by sarah | Apr 28, 2026 | This is the Ozarks
Growing up in the Ozarks teaches you something about what truly matters. Nearly a century ago, a boy from Neosho, Missouri, grew up watching the people of the Ozarks. The farmer down the road turning his field. The preacher raising his voice to a crowd. The men in...
by sarah | Apr 28, 2026 | This is the Ozarks
The Ozarks has always had its own way of taking care of people. More than a century ago, a minister living in Lebanon wrote a novel about a town like ours. The hills were our hills. The streets were our streets. And the people — well — they were us. The book was The...
by sarah | Apr 28, 2026 | This is the Ozarks
In late December 1909, twelve children stepped off the Frisco and onto a platform they had never seen before. They had traveled from New York. Some still had living parents. Some had known more loss than most adults ever will. All of them were stepping into the...
