by sarah | Aug 31, 2026 | This is the Ozarks
In the ’80s, everybody at Six-Mile Cove thought their boat was the fastest. Long before the crowds, before the million-dollar boats, before anyone called it the Shootout, folks just tied up. Drag boats. Jet boats. Flat-bottoms. V-drives. Every kind of hull the...
by sarah | Aug 18, 2026 | This is the Ozarks
There is one Camdenton in the world. In 1930, the old Camden County seat of Linn Creek was running out of time. Bagnell Dam was going up, and much of the town would soon be underwater. Buildings were torn down or moved to higher ground. Around 3,000 graves throughout...
by sarah | Aug 9, 2026 | This is the Ozarks
There’s a story behind the bridge at Bennett Spring. In the fall of 1933, the Great Depression was in full force. It was a particularly tough time for a group of men who’d once given everything to their country. The Civilian Conservation Corps began as a...
by sarah | Apr 29, 2026 | This is the Ozarks
Nobody gives permission for a community to exist. In 1849, someone donated land on a hill and drew the lines of a town. It was a reasonable decision. High ground. A crossroads. A courthouse went up. A name went on a map. Lebanon began the way most things begin,...
by sarah | Apr 28, 2026 | This is the Ozarks
Nobody mourns a highway. Except this one. One hundred years ago, Route 66 was stitched together from dirt paths and farm roads by the communities it would connect. Town by town. Mile by mile. Designed to run through the front door of every place it touched. Not around...
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...
