to have relished inflicting pain and torture on animals, finding pleasure in stabbing horses and cattle by the roadside to hear them scream. Unsettled, he appeared to always be on the move, often pushed and honed by associations with gamblers, thieves, and killers in his late teens. In 1860, he joined a group of free-state activists, jayhawkers in Kansas, switching over later to lead a band of proConfederate guerrillas in Missouri to kill and maim Union soldiers and pro-North citizens. Quantrill joined the Confederate army and fought in the Battle of Wilson’s Creek near Springfield in 1861, the first major battle of the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the Civil War. But devotion to a cause and carrying out orders were not to Quantrill’s liking. He soon broke with the army, complaining that the South was not fighting with necessary ferocity and commitment, and formed a band of renegades, robbers, and murderers. Quantrill received a field commission as captain in the Confederate army in August 1862 under the Confederate Partisan Act, but he often referred to himself as “Colonel.” Unlike Quantrill, his band of raiders never was sanctioned by the Confederate government. LAWRENCE BURNS On the bloody August day when Quantrill’s renegade band of more than four hundred guerrillas attacked Lawrence, which was then known as the center of antislavery sentiment, many of the bushwhackers allied with or under the leadership of Quantrill would not participate in the carnage. Even as the smoke cleared from the attack on Lawrence, Southern support for Quantrill’s Raiders was beginning to fade. After the raid on Lawrence, during the winter of 18631864, Quantrill lost control of his guerrilla forces. Despite

Unknown to the twenty-seven-year-old chieftain of their gain in notoriety and expansion in numbers, accomQuantrill’s Raiders, the final hour was near. Ironically, panied by increasing expertise in the American Indian style the poseur would be chased by authentic guerrilla huntof guerrilla fighting, the group was considered undisciers. With the end of the Civil War around the corner, the plined and dangerous. The confidence of the men in their Union had driven the formal Confederate army presence leader was slipping; many suspected that as a Northerner, from Missouri and was redirecting troops to hunt down the Quantrill fought for no principles, just self-serving purposguerrilla bands still operating in the upper South. Pursuit es of gathering plunder and increasing military rank. by guerrilla-hunting units became ruthless. During a tumultuous winter in Texas, the group divided into bands, each commanded by a “lieutenant” such as CLOSING IN George Todd and “Bloody” Bill Anderson. When the comFollowing the old adage, “It takes a thief to catch a thief,” mand returned to west-central Missouri in the spring of federal authorities commissioned Union Captain Edwin 1864, the final break occurred. With Anderson and QuantTerrell, a leader of federal guerrillas in Spencer County, rill parting company before leaving Texas, Todd took comKentucky, to hunt down the handful of men still in Quantmand of the larger remaining splinter group. Accused of rill’s band. Terrell himself held the poorest of reputations. “having lost his sand,” Quantrill took a small nucleus of At a very young age, he had joined the Kentucky Confederabout forty loyal bushwhackers and headed east toward ate troops. After about a year, he converted to the Union Kentucky. side where his federal guerrillas plundered and killed Quantrill supposedly informed his men that they would Southern sympathizers, an official but lawless band. enter Kentucky and work their way to Washington, DC, It would be this group of “scouts,” under the command where they would assassinate President Abraham Lincoln. of a young officer of the worst imaginable reputation, that But more than likely, Quantrill planned to link up with would hunt down William Quantrill and end his life. General Robert E. Lee’s army, believing that the men would Quantrill’s last battle occurred in a pasture and woodbe considered Southern soldiers and would be pardoned ed draw and barn lot near Taylorville in Spencer County, with the coming end of the war in Virginia. But public Kentucky, on May 10, 1865. Headquartered at the James opinion had turned against the raiders. Considered gueH. Wakefield farm, the gang had sheltered its horses under rillas and not recognized as legitimate soldiers, Quantrill’s the sheds around the barn, protecting them from a rainmen were denied the general amnesty offered to the Constorm. Some of the outlaws were relaxing, shedding tenfederate army upon Lee’s surrender. Viewed as outlaws, sion with a sham battle of hurled corncobs and taking naps Quantrill’s men faced certain death if captured in Missouri. in a hayloft. They were somewhat Kentucky was a bushwacker’s Captain Terrell’s men “went comfortable in the knowledge that paradise. Bandits and renegades on Captain Terrell’s guerrilla-hunting both sides roamed freely throughbriskly up the lane, and, rising scouts were miles away with no out, robbing and killing at will. The Quantrill band joined with the swell, charged down upon knowledge of their whereabouts. But the security of Quantrill’s other guerrilla groups operating the barn, unslinging carbines crew was misplaced. Terrell’s in the Bluegrass State, such as the scouts were on the pike just over group led by Marcellus Jerome and getting pistols in hand.” the hill from the Wakefield farm, Clark (also known as Sue Mundy) across the pasture from a blacksmith shop, when they reto terrorize with relatively little fear of reprisal or punishceived the report of a body of horsemen nearby. According ment. As Quantrill’s band maneuvered through Kentucky to Connelley in Quantrill and the Border Wars, “The men dressed in federal uniforms, the men passed themselves of Captain Terrell went briskly up the lane, and, rising the off openly as members of the nonexistent US 4th Missouri swell, charged down upon the barn, unslinging carbines Cavalry. Posing as “Captain Clarke,” Quantrill continued and getting pistols in hand. Coming in range, fire was to use the effective guise of his command as a Missouri unit opened and yells set up to terrify the Missourians.” detached to the Bluegrass State to track down secessionist The terrified men scrambled wildly for their horses, guerrillas.

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a batch of letters from W.W. Scott, of Canal Dover, Ohio, where Quantrell’s [sic] mother resided until her death and where the guerrilla was born and raised. Scott was a personal friend of Quantrell’s [sic].” The letters Scott wrote to Langford were dated in the 1890s, as Scott collected facts for a book on Quantrill. John Langford appeared to be a cautious man. With perhaps a bit of trepidation still in his heart, he delayed releasing much information locally except to family and close friends. The mild-mannered Langford did not consider the much-discussed event worthy of further dialogue and was said to be somewhat careful around regions where Quantrill loyalists still lived. An earlier letter penned by Langford to Scott on September 8, 1888, from Clarinda, Iowa, is now in the possession of The Filson Historical Society and University of Kentucky Libraries, providing an eyewitness sketch of the last battle of William Clarke Quantrill. Select quotes from this letter confirm that Langford was with Edwin Terrell’s party pursuing Quantrill’s men in Kentucky in 1865 and that he was the man who killed him. In reply to one of Scott’s letters, Langford wrote, “Col. Terrell’s band consisted of about twenty men, and was organized for the express purpose of driving Quantrill from Kentucky.” THE QUIET HERO His letter also confirms Terrell’s reputation. “Terrell was a John Langford was born May 15, 1836, in Anderson Counbad man,” Langford wrote. “Perhaps as bad as the man he ty, Kentucky, and was a member of Company B, 15th Kenwas hunting down.” tucky Infantry, the band of scouts who pursued Quantrill’s According to Langford’s letter, as the Terrell scouting band. After the Civil War, he drifted to Illinois and on party approached the Wakefield farm that May day in 1865, to southwest Iowa. In the late 1890s, Langford settled in the Quantrill gang stampeded just as the scouts reached northwest Missouri, south of Albany. the fence around the barn. One small group of raiders “The fact that a bullet from his revolver closed the caheaded across the cow pasture for reer of the celebrated Quantrell “I shot him in the left the timber. Langford, in pursuit, [sic] was common talk among the made his selection. He was on a twenty-eight men who composed shoulder—just back of the good horse, quick to gain on the the scouting party,” the Ledger refootman. Langford described the ported in the same story. By some shoulder blade—the ball shooting in few words: “I shot him means apparently unknown to ranging downward and in the left shoulder—just back of Langford, Quantrill’s mother later the shoulder blade—the ball rangtracked down Langford’s location lodging in the right groin.” ing downward and lodging in the and sent several letters to him, “inright groin.” Quantrill was reportedly shot a second time as quiring among other things if he had any relics” of Quanthe fell, the bullet cutting off the trigger finger of his right rill’s body still in his possession, the Ledger reported. hand. At least one source claims the second shot was from Contact between Langford and Quantrill’s mother was Captain Terrell’s Colt revolver. handled by W. W. Scott, one of Quantrill’s boyhood friends. Seeing his target go down, Langford turned to assist the The Ledger in yet another article on Friday, November 1, other soldiers of the Kentucky regiment. “After I shot him, 1907, reported, “Monday, Mr. Langford brought this office Connelley wrote, adding that “those who were fortunate enough to mount, fled in a mad route.” Sleeping in the barn loft, Quantrill was unable to secure his gun-shy mount and pursued his men on foot. At least two heard his pleas and turned back to wait for him, guaranteeing their demise from pursuing gunshots as their leader fell mortally wounded. Many books and articles have attempted to tell an accurate story of Quantrill’s last battle, but only someone who was present would have the final information. That eyewitness to history was a young soldier named John Langford. A Missouri newspaper, The Albany Ledger, published since 1868, is rich in information about the last chapter of Quantrill’s life. In an article published Friday, October 11, 1907, the newspaper states, “Here in Gentry County, some five or six miles from Albany, resides a man in the person of John Langford who has the distinction of having shot the guerrilla. Those acquainted with him will understand why he has never been given prominence by the press for the act. He is a quiet, unassuming gentleman, and it was with some difficulty that we gained his consent to relate the incidents of the much-discussed event.”

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I went to help the others get Glasscock and Hockensmith.” Dick Glasscock and Clark Hockensmith were the two bushwhackers who had turned to help Quantrill and were killed by the scouts. “I then came back to him, where he told me who he was,” Langford added. The guerrilla leader was carried to Wakefield’s farmhouse, paralyzed below the arms from gunshot damage to the spine. A doctor examined him and advised him that his days were numbered and he should settle his business affairs. Although Langford wrote that Quantrill had revealed his identity to him in the pasture soon after he was shot, the farmer in whose house the guerilla was taken has said that the wounded man later denied he was Quantrill. He continued to claim that he was Captain Clarke of the 4th Missouri Cavalry, knowing he would be executed if his earlier confession was discovered. Initially, Terrell believed the dying man and left him at Wakefield’s farm home while resuming the search, believing Quantrill had eluded them. Two days later, Terrell returned, having concluded that the wounded man was Quantrill. Terrell provided wagon transportation to a military hospital and prison in Louisville. During the caravan, Quantrill was heavily guarded but treated with respect. He received medical attention in towns along the way when available. He arrived at the prison hospital on May 13, 1865. On June 6, 1865, some twenty-seven days after he was wounded, Quantrill died.

William Clarke Quantrill led a band of ruthless renegades that included notorious outlaws such as Frank and Jesse James and Cole Younger.

THE END OF THE RAIDERS Many guerrillas involved in Quantrill’s last foray into Kentucky met violent ends. At least three of the raiders died during the same assault at which Quantrill was mortally wounded. Other members of the band—including Frank James and Cole Younger’s brother, Jim—dispersed. Almost two years later, Terrell, the Union renegade, was shot by the town marshal of Shelbyville, after fleeing from prosecution for the murder of an Illinois stock merchant. He lived for another two years in great pain from his wound before dying on December 13, 1868. Quantrill’s executioner met a much more peaceful end, much later in life. “John Langford died at his home, six miles south of Albany, at 7 o’clock last Sat. morning, April 9th of tuberculosis of the bone,” lamented yet another article in the The Albany Ledger, on Friday, April 15, 1910. Compared to most soldiers, renegades, and border ruffians with whom he fought, Langford’s life was long and fruitful,

full of his family and friends. “While Langford had the distinction of shooting Quantrill, the notorious guerrilla leader, he was never boastful,” the newspaper eulogized. “He was a conscientious, unassuming man, and was not one to try to perpetuate a fraud on the public. By comparison, William Clarke Quantrill was one of the most dangerous men of the Border Wars, cutting a swath of atrocities wherever he and the Quantrill Raiders rode.” Even the remains of the troubled young warrior, William Clarke Quantrill, have found little peace in death. In a twisted set of circumstances, some playing out in more recent years, the guerrilla leader’s bones have been scattered in restless interment at Dover, Ohio; Louisville, Kentucky; and the old Confederate Soldiers Home cemetery in Higginsville, Missouri. John Langford rests in peace near his Missouri farm and friends in a beautiful country cemetery south of Albany.

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Soldiers from Fort Leonard Wood salute their fallen comrades at Fort Leonard Wood Veterans Cemetery, the newest in the state’s veterans cemetery system.

SERVICE & SACRIFICE

Missouri’s veterans cemeteries offer beauty, honor in final rest. HONORED BURIAL for Missouri’s war dead goes back as far as the nineteenth century. The Missouri Veterans Cemetery Program is a much more recent development. The Veterans Commission opened the first two in the system just seventeen years ago in Higginsville and Springfield. “The closest national cemeteries that were open at the time were Jefferson Barracks in St. Louis and Fort Leavenworth in Kansas,” explains Stan Baughn, cemetery program direc-

tor with the Missouri Veterans Commission. “That left most of Missouri uncovered. It was decided that the state should get into the cemetery business because it’s the perfect way to honor veterans and families.” The state currently has five cemeteries in which veterans and spouses may be interred: Bloomfield, Fort Leonard Wood, Higginsville, Jacksonville, and Springfield. There is a sixth state cemetery located in St. James but it has been designated “caretaker status” because no

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grave space remains. The Missouri Veterans Cemetery Program is funded by grants from the National Cemetery Administration US Department of Veterans Affairs. The program provides burials for the veteran, spouse, and any dependent children who become disabled before their eighteenth birthday. For more information about the Missouri Veterans Cemetery Program, call 573-2905752 or go to MVC.dps.mo.gov/cemeteries.

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BY MARTIN W. SCHWARTZ

NATIONAL

Fort Leonard Wood Veterans Cemetery

CEMETERY

Opened: 2010

The newest and largest of Missouriâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s veterans cemeteries is at Fort Leonard Wood near St. Robert. Though only thirty acres have been developed, the entire plot of land turned over to the state from the US Army Maneuver Support Center and Fort Leonard Wood totals 229 acres. The cemetery facilities include a committal shelter, administrative and maintenance area, a fountain and paved walkways with benches, as well as a columbarium wall for the placement of cremains.

Volunteers honor the fallen soldiers by placing American flags on the graves.

Bloomfield Veterans Cemetery

COURTESY VETERANS COMMISSION

Opened: 2003

The Bloomfield Veterans Cemetery is located in the southeast corner of the state, near the Missouri Bootheel, on a peninsula of rolling hills known as Crowleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ridge. Spanning sixty-five acres, the cemetery has a small lake with a red, white, and blue lit fountain and a carillon tower that plays a random song once every hour. The Bloomfield Veterans Cemetery also shares a common entryway with The Stars and Stripes Museum/Library, which collects, documents, and preserves materials from the Stars and Stripes military newspaper, which began publication in Bloomfield on November 9, 1861.

During the Great Depression, WPA laborers built roadways, walks, and walls for Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery.

Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Opened: 1866

Jefferson Barracks is one of the oldest interment sites operated by the National Cemetery Administration, built on the site of the first permanent army base west of the Mississippi River. Opened in 1826, the fort served as a training post for Union soldiers during the American Civil War. The first burial at the site is believed to have occurred on August 5, 1827, though the site would not be established as a national cemetery until 1866. The cemetery has approximately 20,000 gravesites containing the remains of soldiers from every war, including more than 1,000 Confederate soldiers. Though not available as a burial site, Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery is open to the public daily from dawn to dusk.

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The developed portion of the Jacksonville Veterans Cemetery has approximately 40,000 burial sites along with the columbarium that has 800 niches for cremains.

Springfield Veterans Cemetery Opened: 2000

The biggest veterans cemetery in the state was created when it became evident the National Veterans Cemetery at Seminole Street and Glenstone Avenue was rapidly approaching full capacity. The sixty acres located adjacent to Lake Springfield had been an undeveloped park. In addition to an approximate capacity of 30,000 gravesites, the Springfield Veterans Cemetery houses two columbariums for the placement of cremains, a committal shelter, administration and maintenance area, and paved walkways with benches for rest and meditation.

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JAX WELBORN AND COURTESY MISSOURI DIVISION OF TOURISM

The Springfield Veterans Cemetery is located adjacent to Lake Springfield, south of the city, just off US 65.

Jacksonville Veterans Cemetery Opened: 2003

Jacksonville is located in northeast Missouri, about forty-seven miles from Columbia on US 63. The cemetery site, situated on 117.4 acres, includes a ten-acre lake. Fifty-nine acres have been developed in the first phase, which includes an administration building, maintenance facility, committal shelter for interment services, columbarium wall for placement of cremains, lake with floating fountain, and a walking path with a bridge spanning the lake. A carillon tower on the grounds plays a different hymn each hour.

Higginsville Veterans Cemetery Opened: 2000

Higginsville, just 53 miles east of Kansas City, was the original location for the Confederate Soldiers Home, which opened in 1891 and operated until 1950. That location is now Confederate Memorial State Historic Site. Bordering the Confederate Memorial to the west is the Higginsville Veterans Cemetery, located on fifty-five gently rolling acres with a small lake and walking paths. A columbarium wall is located just north of the lake. Services take place at the enclosed committal shelter.

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The Confederate Memorial Historic Site was formerly the Confederate Soldiers Home of Missouri. The site shares a border with the Higginsville Veterans Cemetery.

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NATIONAL

CEMETERY

Flags line the road into the Springfield National Cemetery to observe Memorial Day. Below: A silent sentry holds watch over the Springfield National Cemetery grounds.

Springfield National Cemetery More than 2,500 combatants lost their lives in the first major Civil War engagement west of the Mississippi. Many of them were interred in the Springfield National Cemetery. The Battle of Wilsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Creek, fought just south of Springfield near what is now the town of Republic, took place on August 10, 1861, between 5,400 Union troops and 12,000 Confederates. In 1867, the city of Springfield purchased five acres to be used as a burial plot for the war dead. In 1911, the Confederate Cemetery Association donated another six acres with the stipulation that only Confederate dead would be buried there. A series of amendments to that provision has allowed for the remains of all veterans to be interred. Though very few interments take place now at the cemetery, it is a beautiful site that was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. The grounds are open daily from dawn to dusk.

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JONATHAN SHARP

Opened: 1867

TRAIL OF HEROES Nature trail north of Kansas City honors police officers who have died in the line of duty.

COURTESY KANSAS CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT

BY TRACI ANGEL

You can see a large Mormon temple from the highway, its steeple rising to the west of Interstate 435. A turn onto NE Shoal Creek Parkway going west takes you to a near circle in a roundabout that empties to a road ending with a few parking spots. This is where the Trail of Heroes begins. A half century ago, this sparsely populated area was farmland. Those who lived here terraced the land to help with erosion. Then came a plan to the make the area a landfill. Community opposition prevailed. Ten years ago, Kansas City Police Chief James Corwin had an idea to establish the wooded land into a memorial area to honor fallen officers. “He wanted a nature-type trail to commemorate those who had died,” says Mike Arndt, who is responsible for the trail’s upkeep and maintenance. The nearby Shoal Creek patrol station and police academy had opened its campus about the same time and police department officers and employees began clearing the land and developing it. The 2.5-mile trail encompasses two hundred acres. Over the years, police volunteers and community groups—including Eagle Scouts—have assisted with the trail’s upkeep. Two paths on the trail offer different stories: One is dedicated to officers who lost their lives in the line of duty; the second is a memorial supported by friends and family members of

law enforcement personnel who died when off duty or in retirement. Since the Kansas City Police Department began, 119 police officers have died in the line of duty. Melanie Bartch, a supervisor for crime scene investigations, came up with the idea of erecting a post along the trail for each fallen officer. “It’s very important for them to be honored and to be remembered,” she says. Melanie manages a website for the fundraising effort, but donations have slowed in recent months. Of the 119 posts, 71 still need a memorial plaque. Doug Lowe, owner of Smithville Lake Self Storage, retired after twenty-three years with the KCPD and spent two more years with the Clinton County Sheriff’s Department. He laments that too often communities take their public safety officers for granted. “If you get in trouble, you don’t call your friend to come and help you,” Doug says. “If it is serious enough, and you are laying there bleeding, you call the police.” Doug purchased several benches in the Trail of Heroes and paid for the final twenty-one posts to be installed to honor those peace officers who died in the line of duty. “There are too many posts and benches in the park,” Doug says, referring to the number of his comrades-in-arms who have fallen. “The mere fact that we are commemorating

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Top: A bench on the Trail of Heroes honors one of Kansas City’s finest. Above: Law enforcement officers who died in the 1933 Union Station Massacre are honored on the trail.

them is showing that they ought to be recognized by the citizens of Kansas City, and just asking them to respect what these men and women are doing every day,” Mike says. “I would guess that three-quarters or more of the people in Kansas City don’t even know that this trail is here. It is a place for a walk, or to bring your animals, or just a place to go to be in a pretty area.” It is also a place to remember and be grateful to those who made the ultimate sacrifice to protect others. For more information about memorial benches along the Trail of Heroes, call the Kansas City Police Department’s Capital Improvements Unit at 816-581-0682 or email Contact@TrailofHeroes.com.

Musings ON MISSOURI

THIS TOO SHALL PASS I’VE NEVER

had any desire to change the world, no urge to tell others how to live. Those myriad issues that currently inflame a statistically significant number of our vociferous and (usually) wellmeaning brethren, the indignant passions that lead them to take to the streets and gnash their teeth, strike me as mere blips in the tapestry of history. It’s not like such events haven’t happened before, and our present cultural landscape is neither singular nor unique. We live in disquieting times, but so have innumerable generations and societies before us. The only rational response to bellicose anger, zealotry, confusion, and fanaticism is the old adage, “This too shall pass.” In the immediate, it seems that many of our kindred are so entrenched in their own partisan hatreds—swallowed up by mob mentality—that they have zero tolerance for opposing views. In their white-hot fervor, they miss the defining message of the big picture. And that message is: People are rarely 100 percent right or 100 percent wrong. I’m pretty certain I hold a minority view on this and am the first to admit that it takes an awful lot to get under my skin. I’m rarely enthusiastic or passionate, and my berserker tendencies are reserved for those who might kick my dogs, hurt my friends and family, or attempt to tell me how to think, live, or feel. My concerns revolve around the care and welfare of my intimate circle, and I consider the machinations of politicians and governments largely corrupt and self-serving. They are entities to be avoided and ignored whenever possible, superficially tolerated only when all

other options are exhausted. If someone is intensely moved by what they see as a gross injustice, I don’t begrudge them the privilege of protesting with vigor. However, it would probably be helpful if they first knew all the facts, and were both knowledgeable and specific about the things they claim to despise. For example, “I’m mad that my candidate didn’t win” is an extraordinarily puerile reason to engage in revolt. On the other hand, motives such as “I think we should shelter refugees from war-torn lands”—if such is your opinion—is both laudable and justified. The

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latter is based on an individual’s conscience and values. The former is the sour-grapes whining of a petulant child or vastly overpaid Hollywood actor. For those who might be wondering, I didn’t vote for any of the presidential nominees on the 2016 ballot. When faced with a choice that requires picking the lesser of evils, I tend to abstain. I placed my mark in the “writein” box, along with a short note reading, “All are unacceptable.” Sorry, but if offered a cow-manure sandwich on my choice of white or wheat, my response will always be, “Thanks, but I had a late breakfast.” I’m also convinced that what we received is no worse than what we would have received otherwise, and it’s our own fault for not insisting upon better candidates. We reap what we sow, and we’ve no one to blame but ourselves for planting what we chose to conclude were magic beans. I’ve had the honor of knowing quite a few Ozark hill folk in my time, common-sense pragmatists who’ve endured a hardscrabble existence and learned to take all things in stride. I believe they would mirror what I’m saying. “This too shall pass.” That doesn’t mean the future will be better or worse, it just means change is inevitable. What those hill folk realize better than most, however, is that it’s hard to listen for a change in the wind when you RON MARR never stop yelling.

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NO PLACE LIKE

Home

ANCHORED IN A SMALL TOWN THE WEEKEND after Memorial Day, my small town hosts a big town celebration. The Anchor Festival in Centralia is one of the first fairs and festivals across the state that celebrates rural life. For the adults who live here, the festival is either a pain or a party. For the children who grow up here, Anchor Fest is a magical weekend where Main Street turns into a street carnival and the city square transforms into a concert hall. The town is alive with people, and houses are full of weekend guests. When the trash cans are unloaded in the square and pieces of the Scrambler are parked in the intersection, blockades come out and trucks pull in, so you’d better find another way home. The festive posters are printed and carnival tickets sold and those townspeople not so inclined have already left town. The beer tent is up, and so is a stage that wasn’t there the night before. It takes a village to raise up a village. Weeks before the big weekend, the Knights of Columbus are preparing their homemade sausage while the girls’ softball team is cooking up apple dumplings. The Boy Scouts churn ice cream, and churches bake fruit pies and thick brownies. Food trucks wait in the street with fried ravioli and onion blossoms, but it is the hometown booths I frequent the most—the Kiwanis with their pulled pork potatoes and the Cattlemen with those rib-eye sandwiches. I have two days to eat it all. In one weekend, twenty-six thousand people descend on my hometown of four thousand. A large number of them don’t know that the Anchor Festival was started as a love fest for Centralia’s largest employer. Hubbell Power Systems manufactures the Never Creep Anchor, which was invented by Centralia na-

tive, A.B. Chance. AB Chance Company paid a fair wage and was generous to the community, and their employees raised their families here. The day came when the Chance family sold the company. Over the years, the company changed hands several times, and all that Centralia could do was worry and wait and wonder whether our small town could hang on to the one thing that belonged here. The town gave a sigh of relief when Hubbell Power Systems bought the manufacturing plant and became a big partner in this little town. We realize that we are lucky to have the industry, and we are grateful and proud of that Never Creep Anchor. We have a festival to prove it. My three children claim Centralia as their hometown, and Anchor Fest is part of who they are. This weekend, curfews are relaxed, music plays until midnight, and their parents are dancing in the street. Even though they are grown and gone, my kids come back every year and laugh about tattoos and tank tops and tall tales from past festivals. We have seen it all.

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The weekend after Memorial Day, my extended family will again dust the winter off our lawn chairs and put them on the City Square in the place we call “our spot.” From there, we can view the stage and still hear ourselves talk and be close to those apple dumplings. Anchor Fest is known to bring people together: my son stole a first kiss on the Ferris wheel; my daughter met her future husband over a sugar-sprinkled funnel cake; and my other daughter firmly believes that Anchor Fest is an invitation to a party. With the moon over the Tilt-a-Whirl, we eat our junk food under the stars, drink beer in a tent, and take turns working in a booth. By the time the weekend is over, everyone needs a nap. So here’s to all the small towns, the hometowns, the side towns that are built on the backbone of dreamers. Here’s to those quiet communities that are proud of their roots and work together to give the next generation a reason to come home. Here’s to all the fair fans and festival-goers, the folks who come from everywhere to buy crafts and funnel cakes— you are the ones who make the merry-goround go ’round. All over Missouri, towns just like Centralia will host events that honor their history and celebrate their future and show gratitude for what they have. These are the storybook hometowns where dreams are anchored and memories are made and industries don’t move away. Anchor Fest should be a national holiday. Lorry Myers writes from her home in central Missouri. You can write her at LORRY MYERS LorrysStorys@gmail.com.

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Healthy LIFE

Oh No, I’ve Been Bitten! MOSQUITO BITES are not necessarily a reason for panic, health experts advise. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, many people infected with the Zika virus won’t feel sick at all. Others may experience mild flulike symptoms: fever, rash, headache, joint pain, conjunctivitis (pinkeye), and/or muscle pain. The effects can last a few days or up to a week and

BITE FRIGHT

rarely involve a hospital stay. The Zika virus rarely causes death, the CDC says.

Zika risk could grow in St. Louis this summer.

pregnant women transferring the virus to their unborn

► ACCORDING TO RESEARCHERS at St. Louis University,

“Whether it’s male-to-female transmission or female-to-

children. Zika has been traced to microcephaly, a se-

this summer may bring an increased risk for transmission

male, you have no idea you’re infected,” she says.

vere fetal defect causing an abnormally small head and

That’s part of the insidious nature of Zika. Adults with

underdeveloped brain. The CDC has the following rec-

A team of researchers led by Enbal Shacham studied

a normal immune system might never feel sick. Others

ommendations for anyone who is pregnant or might be

more than three thousand counties in the United States.

might exhibit flulike symptoms but recover in relatively

pregnant:

The team used factors such as the presence of Aedes

short order.

•

Be aware of areas in which Zika has been found.

•

Use mosquito repellents that provide up to seven

aegypti mosquitos, which carry the Zika virus, and rates

It’s important to understand that the research mod-

of sexually transmitted diseases to pinpoint 507 areas of

els apply only to risk factors, Enbal says. Currently, there

hours of protection. According to Consumer Re-

“high risk” where reports of the Zika virus could poten-

are no warnings about increased Zika activity in St. Louis

ports, Avon’s Skin So Soft Body Oil only provides

tially increase. St. Louis and St. Clair County, Illinois, made

or the rest of the state. The report addresses the prob-

about two hours of protection despite its long-

the list.

ability of an increase. Enbal hopes the information will

standing reputation as a bug deterrent. Look for

“Mosquitos are a problem, but they’re only part of the

spark a dialog about ways to prevent the transmission of

FDA-approved mosquito protection. Keep in mind

problem,” Enbal says. “The sexual transmission of Zika is

Zika through timely strategies that communicate risk, at-

that the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which carries the

additionally risky because we have high rates of STDs in

tempt to control the mosquito populations, and provide

Zika virus, bites during daylight hours. Wear mos-

our regions, namely gonorrhea and chlamydia.”

education on the importance of practicing safe sex.

quito repellants every time you go outside.

The high number of STDs can be used to establish

“The key is that we don’t know enough about how

•

Avoid unprotected sex during the entire pregnancy.

the incidence of unprotected sex taking place within the

easy it is to transmit Zika sexually,” Enbal says. “We need

•

Get tested immediately after returning from travel,

area, Enbal explains. Transmitting the Zika virus through

more research. And we need people to demand more re-

a sexual encounter can be of particular concern be-

search be funded and allocated in a manner that will help

cause 80 percent of the time, there are no symptoms.

us prevent additional impact to our region.”

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even if exhibiting no symptoms. •

If you do feel sick, see your healthcare professional immediately.

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The biggest concern with the Zika virus is infected

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SHOW-ME

Flavor

DELI DELIGHTS The perfect sandwich awaits in one of Missouri’s classic delicatessens. hood grocery where you’d take your weekly order and get it filled while you caught up on all the community gossip. Since it was right there on the block and, in many cases, always open, the deli was one of the first convenience stores. And when you needed coffee and a Danish for breakfast, a sandwich for lunch, or to take home a gallon of soup for dinner, the deli would be your first, last, and all points in-between destination. Though a German creation, the word delicatessen itself is from the French délicatesse, meaning “delicious things.” The shortened form— deli—didn’t make an appearance in the American lexicon until the mid1950s. In Missouri, what we would today refer to as a deli actually had its start as a general store meat counter. Meats and cheeses were stacked high on homemade bread, partnered with a pickle and wrapped in butcher paper to keep it fresh. As supermarkets came along, they advanced the fresh deli counter until it’s virtually impossible to go into a grocery store today and not encounter the curved glass case full of prepared meats waiting to be sliced to order. Like everyone, we appreciate the convenience of the in-store deli. But we’re also nostalgic for the way it used to be. That’s why we sent our epicurean archeologists to get the lowdown on some of the best old-time delis in the Show-Me State. Grab a bag of chips! And whatever you do, don’t forget the pickle.

Williamsburg

CRANE’S COUNTRY STORE Laron Hilke balances his wax-paper-wrapped sandwich on a bag of chips as if it were a well-practiced ritual. And to hear him tell it, it is. Laron manages Hilke’s Ice Company, the Freeburg-based ice company that was founded by his father, John. Laron says he comes by Crane’s Country Store every time he’s in the neighborhood. “You can’t come to Williamsburg without stopping to get a sandwich,” he says.

The sandwich Laron refers to is Crane’s Country Store’s famous “one meat, one cheese, two dollars” special. “It used to be one meat, one cheese, one dollar,” explains David Crane, fourth-generation owner of the historic general store. “We started that in the ’50s but we just couldn’t keep doing it.” Crane’s Country Store can trace its roots to 1899 when the Crane family bought into the Harrison Store in Mineola. After changing names for the succession of sons and brothers who operated it, the store moved to its present Williamsburg location on Old Highway 40 in 1926. In addition to jeans, boots, pocketknives, and whatever odds and ends you’d expect to find in an old country store, locals and visitors still flock through the doors for a simple meat-and-cheese sandwich served on white bread with a choice of mustard or Miracle Whip. On an average day, David estimates he and his staff make 100 to 200 sandwiches. “You can get a sandwich, bag of chips, and a soda for under five bucks,” he says. Crane’s Country Store is open from 8 AM to 6 PM Monday through Saturday. “My uncle used to be open on Sunday but once I took over, my wife said we could stay open on Sunday if I didn’t want to be married anymore,” David says, laughing. “I’ve decided that I really like being married.”—Martin W. Schwartz 10675 Old US 40 • 573-254-3311 • Cranes-Country-Store.com

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KARL KISCHEL

THE CORNER DELI was many things. It was the neighbor-

Above: Crane’s Country Store appears much the same today as it did when it was built, right down to the wood-burning stove in the middle of the building. Right: Kaitlynn’s Gyro, with grilled lamb, beef, lettuce, tomato, onions, and feta cheese on Greek pita with tzatziki sauce.

Brunswick

COURTESY KAITLYNN’S DELI AND ICE CREAM SHOP

KAITLYNN’S DELI AND ICE CREAM SHOP Brunswick, Missouri’s self-proclaimed “Pecan Capital,” offers a lot more than delicious nuts; it also offers a unique chance to experience a “step back in time” at Kaitlynn’s Deli and Ice Cream Shop. This locally beloved old-fashioned soda fountain and deli is run by Kaitlynn Reichert, a woman with dual passions: baking and her hometown. Kaitlynn began her legendary baking as a made-to-order business in 2006 at the age of 16, starting her own local storefront just five years later in downtown Brunswick. Kaitlynn quickly decided that it would take more than great cheesecake to feed the town of nine hundred, so the idea of the sliced meats and cheeses came into play and the nostalgia of an old-fashioned deli was kept alive. “We hit a niche with it,” says Kaitlynn. One of the most popular items on the menu is the Bruns-on-Wick Sandwich (see the recipe on page 77), a play on Buffalo, New York’s famous Beef-on-Weck Sandwich. This classic is filled with roast beef, swiss cheese, caramelized onions, and sautéed mushrooms. The sand-

wich is grilled and topped with horseradish sauce. You can choose to have the sandwich on a toasted caraway seed bun, but the locals and Kaitlynn agree that the sandwich is at its highest potential on a freshly baked pretzel bun. Kaitlyn’s Deli and Ice Cream Shop is open from 10 AM to 7 PM Tuesday through Saturday.—Danielle Breshears 121 East Broadway Street • 660-548-3600 • Kaitlynns.com

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Above: In addition to being a deli, Turners Station Mercantile is also a full-service post office. Right: The Hook ’Em Up sandwich is the most popular item on the deli side of M&M Bakery and Deli in Kansas City. On the bakery side, it’s the cheesecake that keeps customers coming back.

Turners

TURNERS STATION MERCANTILE

6484 East Farm Road 148 • 417-881-8777 • Facebook: Turners Station Mercantile

Kansas City

M&M BAKERY AND DELI This small neighborhood business on East Thirty-First Street near US 71 in Kansas City’s inner city is a good example of things that change and somehow remain the same. Though originally a kosher delicatessen in a predominantly Jewish neighborhood, the deli has evolved along with the neighborhood. Today, the quality of M&M’s baked goods and deli sandwiches brings visitors from across the city, says owner Dorothy Williams. “We’ve owned it for thirty-three years,” she says. “I think it was here for twenty-five years before that.” Jewish immigrant Bronia Rosiawowski established M&M Bakery and Deli. Lifelong customer Robert Cahill says he remembers picking up

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MARTIN W. SCHWARTZ, COURTESY M&M BAKERY AND DELI

One of Springfield’s favorite lunch stops can trace its roots to a small general store and post office built in 1889 just east of Springfield. Originally named Turnerville, the arrival of the Frisco Railroad would soon have everyone calling it Turners Station. The railroad still runs right past the front door. The original Turners Store burned in 1923, but Jill Elsey Stoner, third-generation owner of Turners Station, says her grandparents rebuilt almost immediately. It’s that reconstructed building that welcomes a standing-room-only lunchtime crowd. “We do made-to-order deli sandwiches six days a week,” Jill says. “We also have a brown-bag special that changes every day and a hot lunch soup at noon.” The curved glass case is located near the back of the store and features a variety of meats, including ham, turkey, roast beef, pickle loaf, liver loaf, bologna, and chicken salad. Pile them on a choice of bread and cheeses such as American, pepper jack, Colby, swiss, sharp cheddar, and provolone. Chips, sodas, candy bars, and a variety of Missouri souvenirs are also available. Turners Station is open 7 AM to 6 PM Monday through Friday and 8 AM to 3 PM Saturday.—Martin W. Schwartz

Left: At the Dutch Bakery Bulk Food Store in Tipton, you can choose from a variety of meats and cheeses to take home or have made into a sandwich. Above: Gioia’s Deli on The Hill in St. Louis was built with brick and wood recovered from the 1904 World’s Fair.

wiches, salads, and sides. Today, Kathy’s son Alex Donley runs Gioia’s and little has changed over the years. Menu items are limited, but all made in-house. And Gioia’s remains the only place in the state, if not the world, to serve a hot salami sandwich (that’s hot as in temperature and popularity, not spice). The deli is open from 10 AM to 4 PM Monday through Saturday. —Susan Katzman 1934 Macklind Avenue • 314-776-9410 • GioiasDeli.com

part-time work from Bronia when he was a boy. “When I was young, this was a kosher deli. They had a lot of meats and a couple of big pickle barrels right here,” he says, gesturing to a spot in front of the sandwich counter. “I remember it like it was yesterday. I’m sixty, and I’ve been coming here all my life.” The specialty of M&M Bakery and Deli, aside from huge cinnamon rolls that look like they could feed four, is the Hook ’Em Up sandwich. The sandwich boasts pepper beef, turkey ham, lettuce, tomato, pickle, onion, hot and American cheese, salad dressing, and mustard served on an onion roll with a bag of chips on the side for just $6.50. M&M Bakery and Delicatessen is open from 6:30 AM to 5 PM Tuesday through Friday, and 7 AM to 4 PM Saturday. It is closed Sunday and Monday.—Martin W. Schwartz 1721 East Thirty-First Street • 816-924-9172 • Facebook: MMBakeryDeli

St. Louis

MARTIN W. SCHWARTZ, SUSAN KATZMAN

GIOIA’S DELI The food truck delights and the downtown location pleases, but to capture the full glory of Gioia’s Deli, head to the original site on The Hill in St. Louis. It is here that history, tradition, and food blend in a uniquely delicious manner—a fact recognized by the deli’s recent win of a coveted James Beard Foundation America’s Classic award. Gioia’s roots stretch to 1918 when Italian immigrant Charlie Gioi opened a butcher shop and sold homemade salam de testa (hot salami) by the pound and in sandwiches on Saturdays. When Kathy Donley took over Gioia’s in 1980, she transformed the shop into a deli, serving the hot salami sandwich as well as other sand-

Tipton

DUTCH BAKERY AND BULK FOOD STORE When you’re in the mood for a big, fresh deli sandwich, an Amish bulk food store might not be the first destination to pop into your mind, but it should. After you get past the baking supplies, the candies, the nuts, and the produce, you’ll see the deli counter in the back of the store. Here, you can choose from just about any deli meat or cheese—including sweet bologna—and have it sliced and packaged to take home. Or you can opt for a sandwich made your way and put between two slices of homebaked bread. “The Dutch Deluxe is our most popular,” says David Hoober, manager. “It’s smoked ham, smoked turkey, and roast beef with swiss cheese. It weighs about a pound and a quarter. It’s a big sandwich and it’s served on our homemade bread.” You can also add lettuce, tomato, onions, pickles, jalapeño and banana peppers, and black olives. And it all costs just $5.99. Dutch Bakery also sells unique soft drinks such as Sioux City Sarsaparilla. And be sure to check out the fresh-baked desserts. There’s a small picnic table in the store if you want to dine in. Dutch Bakery and Bulk Food is celebrating its thirtieth anniversary on US 50 in Tipton. It’s easy to find, just east of the giant eight-ball water tower. The store is open 7 AM to 6 PM Monday through Thursday, 7 AM to 7 PM Friday, and 7 AM to 5:30 PM Saturday.—Martin W. Schwartz 709 US 50 • 660-433-2865 • Facebook: Dutch Bakery and Bulk Food Store

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Flavor

BRUNS-ON-WICK SANDWICH Courtesy Kaitlynn’s Deli & Ice Cream Shop, Brunswick

Ingredients >

2 ounces sliced yellow onion 2 teaspoons butter, split 2 tablespoons salt 4 button mushrooms, sliced 2 slices bread or split sandwich roll

Spray olive oil ¼ cup caraway seeds 1 slice swiss cheese 4 to 6 slices of deli roast beef Prepared horseradish sauce

Directions >

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1. Caramelize the onions in 1 teaspoon butter and a pinch of salt. Set aside. 2. Sauté mushrooms in 1 teaspoon butter. Set aside. 3. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. 4. Lightly spray top of bread with olive oil and sprinkle with caraway seeds and salt to taste. (Some seeds will fall off when you toast it, but you will still get the flavor.) 5. Lay bread, prepared side down, on a cookie sheet. Top with 1 slice swiss cheese and then slices of roast beef. On the other half of bread, add sautéed mushrooms and caramelized onions. 6. Bake open faced until cheese melts and sandwich halves are heated through, 1 to 2 minutes. 7. Top beef with horseradish sauce, put the two sides together to make one sandwich, and enjoy a classic Brunswick treat.

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MICROWAVE SWEET POTATO CHIPS From the Missouri Life staff

Ingredients >

1 medium-large sweet potato, scrubbed

Vegetable oil spray Sea salt to taste

Directions >

1. Line the tray of your microwave with a trimmed piece of parchment paper. 2. With a mandolin slicer or a very sharp knife, make very thin slices of unpeeled sweet potato. 3. Rinse slices in cold water and pat dry. 4. Lightly spray slices with vegetable oil and sprinkle with sea salt. 5. Space the slices evenly on the parchment paper. 6. Cook on high, starting at 3 minutes and then adding 30-second increments until chips turn light brown and start to get crunchy. 7. Allow to cool before eating. Add more salt, if desired, or sprinkle with a mixture of equal parts sugar and cinnamon for a sweeter treat. Serves 2

REUBEN SANDWICH

From the Missouri Life staff (with special thanks to Grandma Sarver) Ingredients >

2 tablespoons butter, 6 to 8 thin deli slices unsalted, softened cooked corned 2 slices Jewish rye beef brisket bread 3 tablespoons ¼ cup Russian dressing sauerkraut, (recipe follows) or drained Thousand Island 1 slice swiss cheese dressing

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Directions >

1. Place 2 slices of Jewish rye bread on a counter or cutting board. Spread both evenly with butter. 2. Place 1 slice butter side down (wax paper keeps the butter intact) and add ingredients in the following order: 2 teaspoons Russian dressing, or to taste (Thousand Island dressing can be substituted), corned beef slices, sauerkraut, swiss cheese. 3. Top with additional Russian dressing, to taste.

ICEBOX PICKLES From the Missouri Life staff

Ingredients >

6 cups sliced, unpeeled cucumbers 1 cup sliced red onion 1 tablespoon celery seed 1 tablespoon salt

2 teaspoons dried dill or one sprig of fresh dill 2 cups white sugar 1 cup white vinegar

Directions >

1. Combine all ingredients in a glass jar or crock and stir until sugar dissolves. Cover with water and refrigerate. 2. Can be eaten immediately, but they get better with age. Pickles will keep up to 3 months in the refrigerator.

4. Put the remaining slice of rye on top, buttered side up. 5. Preheat sauté pan over medium-high heat, place sandwich in pan, and heat sandwich approximately 3 minutes on each side, until the bread is golden brown and the cheese is melted.

RUSSIAN DRESSING Ingredients >

1 cup mayonnaise or 4 teaspoons prepared Miracle Whip salad horseradish, or to dressing taste ¼ cup ketchup (or chili 1 teaspoon sauce for a spicier Worcestershire taste) sauce 1 teaspoon hot sauce Fine sea salt, to taste

Directions >

1. Whisk together mayonnaise or salad dressing, ketchup or chili sauce, hot sauce, horseradish, and Worcestershire sauce. 2. Season with fine sea salt. Will keep in refrigerator for up to 2 weeks. Makes 1½ cups

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DUTCH LETTERS

Courtesy Taylor’s Bake Shop, Boonville Ingredients > FOR THE CRUST: 1½ cups all-purpose flour 1 tablespoon sugar ½ teaspoon salt

FOR THE FILLING: ¾ cup sugar ¼ cup brown sugar ½ pound almond paste

Directions >

¼ cup (½ stick) cold butter, diced ¼ cup vegetable shortening ¼ cup cold water

2 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla

1. To make crust, measure flour, sugar, and salt into a medium bowl. Stir together with a pastry blender. Cut in butter with the pastry blender, then cut in shortening. Stir in water. Add more water, if necessary, to form a ball of dough. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour. 2. Make the filling by blending the sugars and softened almond paste with electric mixer at low speed. Add eggs and vanilla, and mix until well blended. Put into a sealed container and refrigerate for at least 1 hour. 3. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 4. Divide chilled dough into 2 pieces. Flatten 1 piece into a rectangular shape on a floured board. Roll out to approximately 12-by-15 inches. Cut the dough with a pastry wheel into 3 pieces approximately 12-by-5 inches each. Lay the rectangles on a parchment-lined pan. Repeat this procedure with the second piece of dough. 5. Spoon filling down the center length of each piece of dough leaving about a 1¹/₂-inch margin on each side. Fold one side over the filling, then fold the other side over that so that they overlap. Fold the ends up just enough to seal them. Roll them over so the folded side is on the bottom. 6. Form rolls into an S shape. Brush with water, or egg white and water, then sprinkle with sugar. Refrigerate leftover filling for up to 1 week. 7. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes, then check. Continue baking until golden brown. Makes 6 Dutch Letters

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May 13, Hannibal > Come out and see the restored cars from classic to muscle cars. Downtown. 8 am-4 pm. Free for visitors; registration fee to exhibit a car. 573-541-8222, VisitHannibal.com

May 4, Moberly > Enjoy free popcorn at this showing of True Grit with John Wayne and Glen Campbell. Fourth Street Theatre. 6 pm. $10. 660-2636070, MoberlyChamber.com

MOVIE IN THE PARK

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May 6, Hannibal > You can compete with or cheer for your favorite players. Hannibal Free Public Library. 1-5:15 pm (registration from 12:30-1 pm). Free. 573-221-0222, Hannibal.Lib.Mo.us

May 26, Moberly > Come watch a movie outdoors and enjoy the concessions. Fox Park. 8:30 pm. Free. 660-269-8705, MoberlyChamber.com

May 27-28, Hannibal > This festival celebrates Hannibal’s beloved author, Mark Twain. Enjoy the fun in Samuel Clemens’s hometown with more than 100 vendors, a wine garden, Tom and

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KANSAS CITY BROOKSIDE ART ANNUAL May 5-7, Kansas City > Hundreds of fine art vendors, live music, and a children’s activity area highlight this neighborhood art festival. Sixty-third and Brookside Streets. 5-9 pm Fri.; 10 am-9 pm Sat.; 11 am-5 pm Sun. Free. 816-523-5553, BrooksideKC.com These listings are chosen by our editors and are not paid for by sponsors.

BUCK DAYS CELEBRATION

CULINARY TROLLEY TOURS

May 6, Independence > Celebrate President Harry S. Truman’s 133rd birthday at historic sites throughout the Missourian’s hometown. Harry S. Truman Library and Museum and other sites. 9 am-5 pm. $1. 816-268-8200, TrumanLibrary.org

May 20, Excelsior Springs > Ride the trolley to area restaurants to enjoy delightful pairings of food and drink. Meet at Ventana Gourmet Grill. 3:458 pm. $99. 816-630-6161, ESTrolley.com

CONCOURS D’ELEGANCE

May 6, Knob Noster > Join a park naturalist on this hilly hike to discover the wide variety of wildflowers in the park. Knob Noster State Park. 2-4 pm. Free. Pre-registration required. 660-563-2463, MoStateParks.com/park/knob-noster-state-park

TRAIN DAY CELEBRATION

LIGHTSABER BATTLE

Join in as Star Wars fans help fight cystic fibrosis and attempt to get into the Guinness Book of World Records for the biggest lightsaber battle. The attempt will be on May 6 at the Berkley Riverfront Park in Kansas City starting at 5 pm. Costs range from $10 to $100. Call 816-600-7450 or visit Battle4KC.com for more information.

May 13, Kansas City > Take a ride on a miniature train, get entertained by Rockin’ Rob, jump on the inflatables, check out the crafts, and play at the Imagination Playground at this celebration. Kansas City Northern Miniature Railroad at Frank Vaydik Park. 10 am-6 pm. Free. 816-513-7527, KCParks.org

KID’S KITE DAY May 13, Warsaw > Everyone will get to make and decorate his or her own kite to celebrate National Kids to Parks Day. Park staff will be on hand to help kids build their kites. Harry S. Truman State Park. 9 am-2 pm. Free. 660-438-7711, MoStateParks.com/ park/harry-s-truman-state-park

May 20, Kansas City > British car owners from around the region display their cars and Jaguars to be judged for awards. Crown Center Square. 9 am2 pm. Free. 816-274-8444, CrownCenter.com

WREATH-LAYING CEREMONY May 20, Sedalia > The wreath-laying ceremony commemorates George Whiteman, a military aviator in World War II. Whiteman Air Force Base was named for him. Memorial Park Cemetery. 11 am. Free. 660-826-2222, SedaliaChamber.com

BIRDS OF A FEATHER May 25, Butler > Take a guided walk to learn about a variety of birds. Battle of Island Mound State Historic Site. 6 pm. Free. 417-843-6711, MoStateParks. com/park/battle-island-mound-state-historic-site

MUSIC IN THE PARK May 26, Lee’s Summit > Bring a lawn chair and enjoy a concert under the stars. Howard Station Park. 5:30-9 pm. Free. 816-246-6598, DowntownLS.org

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WESTPORT ROOTS FESTIVAL May 26-28, Kansas City > Five stages will host bands performing traditional and neo-traditional American music including Honky Tonk, Bluegrass, Outlaw Country, and Blues. Historic Westport Entertainment Distict. 8 pm-2 am Fri.; 11 am-2 am Sat.-Sun. $40. 913-721-6721, WestportRoots.com

LIVING HISTORY PROGRAM May 27-Aug. 13, Lawson > Costumed interpretive staff present life in rural Missouri in the 1870s with demonstrations on how people lived and played in the nineteenth century. Children’s games and activities are included. Tours of the Woolen Mill and Watkins house will be offered. Watkins Woolen Mill State Park and State Historic Site. 10 am-4 pm Sat.Sun. Free. 816-580-3387, MoStateParks.com/park/ watkins-woolen-mill-state-historic-site

CELEBRATION AT THE STATION May 28, Kansas City > The Kansas City Symphony puts on a patriotic musical salute concluding with a huge fireworks show over the Liberty Memorial. Union Station. Grounds open at 1 pm. Free. 816-4711100, KCSymphony.org

BACKYARD BIRDS AND FEEDERS May 28, Warsaw > This program is all about the birds you can see in your backyard, and every kid

who participates gets to assemble a wooden bird feeder to take home. Harry S. Truman State Park. 6 pm. Free. 660-438-7711, MoStateParks.com/park/ harry-s-truman-state-park

CENTRAL SHELBYFEST May 5-6, Jefferson City > This festival started in 2006 when six men met to show off their 2007 Shelby GT500 Mustangs. It has been growing every year since. Come out to see these muscle cars, bring your Mustang and join in a country cruise, watch the full autocross event, and enjoy an ice cream social. Downtown on High Street. 9 am Fri. 8:30 am3:30 pm Sat. Free. 573-632-2820, VisitJeffersonCity .com/shelbyfest.

HIKE TO HIDDEN TREASURES May 6, Columbia > Help celebrate the park’s 50th anniversary on this Shooting Star Wildflower Hike. Learn about the park’s founding, history, and nature. See shooting star flowers, hike a two-mile trail in the woodlands of the Gans Creek Wild area, and listen to park naturalists read from the 1891 diary of Edward Jacobs. Rock Bridge Memorial State Park. 1:30-3:30 pm. Free. Reservations required. 573-4497400, MoStateParks.com/park/rockbridge-memo rial-state-park

MASTER GARDENERS SALE May 6, Jefferson City > Shop indoors for a wide variety of plants, hanging baskets, and containers at this fundraiser for a scholarship program and local garden projects. There will be master gardeners on hand to answer questions. Jaycee Fairgrounds. 7 am-noon. 573-291-1281, VisitJeffersonCity.com

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May 6, Arrow Rock > This presentation will share some tricks of the preservationist’s trade that you can use in your own home, and there will be a tour of the John Sites house and gunsmith shop, The Odd Fellows Lodge Hall, and Print Shop. Arrow Rock State Historic Site. 10-11:30 am. Free. 660837-3330, ArrowRock.org

May 6-7, Arrow Rock > Historical reenactors will portray encampments of Union soldiers, Confederate bushwhackers, and the civilians caught between opposing sides, and there will be military drills. Arrow Rock State Historic Site. 9 am-5 pm Sat.; 9 am-2 pm Sun. Free. 660-837-3330, MoStateParks .com/park/arrow-rock-state-historic-site

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The Back Story Standing the Test of Time

BY GREG WOOD, PUBLISHER

tion when the renovator came out to give me an estimate. He took one look at the barn, shook his head, and said he wasn’t to our farm in Howard County in 1995, it interested. had an old house that was good enough to The next Sunday, we went to our little live in while I started building our home. country church, Grace Fellowship, and sat The farm also had three old barns on it: behind Paxton Vroman, who is a builder. the pig barn, the mule barn, and the other Later, that morning, as we sipped coffee and called simply “the big red barn.” munched on doughnuts, I told him about The mule barn was built before the Civil our barn and the builder who summarily War and was put together with wooden rejected the project. pegs and mortise and tenon joints. I tried Paxton was not the least bit fazed by the to prop it up with supports for a few years earlier builder’s dismissal, and the more until I could restore it but a big wind came we talked the higher my hopes soared. He along and took most of it down. I vowed looked at it and said he’d be glad to take on that wouldn’t happen to the other barns. the project. He showed up in mid-January Howard Marshall, author of Barns of with a trailer full of dimensional lumber Missouri: Storehouses of History told me and posts as a blustery winter wind blew that Missouri barns have their roots deeply from the west. embedded in history that goes back to our “I went up in the hayloft and felt the European ancestors, but it’s not the outside whole barn shaking like it might blow of the barn that holds the secret. over,” Paxton recalls. In just a few short “It’s the way the barn was laid out, the days he and his crew had gutted, replaced, floor plan that tells the tale of the origin repaired, and added hundreds of board feet of the barn,” says Howard. “We still have of lumber. “We definitely caught it in the some grand old barns standing, but we lose nick of time,” he says. “It wouldn’t be standmany every year due to neglect and the raving much longer otherwise.” ages of time.” Before and after: The big red barn as it appeared when Paxton Vroman first Paxton said he got a lot of pleasure out During the 1950s, Howard says, Mis- looked at it and Paxton in front of the barn after the renovation. The big red barn, built in 1932, is an excellent example of Missouri farm architecture. of working on this particular barn “because souri had more small farms and, one could of the craftsmanship and amount of lumber assume, more barns than any other state. used in the original structure. No one puts that much lumber in a barn Howard, who was a professor of art history and archaeology at the Univertoday. You couldn’t afford to.” sity of Missouri for many years, believes that is a safe assumption. Working on our barn inspired Paxton—who has been a builder for Last spring, I needed some hay as we were loading up our horses and twenty years and is owner of PV Buildings (Paxton316@yahoo.com)—to heading to Texas to ride alongside a stagecoach making its final journey focus on just renovating barns. “When I was younger, it was just work, (see Missouri Life, August/September 2016, “Coming Home: A Stagecoach work, work,” he says. “Now I want to do work that is enjoyable, that gives Returns to the Ozarks”). I called my ranching neighbors Linda and Butch something back, and preserving barns is a great way to do that.” Johnmeyer, and they said, “Come on over.” Howard echoes that sentiment: “If more people would take a little time When I got there, I stood dumbstruck in front of their barn. Built about and some tin and fix a leaky barn roof or fix some boards, we’d all be betthe same time as ours, their barn had been in much the same condition ter off for it,” he says. “There is nothing as rewarding as preserving history as ours the last time I’d seen it. But last spring I saw it standing in all its for our grandkids.” newfound glory, ready to face the world for another hundred years. So here’s to old barns that stand the test of time—with a little help. I called the people who renovated Linda’s barn. I was full of anticipa-

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