by sarah | Apr 28, 2026 | This is the Ozarks
This is what’s at the bottom of the Lake of the Ozarks. Linn Creek, Missouri. A courthouse. A hotel. A lumber yard. A grocery store where men gathered on a sunny afternoon the way people do in a town where everyone knows you. For nearly a hundred years, families had...
by sarah | Apr 28, 2026 | Partners
Few people in the Ozarks know his name. But he helped build this nation. Jacob Blickensderfer came to the Ozarks to retire. He planted an orchard, built a mansion with an astronomical dome, and put down roots the way a man does when he intends to stay. But before the...
by sarah | Apr 28, 2026 | This is the Ozarks
Few people in the Ozarks know his name. But he helped build this nation. Jacob Blickensderfer came to the Ozarks to retire. He planted an orchard, built a mansion with an astronomical dome, and put down roots the way a man does when he intends to stay. But before the...
by sarah | Apr 28, 2026 | Partners
Spring break kicks off today. And a group of young people is showing up for what matters most to them. Some are outside clearing limbs and opening up a fence line that’s been waiting for attention. Others are inside, sorting racks and making space for the next family...
by sarah | Apr 28, 2026 | This is the Ozarks
By six in the evening, the whole town was gone. Sunday, April 18, 1880. Marshfield, Missouri. It was a clear spring day. The cyclone came through in less than a minute. Nearly a hundred people were killed. All but 15 buildings were leveled. The courthouse became a...
