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Contents OCTOBER 2016

[54] THE TRUMAN TOUR Follow the path of President Harry S. Truman to fifteen stops in his old stomping grounds.

in every issue >

[18] SHOW-ME BOOKS Two Kansas City writers offer advice for women on killing anxiety and getting what you want out of difficult conversations.

[22] MUSIC Columbia native Brad Cunningham and his band set their sights on Red Dirt Texas country.

[26] MISSOURI ARTIST A St. Louis Picasso of Pancakes discoveres his ability to make tasty art with colored batter.

special features >

[79] MUSINGS ON MISSOURI

Missouri. See ten favorites, including one he considers the most magnifi ent.

Ron Marr knows why the word “health” starts with the sound of the word “hell.” His various efforts to achieve good health have sometimes humorous and unhealthy consequences.

[42] PRISON RIOT BREAKOUT

[80] NO PLACE LIKE HOME

The notorious Missouri State Pen caused fear and loathing in Jeffe son City in

After years of parenting, Lorry Myers rediscovers the man she married in a fateful moment under the stars, or was it a sprinkler?

[34] COUNTY COURT APPEAL Jerry Benner has visited and photographed all 114 county courthouses in

1954 when a prisoner’s ruse ignited a riot that caused Time magazine to call the penitentiary “the bloodiest forty-seven acres in America.”

[50] AMAZING CORN MAZES Could there be any better way to celebrate the harvest season than by getting lost in a corn fi ld? Missouri has six terrific adaptations of the centuries-old English hedge mazes. You can choose from challenging to kid-friendly, to some filled

ith spooky creatures, which just might turn into a Field of Screams.

[63] 20 HIKING AND BIKING TRAILS No need to leave Missouri to do some autumn leaf-peeping! Just find these ten hiking and ten bicycling trails. Use this guide to find se enity in the outdoors.

[84] VEGETARIAN CAFES

special sections > [29] WHAT’S UP IN BRANSON Great ideas for a fall getaway to the Ozarks.

[70] FALL OUTDOOR GUIDE Nine pages of inspiration for getting out and about in the great outdoors this autumn.

The growing trend of vegetarian and vegan diets catches up with some fine

[92] BED-AND-BREAKFAST!

dining in six Missouri restaurants. Even beefeaters will find som thing to enjoy.

A brand-new guide to a lot of really good nights!

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departments > [10] MISSOURI MEMO Publisher Greg Wood refle ts on the

[17] MADE IN MISSOURI

symbols of bringing government close

Find electric guitar pedals made in

to the people, and Editor in Chief

Grandview, handmade soaps made in

Danita Allen Wood can’t paint—but

Liberty, and special ceramic pottery

tries anyway.

treasures made in Boonville.

[12] LETTERS

[88] RECIPES

[95] ALL AROUND MISSOURI

Readers ask: Is Roy Rogers real? Does

Featured vegetarian cafes share their

Boo! Trick or Treat! Run for your lives!

Lorry Meyers have a book? Can you

unique recipes for spinach dip, creamy

We feature all kinds of fall fun, but

find Mi souri-made peach brandy? We

cashew cheese, kimchi, and roasted

there’s a lot of Halloween fun.

have answers.

beet hummus.

[14] MO MIX

Show-Me state trivia delivers a bicycle

Discover a unique Kansas City tour on

[91] DINING WORTH THE DRIVE

a classic double-decker bus, the history

We dine on steak in Rolla, a contempo-

helped during a fi e, and a cornucopia of

behind Mexican Villa in Springfi ld, and

rary twist on classic comfort foods in

corny facts.

a Joplin-born entertainment superstore.

Lee’s Summit, and pizza in Kirksville.

[114] MISSOURIANA quotation from Truman, how prisoners

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FROM THE COURTHOUSE STEPS

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people of our state more than our county courthouses. There are 114 of them, each as individual as the county it represents.

I was recently traveling through Ralls County and drove through the town of New London, the county seat. The courthouse sits primly on a high point in town. It caught my eye because of the elegant presence it makes in this small town of 970 friendly folks.

I didn’t have time to stop and go inside, but I wanted to find out more about it, especially after reading the story on courthouses we have in this issue, beginning on page 34.

I’ve always been fascinated by these stately structures, most of which are situated in smalltown Missouri.

It turns out the Ralls County Courthouse was built in 1858 for the princely sum of $18,000. This was the third courthouse in New London. I think one reason it looks so natural there is that the walls of the courtGREG WOOD, house are made from locally quarried limePUBLISHER stone.

I found this information on a University of Missouri Extension website, which also states: “The courtroom, noted for its acoustical quality, is on the second floo . Because of relatively few alterations, the interior maintains the integrity of the original design.” This information came from the Encyclopedia of Missouri Courthouses, which you can order for only ten dollars from Extension.missouri.edu/p/UED62.

I can add the Ralls County Courthouse to my list of favorites, which includes the county courthouses of Gentry, Moniteau, Lafayette, and Howard (which this year celebrates two hundred years as the Mother of Counties), to name a few.

There is nothing more symbolic and closer to our American ideals as Election Day at the county courthouse. Howard County Courthouse in Fayette still continues the time-honored tradition of “crying out” the election results, precinct by precinct, on the courthouse steps.

We can thank Missouri artist George Caleb Bingham for honoring the Missouri county courthouse and election process with his famous piece, The County Election, which he painted in 1852, depicting a scene on Election Day, 1850, in Arrow Rock. It’s no coincidence that George himself was running for a place in the state legislature in 1850. For better or worse, he lost that election to E. D. Sappington. The painting is on display at the Saint Louis Art Museum.

Bingham created a masterpiece as he depicted the scene of our democracy in action and the reason freedom still rings, even to this day, and will continue even after the next Election Day and its results are a memory.

I’m not good at it, but I enjoy it anyway. There’s something all-absorbing, relaxing, and rewarding about mixing the colors and then putting paint on canvas, trying to make a tree look like a tree, a barn like a barn, and a bird like a bird. I haven’t mastered the latter. My birds sitting on fences are monsters. When you’re in a family with the kind of creative talent mine has, my feeble forays into painting just don’t measure up.

Here’s what I mean: • Two of my sisters spent several years making and selling stunning Christmas wreaths and decorations. My poor attempts with a glue gun require an exact model to follow, and even then, wind up looking like a first-grade a t project.

• Another of my sisters always has the most beautiful landscapes. She has moved around a lot for her husband’s job, but within a year or two, she has glorious flowers, tasteful arrangements of plants, and something for all seasons. I’m the kind of gardener who always has weeds, and I DANITA ALLEN WOOD, usually need to dig up plants and move them EDITOR somewhere else, if they haven’t died first • One brother-in-law is an award-winning sculptor who is frequently commissioned to make art for institutions and private collectors all over the country.

While it’s true that my own endeavor—making magazines—is a creative process, it’s really orchestrating other people’s creativity: the writers and their words, the photographers and their images, the designers and their presentation of words and pictures. You see, I’m really a magazine mechanic, fine-tuning a few words here, massaging a photo selection there, or changing the pacing of a story package by tinkering everywhere.

So when Greg gave me a painting lesson for Christmas a few years ago, I went with great hesitation. After my first lesson, I realized it’s never too late to learn. I took even more lessons from Cheryl Deelo, an extremely talented local artist here in Boonville. She was giving group lessons but hasn’t given so many lately, and none of her recent offerings have jibed with my schedule. I had possibly learned enough to claim third-grade art level, and that is commentary only on my talent, not on Cheryl’s instruction. She’s a superb teacher.

One of the things I love about her instruction is the confidence she instills.

“There’s nothing you do that you can’t fix with ac ylics,” she says.

But the real point is: I miss it, and that’s why I’m taking a lesson from Paul Jackson. Talk about intimidating! He’s an internationally acclaimed artist, but he’s quite assuring that a beginner like me is welcome. (See page 28 if you’d like to join us.)

Maybe I’ll progress to fifth-grade art—if you squint your eyes and don’t look too closely.

HARRY KATZ

NOTHING SYMBOLIZES the character and tenacity of the I DON’T USUALLY ADMIT this to anyone, but I love to paint.

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

THE QUEST FOR THE DRINKABLE PEACH In a story in your May 2016 issue (Mo Mix: “The Oldest Governor’s Mansion”), the writer noted that boatmen would barter for Thornhill Estate peach brandy.

Do you know where a person could get peach brandy today, ideally Missouri-made peach brandy?

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Roy Rogers and Dale Evans on the red carpet at the Sixty-First Academy Awards in 1989.

HAPPY TRAILS

contract from Republic Studio. We’re willing to compro-

KMOS, Warrensburg has been nominated for a

I’m sure it was just an error, but Roy Rogers is not a

mise, though, and say that Roy Rogers joins a number of

2016 Emmy Award for the magazine program,

fictional character as Rick Hamby was reported to

celebrities—such as Ozzie and Harriet Nelson and Jerry

Missouri Life TV: “Columbia.” Congratulations

have said. It’s unfortunate that this mistake was not

Seinfeld—who have played fictionalized characters based

to the show’s producers: Phil Hoffman, Roy

caught by someone proofreading the story, “A Stage-

on themselves.—Editors

Millen, Christy Millen, and Eric Boedeker. You can watch the episode free at video.kmos.org/

since Rick Hamby had just been quoted as saying that

I LOVE LORRY

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“his goal was to teach history in a memorable and

I just wanted to know if you have any archives of

October 27th.

interesting way.” Interesting it was, and memorable,

Lorry Myers’s column. I really enjoy reading her sto-

but I don't think this is what he had in mind.

ries in Missouri Life. Her stories personally relate to

SEND US A LETTER

—Lisa Jarosik, Columbia

me and my life in Missouri. In fact, I had the same

We understand your point, but if we wanted to be nit-

trouble on the Metro train that she had in St. Louis! If

picky about it, Roy Rogers technically isn’t a real person.

you know of any possible way that I could access on-

Leonard Slye had earned a reputation as a yodeling cow-

line columns or purchase past stories of hers, I would

Email:

boy singer before taking his first supporting role in a Gene

greatly appreciate it. Also, if she has a book for sale, I

Fax:

Autry movie using his real name. He later appeared in

would like to purchase it. Thanks!

Facebook:

movies using the name Dick Weston. When Autry began

—James Krewson, Columbia

demanding too much money, the studio held auditions for

Unfortunately, Lorry has only been a part of the Missouri

a new cowboy star to be christened “Roy Rogers” (whose

Life family since May of this year, so we don’t have a suf-

surname was allegedly taken from the cowboy pundit,

ficient backlog of her stories for a book yet. You’re welcome

Will Rogers). Slye won the role and a seven-year film

to write her at lorrysstories@gmail.com.—Editors

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A Royal Tour IT ALL BEGAN—as many things do in Kansas City—with barbecue.

Four years ago, Karl and Bethanie Schemel started KC Barbecue Tours, a pit-crawl for foodies on a quest to experience some of Kansas City’s best barbecue joints while letting someone else do the driving.

“As part of that tour, we offered a small amount of sightseeing for digestion time,” says Bethanie. “Our guests enjoyed that portion quite a bit, so we decided that a guided tour was something we could expand on.”

Today, KC D ouble D ecker Tours is offering guided

Hop On/Hop Off service from such attractions as Crown

a deep passion for our city and we’re excited to show

excursions through the city from the open-air van-

Center, the Power & Light D istrict, the River Market,

it off,” says Bethanie. “This tour is an opportunity for

tage point of its 1968 Route Master bus, the same

Boulevard Brewing Company, the National World War I

locals and visitors to experience all that Kansas City has

vehicle used for sightseeing in London. Guests can

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choose a narrated single-loop tour, or take advantage of

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ON SEPTEMBER 17, 1951, Hargrave Ferguson purchased the PigN-Bun barbecue restaurant at the corner of National Avenue and Bennett Street.

He started experimenting with tacos and tostadas and was soon adding his perfected recipes to the Pig-N-Bun menu. In the late 1950s, Hargrave opened Old Mexico on South Glenstone Avenue and leased his barbecue restaurant to Tommy Lafino, who opened Italian Villa at that location

ENTERTAINMENT HAS EVOLVED over the years.

Rodney Spriggs, president and CEO of Joplin-based Vintage Stock, says his company has evolved right along with it.

Vintage Stock started as the Book Barn, a used book store on Joplin’s Main Street that quickly branched into sales of used LP records and cassette tapes.

“As technology evolved, we just evolved,” Rodney says. “It went from records to

When Tommy passed away in the early 1960s, Hargrave went back to his old location. “There was already a sign that said Italian Villa,” explains Jeff Hornbeck,

cassettes to CDs.” Video evolved from VHS and Beta to DVD and Blu-ray. Primitive Atari and Nintendo games gave way to more elaborate Xbox and PlayStation systems.

general manager of Mexican

As the quest for more sophisticated entertainment grew, says Rodney, so did his busi-

Villa. “Hargrave felt that the

ness. Today, Vintage Stock has fifty locations in seven states and no plans to stop growing.

easiest thing for him to do

Vintage Stock is an entertainment superstore, says Rodney, offering music, video,

was to take ‘Italian’ off and

games, comic books, and collectable toys and cards. “People come to us because they’re

put ‘Mexican’ in its place, and

trying to get away from their day-to-day grind,” he says. “They want to decompress.

Mexican Villa was born.”

That’s what our job is: to give them a chance to escape and enjoy life.”

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years grandson

later,

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LAUGHING ALL THE WAY TO SUCCESS Kansas City duo tackles serious subject matter with random acts of mirth

BY MARTIN W. SCHWARTZ

DID YOU KNOW that October 23 is National Slap Your Irritating Co-worker Day? That handy bit of information is just one of the laugh-out-loud moments you’ll experience when reading Difficult Conversations Just for Women: Kill the Anxiety. Get What You Want. by Sofia Santiago, MBA, PMP, and Dr. Susan Harrison. The book is the result of the Kansas Cityarea writers’ WikiWomen workshop, described as a one-day, hands-on, highly interactive program of experiential learning.

“And it’s fun!” says Susan.

The quick-reading, entertaining book shares ground-breaking research dealing with how women and men essentially speak two different languages. According to the writers, strategies men use to get what they want won’t work for women. “People respond negatively to assertive women, whereas assertive men are admired,” Sofia says. “When women speak out to defend their turf, they’re seen as ‘control freaks,’ while men, acting the same way, are seen as highly committed.”

There’s a common misconception that men don’t like to hear a woman’s problems because he wants to solve them for her while she just wants him to listen. This book proves that such is not the case. In each chapter—from recognizing what makes a difficult conversation, to preparing to have the difficult conversation, to what to do after the conversation—Sofia and Susan move the reader progressively forward in a series of planned steps designed to alleviate fear and secure a resolution.

The book is full of personal stories and anecdotes that are used to emphasize the writers’ points. “We share cutting-edge research on female/ male differences and stories from other women that our readers relate to,” says Sofia In the book’s nine chapters, women learn to raise their confidence while discovering and taming the fears that prevent them from asking for things they want. The step-by-step guide encourages women to learn and practice proven techniques based on the writers’ research and years of practical experience.

In Difficult Conversations Just for Women, Sofia and Susan have essentially put into print all of the elements of their WikiWomen Academy workshops.

A WikiWoman, the book explains, “is a woman who learns, grows, and improves every area of her life while helping other women do the same.”

Difficult Conversations Just for Women Sofia Santiago, MBA, PM , and Dr. Susan Harrison, paperback, 212 pages, nonfiction, $14.9 The writers urge men to read Difficult Conversations to help them better understand the women with whom they live and work. “We’ve had men offer to wear a dress if we let them attend one of our workshops,” says Susan. “But we’ve seen how a female-only group, where everyone can relate to their common challenges, creates a powerful camaraderie and tremendous energy women take back with them to tackle life’s challenges. We love seeing women having ‘A-ha!’ moments when they finally understand what they’ve been doing wrong all these years, and why they never got the results they wanted.”

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BY JONAS WEIR

Dirt, Sweat, and Diesel: A Family Farm in the Twenty-First Century

Just Fine with Caroline

Steven L. Hilty, 296 pages, nonfiction, $29.95 Missouri has always been known as a primarily agricultural state. However, society is becoming more removed from what that truly means. In Dirt, Sweat, and Diesel, a new book from the University of Missouri Press, author Steven L. Hilty follows the Montgomery family in western Missouri for three growing seasons—2005, 2006, and 2007—to paint an eye-opening portrait of what modern-day farming really looks like.

Annie England Noblin, 368 pages, fiction, $14.99 Arkansas State University English professor Annie England Noblin returns with a second novel that’s just as fun as her first, Sit! Stay! Speak! In her new work, the graduate of Missouri State University shifts the setting of her novel to the Missouri Ozarks. Caroline O’Connor returns home to the fictional town of Cold River to care for her elderly mother and mostly deaf dog. Once there, she finds herself in the mix of small-town eccentrics and drama-filled relatives. Just when she thinks small-town living is simple, a new surprise is waiting around every corner.

The Second Book of Crystal Spells

Ernst and Tillie

Ember Grant, 264 pages, nonfiction, $16.99 Wentzville writer Ember Grant touches on everything occult in her new book: crystals, tarot cards, magic, Himalayan salt lamps, spells, healing stones, wands, and Wiccan rituals. The book might not be for everyone due to its witchy nature, but many will find it an interesting guide to obscure beliefs and spirituality. With an easy-to-use appendix and glossary, you’ll certainly know your way around gemstones and incense after reading it. And who knows? The Lavender Quartz Love Spell might come in handy next Valentine’s Day, and the Banishing Elixir will at least make your house smell a little nicer.

Richard Neitzel, 400 pages, historical fiction, $17.95 Ernst and Tillie is the newest from PenUltimate Press’s Missouri Living series—a collection of books focused on telling family stories of native or resident Missourians.

This story finds author Richard Neitzel telling the story of his grandfather, Ernst Eggers, as he fights to capture the love of Otillie Carre, an Ohio gal engaged to marry a wealthy lawyer. The city of St. Louis and the 1904 World’s Fair set the stage for the turn-of-the-century story of star-crossed lovers.

Creatures on Display Wm. Stage, 360 pages, fiction, $11.95 At the outbreak of the AIDs epidemic in the early 1980s, St. Louis epidemiologist Shaun Malloy investigated sexually transmitted diseases and infections. However, confronting the then-mysterious wasting diseases afflicting the city’s gay population was unlike anything he had ever done. Written like a crime novel, Creatures on Display is a detective story searching for the answers to one of the scariest mysteries in American history, and author Wm. Stage perfectly captures this watershed moment. After all, before his career as a journalist and author, he worked at the Centers for Disease control as a public health office .

Stan Musial: from Donora, PA, to St. Louis, MO, and the Big Leagues Stephanie Bearce, 106 pages, nonfiction, $15.95 Geared for ages eight to twelve, this biography of one of St. Louis’s most beloved ball players will inspire young readers to follow their dreams. St. Charles author Stephanie Bearce paints Stan the Man as someone who came from nothing and made it big. Consider the fact that Stan Musial grew up during the Great Depression in the coal-mining town of Donora, Pennsylvania, and by the end of his life, he was a Major League Hall of Famer who was shaking hands with the president.

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MISSOURI The Brad Cunningham Band (from left: Drake Detwiler, Molly Healey, T.J. Klein, Brad Cunningham, and Kyle D ay) finds its musical focal point with the CD, Every Inch of Texas.

MISSOURI TO TEXAS,

BY WAY OF OKLAHOMA The Brad Cunningham Band brings Show-Me work ethic to Lone Star music scen

WHAT DO YOU GET

when you take a musician who was born and raised in Missouri and cross him with a Grammy-nominated record producer from Oklahoma? Well, if the musician in question is Brad Cunningham and the producer is Wes Sharon, the answer is you get a CD full of Red Dirt Texas country tunes.

Brad himself laughs at the somewhat circuitous route taken by The Brad Cunningham Band’s debut album, Every Inch of Texas. But it all makes sense when you know the story behind the songs.

Brad was born in Columbia and grew up just south of that city in Ashland. Although he was exposed to a lot of different music in his early years, it wasn’t until he went to Baylor University in Waco, Texas, that he first picked up a guitar and started creating his own tunes. That was also when his love for Texas country music began to form.

After returning to Columbia, Brad joined with other area performers to form Man in the Ring, a group that received critical praise, but seemed impossible to classify into a single niche. There were definite country influences and strong bluegrass overtones. But hidden among

the intricate riffs and harmonies were also hints of Robert Johnson, Steely Dan, and Dave Matthews.

“That was a good thing and a bad thing, because people would say, ‘What do you play? Who do you sound like? What do you do?’ ” Brad says. “It was like, ‘Well, we do everything.’ ” It was during a meeting with the late Louis Meyers, one of the founders of Austin’s annual South by Southwest (SXSW) Music Festival, that Brad says his musical future finally gained some clarit .

“Louis said, ‘You need to pick a direction and go,’ ” Brad says. “He said, ‘You’re familiar with Texas. I think you need to chart something there.

Hire a promoter, hire a publicist, and try to make some waves in Texas.’ ” To re-image the brand, Man in the Ring was renamed as the Brad Cunningham Band. The next step was to find a producer who could start opening doors.

“We had played with the Turnpike Troubadours out of Norman, Oklahoma,” Brad says. “They’re really one of the biggest country/Americana acts out there right now.” (continued)

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From that connection, the Brad Cunningham Band was introduced to the Troubadours’ producer, Wes Sharon, who not only agreed to produce Every Inch of Texas, but also got the band signed to a distribution deal with Sony/RED. “Wes said, ‘I don’t want to record a record from where you’ve been. I want to record a record for where you want to be,’ ” Brad says.

The re-imaging is paying off. In August, the Brad Cunningham Band opened for the Marshall Tucker Band at the Gillioz Theatre in Springfield. This year, the band will be playing on the Great Southern Bank Stage at Columbia’s Roots N Blues N BBQ Festival on Saturday, October 1.

Although it’s not the first time the band has performed at the annual event, Brad says this year will be special.

“For us to be invited to play is always exciting, but to play on the main stage with the other big-name acts is a special thrill,” Brad says. Aside from playing to a hometown crowd, Brad says the energy from the larger venue will feed the overall performance. “In a small venue, you’ve got to take the overall volume back and I think that sometimes can reduce the amount of energy you’re feeling,” he says.“For us, it’s an opportunity to let loose.”

On Every Inch of Texas, Brad plays acoustic guitar and sings with longtime bandmates T.J. Klein on electric guitar and pedal steel; Kyle Day on bass; Drake Detwiler on drums; Kyle Pudenz on fiddle, mandolin, and harmony vocals; and Rachel Turner on harmony vocals. Ryan Engleman from Turnpike Troubadours also plays pedal steel on the CD, and producer Wes Sharon joins the group, playing bass on the cut, “Slow Down.”

Kyle Pudenz was an original member of Man in the Ring, but left the band to go to Nashville. Though Kyle played fiddle on the CD, Molly Healey, of Springfield-based Big Smith, has been the fiddle player for the Brad Cunningham Band’s live performances for the last three years.

Brad laughs when asked about the band’s Missouri to Oklahoma to Texas route, but says he wouldn’t change a thing about the road he’s taken. “Oklahoma was kind of a bridge, I guess, between Missouri and Texas,” he says. “The biggest thing is we wanted to work with Wes Sharon. We really love his records, and he believed in the music when he heard it.” Brad wrote or co-wrote all ten songs on Every Inch of Texas.

One of the cuts, “Ozark Mountain Blues,” suggests a strong influence from Brad’s Missouri roots. A single, “Goin’ to Texas,” has been steadily climbing the Texas Regional Radio chart.

One takeaway from the experience, Brad says, is a Texas-sized pride in what the band has been able to accomplish. “I don’t feel like I’m trying to be something that I’m not by making a record of Red Dirt Texas country,” he says. “If anything, I’m taking that Texas mind-set that says be proud of where you’re from and putting some of my Missouri infl ence into it. For us to get a deal with Sony, for us to get on some big festivals and make a record with a Grammy-nominated producer that is getting radio play in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri—I just want people to know this is kind of a gem. And we’re very proud we’re from Missouri.”

The Brad Cunningham Band is scheduled to appear at Columbia’s Tenth Annual Roots N Blues N BBQ Festival, Saturday, October 1 at 11:15 AM on the Great Southern Bank Stage. Get more information at RootsNBluesNBBQ.com.

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THE PANCAKE PICASSO St. Louisan Dan Drake turns flapjacks into an art form, literally STORY AND PHOTOS BY EDDIE O’NEILL

IT’S A CRISP, BRIGHT MORNING in the Central West End neighborhood in St. Louis. The Sunday brunch is just getting started at Evangeline’s Bistro and Music House. On stage, Miss Jubilee and the Humdingers, a local hot jazz favorite, are tuning up a variety of musical instruments.

In the back left corner, artist Dan Drake is getting out the tools of his trade: a colorful palette of batter, spatulas, and a forty-dollar pancake griddle from Walmart. He’s ready to go to work as “Dr. Dan the Pancake Man.” The twenty-six-year-old St. Louis native is a world-renowned pancake artist. Dan’s unique artistry took shape around seven years ago, as he was working at the Courtesy Diner in St. Louis.

“As the new guy, I had to start at the bottom, but after a year or so, I moved up to short-order cook,” Dan says. “By then, I had the circular pancake thing down pat.”

He noticed that some of the other cooks were putting Mickey Mouse ears on their orders and gaining some notoriety.

“So, I thought, how could I go one step better, in hopes of some better tips?” he says. He soon developed a two-layered smiley pancake that earned a fifteen-dollar tip.

“That first tip gave me the motivation I needed to keep going,” he says. “If the first guy has given me this big of a tip, then someone else will too.” Dan soon had a small following at the diner, all of whom challenged him to expand his portfolio.

One of those customers challenged him to do the Super Mushroom from the Mario Brothers video game. The picture bounced around on the Internet for about six months, and was eventually picked up by Reddit. “Then it snowballed and went viral,” Dan says.

Next thing he knew, he was warming up his griddle at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, and designing the pancake caricatures of Al Roker, Willie Geist, and the rest of the crew from the Today Show.

When he returned to St. Louis, interest in Dan’s art expanded beyond the Courtesy. “I got hired to do a Sunday brunch at a local café not too long after the Today Show, and that is when it hit me that I am now working as a pancake artist,” Dan says. After a six-year stint at the Courtesy Diner, he packed up his spatulas and headed out on his own.

However, Dan says he wouldn’t be as successful as he is without his

Paige Russell holds the portrait of her American Girl doll, recreated in all its edible glory, during a recent appearance of Dan Drake at a St. Louis eatery.

business partner and right-hand man, Hank Gustafson. He said the two fortuitously met just before he went on the Today Show.

“We fit together like a hand in a glove,” Dan says. “Hank’s got the business part down, and I’ve got the artist thing down pat.” In 2015, the duo estimates that they did more than one hundred pancake gigs.

These included everything from backyard birthday parties to a music festival in Bangkok, Thailand, and a handful of fraternity parties. Dan

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Above: D r. D an, the Pancake Man, works from a picture of a customer’s dog and a palette of brightly colored batter to recreate the pooch in pancake. Left: The St. Louis Cardinals’ distinctive logo begins to take form on the artist’s canvas—or rather—griddle.

has more than 75,000 subscribers to his YouTube channel, where he regularly cranks out pancake images of such pop culture icons as Belle from Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, and Darth Vader from the Star Wars saga. He’s even been commissioned by corporations, including Twitter and Nike, to do their logos in batter. Back at Evangeline’s, with a customer’s smartphone in one hand and a squirt tube of dark beige batter in the other, Dan creates a portrait of a brown terrier. “I think the

popularity of this is that everyone can identify with pancakes,” he says.

“I’m not working with caviar. As well, it’s a novelty, and people are always looking for something new and creative.”

The challenge for the artist is painting a reverse image of what he’s creating on his griddle. Once he’s finished filling in all the parts and layers, he flips it ove .

“That’s what I call the magic moment,” he says. “I turn it over and then everybody is like, ‘Whoa, it really looks like something!’ They aren’t hiring me because the cakes taste or smell good; they are hiring me because of the flip.”

As for the road ahead, Dan and Hank are working on forming an entertainment conglomerate to include a comic book series and a CD of Dan’s original music. Their calendar is booked with pancake gigs deep into next year.

“I know it sounds cliché, but if you would have told me a few years ago, while I was flipping pancake challenges for my friends at the Courtesy, that this would be my full-time job, I wouldn’t have believed you,” Dan says. However, the artist is not resting on his spatulas. “I am confidently at a point where I can say I am good at this, but I haven’t mastered it,” he says. “There is still work to do.”

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THE ROLE OF THE COUNTY courthouse, from its inception in the late eighteenth century through the middle of the twentieth, was to bring the functions of government close to the people.

It was also a place where people came together to conduct business and socialize.

Saturday mornings near courthouses were bustling, with vendors selling produce, old men chatting on courthouse walls or benches, and people getting breakfast at nearby cafes or doing the weekly shopping.

In Missouri, county courthouses are still popular gathering places and sources of local pride for county citizens. Here are ten favorites from around the state.

THE HOWARD COUNTY COURTHOUSE (1887), Fayette Named for Benjamin Howard, the first governor of the Missouri Territory, Howard County is known as the “mother of all counties,’’ having once consisted of 22,000 square miles or one-third of the Missouri Territory. In 1821, Missouri’s new state constitution set the size for counties and Howard County gave birth to thirty entire Missouri counties and parts of six others, plus eight in Iowa. The county shrank to not quite 464 miles and today is home to just over 10,000 people. This classic Missouri courthouse, the third for the county, is seated in the middle of a classic town square in central Missouri. A fi e in 1975 gutted the building, but the extensive rebuilding preserved the exterior walls.

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THE DENT COUNTY COURTHOUSE (1870), Salem Dent County in the south-central region was formed in 1851 from parts of Crawford and Shannon Counties. It was named for Lewis Dent, an early settler from Virginia and a Missouri state representative.

This building is actually deceptively long and spreads back from the front. The Victorian-style structure is the third building to serve the county, which has a population of almost 15,600. The courthouse is on the National Register of Historic Places.

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THE LIVINGSTON COUNTY COURTHOUSE (1914), Chillicothe Livingston County, population 15,000, is named for Edward Livingston, a US secretary of state under President Andrew Jackson. Located in north-central Missouri and organized in 1837, it is one of the counties formed from Howard County.

The first Livingston County courthouse was a temporary log cabin covered with clapboards and with nary a window for the first eighteen months, although some were cut in later.

The first permanent cou thouse was built in 1841.

The court condemned that courthouse in 1864 and ordered it razed. County offices were housed in different buildings around town until the current grand building, a popular courthouse design from 1910 to 1930, was selected.

THE CARTER COUNTY COURTHOUSE (1871), Van Buren Carter County, population 6,200, was established in the southeastern part of Missouri, near the Arkansas border, in 1859. It was named for Zimri Carter, an early pioneer and settler from South Carolina, and formed from Ripley, Shannon, and Wayne Counties. The first courthouse was a frame two-story, four-room building put together with wooden pins. The next, planned as temporary, was hewn-log, built in 1867. This third courthouse is unique in that it is the only Missouri courthouse covered with native cobblestones. The cobblestones were added in 1936 during a major remodeling, after proposals to build an entirely new courthouse were defeated.

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THE NEW MADRID COURTHOUSE (1915), New Madrid New Madrid County, on the Mississippi River in the Bootheel, was created in 1812 and named after Madrid, Spain, because it was under Spanish control at the time.

It is one of the oldest Missouri counties and near the epicenter of the 1811 and 1812 earthquakes. It once included a big chunk of Arkansas. Part of the county almost completely surrounds a small piece of Kentucky. The population is 18,200.

The court bounced around from New Madrid to Big Prairie, Rossville, Winchester, and then back to New Madrid. Several different buildings have served as courthouses, including a red cypress one destroyed by fi e in 1905. Fortunately, this 101-year-old structure looks solid enough to withstand the next quake.

THE JASPER COUNTY COURTHOUSE (1894), Carthage This Romanesque-style courthouse may be the most magnificent one in Missouri. Jasper County, which originated in 1841 in the southwest corner of the state, has more than 118,000 residents and encompasses Joplin. Named for Sergeant William Jasper, a Revolutionary War soldier, the county’s first courthouse was a log cabin, followed in 1842 by a larger structure, which burned during the Civil War. Temporary structures were used for thirty years before the current courthouse was built. Constructed of stone from local quarries, this castle stands in the middle of a lively, classic town square. Look on the grounds for a memorial to Annie White Baxter, the first woman in the country to be elected a county clerk—almost thirty years before women could vote. She was involved in planning and overseeing construction. The courthouse is on the National Register of Historic Places.

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THE LAFAYETTE COUNTY COURTHOUSE (1847), Lexington Lafayette County, population 33,000 and now part of the Kansas City metro area, was formed in 1821 and named for the Marquis de Lafayette, of the American Revolutionary War. This courthouse is the third one and the oldest in Missouri still in use as a courthouse. A Civil War cannonball embedded in one of the columns during a battle, and it—or maybe a replica—remains there. The courthouse is on the National Register of Historic Places.

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THE MISSISSIPPI COUNTY COURTHOUSE (1999), Charleston Mississippi County, population 14,000, is in the southeast corner of the state and is named for the Mississippi River, which forms one of its borders. Created in 1845, the county was a flood plain and bayou until the construction of levees transformed it into a fertile farm area for cotton, soybeans, and rice. Large farms dominate the area that is essentially flat. The county seat of Charleston is a Southern-style town with handsome old homes.

The county’s second courthouse, finished in 1901, was destroyed by fi e in 1997, making the current third courthouse one of the newest in the state.

The grounds are beautifully maintained, and the red brick and architecture of the modern building carry forward the Southern style of Charleston.

THE RALLS COUNTY COURTHOUSE (1858), New London Ralls County, population 10,000, is in northeast Missouri, near Hannibal. It originated in 1820 and was named for Daniel Ralls, a state representative.

This third courthouse was built using locally quarried limestone.

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this is one of only two nineteenth-century temple-style courthouses still in use in Missouri as the official county building. The other is the older Lafayette County Courthouse in Lexington. The simple, traditional lines of the pediment and columns were modeled after Greek temples.

If you would like to buy prints of Jerry Benner’s courthouse photographs, see them all at MissouriLife.com/courthouses.

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THE NODAWAY COUNTY COURTHOUSE (1881), Maryville Nodaway County, population 23,000, is in the northwest corner of the state. It was established in 1845 and named after the Nodaway River. The first courts met in private homes or a schoolhouse. The first courthouse was a tworoom log structure. The next courthouse was a square, brick building. This gorgeous redbrick courthouse, trimmed with sandstone, is the county’s third and a fine example of a talltowered, late nineteenth-century courthouse.

It is on the National Register of Historic Places, and alterations have been minimal.

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According to witnesses, the fire from the Missouri State Penitentiary on the night of September 22, 1954 could be seen from twenty miles away. Four prisoners died in the riot.

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BREAKOUT! THE MISSOURI STATE PENITENTIARY RIOT OF 1954

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f there is one offense a prison inmate cannot abide, it is the sin of snitching. A rich vocabulary, born of centuries of usage, surrounds the snitch—stool pigeon, fink, squealer, informer, rat, canary. Apparently, they all applied to Walter Lee Donnell.

The thirty-year-old former armed robber had made himself the most unpopular inmate in the prison by testifying against members of a St. Louis organized crime ring. He had already been stabbed once while living among the other prisoners, and on the evening of September 22, 1954, he cowered in his cell on Unit Three, Death Row, where he was being kept in protective custody.

The din of newly loosed inmates grew increasingly louder, as a frenzied mob entered the capital punishment unit, intent upon finishing the job. The quick-thinking Death Row guard threw his keys into a locked cell in an attempt to keep the rioters from their quarry. His effort was futile; the inmates took the officer hostage, and—with sledgehammers that they had taken from the machine shop—they smashed their way into the cell and pulverized the hapless Donnell. He was one of four inmates to die in what would go on record as the worst riot in the 168-year history of Jefferson City’s Missouri State Penitentiary.

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A New Prison for a New State

In 1937, Missouri ended public hangings by local sheriffs Executions would be carried out by the state using lethal gas.

Extensive damage can be seen on buildings on the left in this aerial view of the prison.

A Ruse Progress and growth aside, conditions within the walls were abysmal.

By the early 1950s, the prison was poorly maintained and run, seriously overcrowded, and woefully understaffed.

The inmate population was restive, and the mood was growing darker. There had been a spate of prison riots throughout the country in 1953 and 1954, and some state officials were concerned that the Jefferson City penitentiary was ripe for a breakout.

Although the prison officials themselves remained complacent and did little to prepare for such an eventuality, the Missouri Highway Patrol took the threat very seriously and established a rapid-response program in the event of a breakout. In addition to advanced training in handling

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The Missouri State Penitentiary opened for business in early 1836, during the same week that saw David Crockett and James Bowie fighting for their lives in a remote Texas mission. Andrew Jackson was president, at a time in which the fledgling United States was busily establishing new structures for its institutions, and this included the penal system.

As was the case with their British and European antecedents, early American prisons were rarely anything more than workhouses built for paupers and deadbeats. Crude jails housed social, religious, and political offenders. During the early 1800s, reformers came up with various systems of incarceration that were a marked departure from the mandatory and often public corporal punishment—brandings, mutilation, whipping, and stocks—that had characterized the earlier approach to penology. Governed by a detailed set of rules, they placed heavy emphasis on obedience and compliance, reform and deterrence. They also modified society’s approach to capital punishment; some three hundred offenses that had previously called for mandatory execution now instead invoked prison terms.

The approach that would ultimately become the prevailing national method of incarceration was known as the Auburn System. Under this method, the inmate enjoyed no personal rights whatsoever, was put to hard labor during the day, and confined to a solitary cell in the evening, with a strict rule of silence to be observed at all times. It was a system aimed at the deliberate and complete dehumanization of the inmate, even as it directed him to repentance and salvation. Such a method was employed in the new Missouri State Penitentiary.

As the first state penal facility west of the Mississippi, Missouri’s grim but imposing new penitentiary was considered a marvel of its time and place. Built in the heart of Jefferson City, the limestone complex’s placement was a matter of political expediency. Missouri itself had been a state for only fifteen years, and Jefferson City residents were scrambling to prevent its position as state capital from shifting to St. Louis. Thengovernor John Miller successfully promoted the building of the new state prison at Jefferson City, thereby securing the city’s claim as the seat of state government.

Over the next several decades, numerous structures were added to the impressive complex, as inmates were put to such jobs as working in the prison’s limestone quarry and building local residences. Convict labor quickly became a mainstay in the city and state economy.

By the turn of the century, there were some twenty-two hundred prisoners incarcerated in the growing penitentiary that the Jefferson City Star Tribune called the “greatest in the world.” In 1932, the Missouri State Penitentiary officially became the largest prison in the United States, housing more than five thousand inmates. Five years later, the convicts—using stone they had quarried from the grounds—built the structure that would house the prison’s new gas chamber, in which forty of their number would eventually die.

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Law enforcement from across the state, as well as the Missouri National Guard, were called upon to quell the riot.

The Missouri State Penitentiary closed on September 15, 2004, almost exactly fifty ears to the date of the 1954 riot.

The morning after the riot, a single guard walks toward the burned-out dining hall.

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In a report following the prison riot, conditions at the Missouri State Penitentiary were deemed “deplorable.”

riots, it called for every trooper to converge on the site of the disturbance.

Because many of them lived or were stationed hours from the prison, they would rely upon the speed of their patrol cars to get to the site.

Neither the Highway Patrol, the officials within and outside the prison, nor the residents of Jefferson City would have long to wait. The riot started with one inmate in an old brick housing unit known as E-Hall.

At around 6:30 PM on September 22, 1954, nineteen-year-old inmate William Donald DeLapp lured a guard into his cell by complaining that an earlier leak from a broken pipe had caused him to feel ill. When the guard entered DeLapp’s cell, the young inmate overpowered him and seized his keys. After surprising and beating another guard, DeLapp and a fellow inmate roamed the corridors, unlocking all the cells.

Within a short time, inmates in five buildings had been released from their cells. In numbers that have been estimated to have been anywhere from five hundred to twenty-five hundred, inmates roamed the prison facilities in disorganized groups, smashing windows, throwing chairs, and overturning tables. One group of fifteen to twenty prisoners—most of them cloaked behind masks fashioned from the legs of their long underwear—headed directly to Death Row, both to release its occupants and to visit Walter Lee Donnell’s cell, in the words of one witness, to “touch” him up.

Hundreds of rioters stormed the courtyard, throwing rocks at the stunned guards and driving them back. Some inmates stood at the prison gates, shouting defiance and throwing rocks and chair legs at the

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EMMA GOLDMAN

GENERAL JOHN MCDONALD JAMES EARL RAY

CHARLES L. “SONNY” LISTON

Throughout the Missouri State Penitentiary’s long and checkered past, a number of famous and infamous individuals served time as guests of the state. What follows is a handful of the more notable: THE FOUR-BROTHER RENO GANG was reputedly America’s first band of train robbers, leaving a trail of bodies behind them until they were finally caught.

Three brothers were dragged from their Indiana cells and hanged by a lynch mob in D ecember 1868; the fourth, gang leader John Reno, was sentenced to a stretch at Missouri State Penitentiary, where he served ten years of his twenty-fi e-year sentence. Against all expectations, Reno died of old age, in his own bed.

Reputedly an honorable office before engaging in politics, GENERAL JOHN McDONALD, President Ulysses S. Grant’s supervisor of internal revenue, was convicted as a major player in the notorious Whisky Ring Scandal of 1875. He was fined and sentenced to three years at the MSP. Upon his release, he penned Secrets of the Great Whiskey Ring: 18 Months in the Penitentiary, which was, in equal parts, an exposé and a somewhat belated defense of his reputation.

A personal target of J. Edgar Hoover, anarchist EMMA GOLDMAN spoke vehemently and effecti ely for birth control and against World War I. She was repeatedly jailed on a variety of charges and in 1917 was sentenced to two years at the MSP, where she agitated for better treatment for her fellow women prisoners. When she subsequently told the court that she didn’t have the $10,000 for her fine, the officials—wh were reportedly relieved to see the last of Emma—released her anyway.

CHARLES ARTHUR “PRETTY BOY” FLOYD entered Missouri State Penitentiary in December 1925. He served three and a half years of a fi e-year sentence—his first—for the crime of robbery. Pretty Boy went on to become Public Enemy Number One on the FBI’s most wanted list, before dying at the hands of federal agents.

CHARLES L. “SONNY” LISTON ran with a rough crowd before becoming the world heavyweight champion. With around twenty arrests behind him, he entered the MSP in 1950 after being sentenced to fi e years for larceny and robbery but was paroled for good behavior two years later. While in prison, he was introduced to the sport of boxing, and the rest, as they say, is history. He fought fifty-four bouts, and on all but four.

An incorrigible bigot and lifetime petty criminal, JAMES EARL RAY was sentenced to twenty years in the MSP for a series of robberies. He was a prisoner from 1960 to 1967, when he escaped in a breadbox. After remaining at large for the next several months, Ray assassinated Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968, for which he was sentenced to ninety-nine years. He died in a maximum security prison in Nashville, Tennessee, on April 23, 1998.

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The penitentiary’s gas chamber was the scene of forty executions between 1937 and 1989.

officers outside. Finally, a Highway Patrol sergeant fi ed his machine gun into the air. In the words of a fellow trooper, “they retreated real fast.”

The rioters set fi es in several buildings, including the license plate factory, the tobacco shop, the recreation and vocational buildings, and the dining hall, which also contained the prison school and chapel. With no one to battle the flames, the buildings soon were burning fie cely.

The light of the blaze was seen for twenty miles.

Several guards were taken hostage, and four were badly beaten. There were, however, random acts of mercy shown to prison personnel whom the rioters deemed worthy. Two prisoners gave the prison’s education director, J.O. Dotson, a suit of prison clothes and hid him until he could escape. And one Death Row guard was spared because, according to an inmate, “he was a decent man.” After his release, the guard reported hearing his captors complain bitterly about “stool pigeons and too many meals of beans.”

As they got word of the riot, the terrified residents of Jefferson City locked themselves inside their homes, clutching rifles and shotguns.

When a rumor spread that a group of inmates had fled the prison and were hiding in a local wood, a band of stalwart citizens went into the trees after them. Fortunately, the rumor proved to be unfounded.

The call for a massive law enforcement presence went out immediately. Highway patrolmen throughout the state received the transmission on their radios, “Proceed to Jefferson City at once, prison riot in progress!” Equipped with shotguns and riot gear and with their recent

riot training in mind, they pointed their patrol cars toward Jefferson City. Trooper Corky Cundiff of St. Joseph pushed his vehicle so hard that he blew the engine just a block from the prison.

Meanwhile, state corrections director Thomas E. Whitecotton phoned for further assistance. Both Kansas City’s and St. Louis’s police departments dispatched dozens of officers. Local police, national guardsmen, and Missouri state troopers responded as well. The large force soon surrounded the prison.

Armed with machine and riot guns, a line of state troopers occupied the roof. As the mob below stormed the deputy warden’s office, the troopers opened fi e. Two inmates died, and several others were wounded as they scattered and took cover. One by one, the small enclaves of prisoners surrendered as the officers and troopers pursued. Finally, only a group of three to four hundred rioters resisted. They barricaded themselves in a four-story limestone building that housed cellblocks B and C and defied law enfo cement to take them.

Later that night, several high-level officials—including Governor Phil Donnelly, Warden Ralph Eidson, Highway Patrol Superintendent Hugh Waggoner, and Thomas Whitecotton—met in the warden’s office. They made the decision to back away from the situation until the following day. A meeting with the law enforcement teams was scheduled to convene at 7 AM to determine the most effective course of action.

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TOURS The Missouri State Penitentiary is located at 115 Lafayette Street in Jefferson City. A variety of tours are available from a two-hour history tour to three-hour ghost hunts to an eight-hour public overnight investigation. Private tours are also available. Prices range from $14 per person to $95 per person. The minimum age for tours is ten years old. Visit MissouriPenTours.com or call 866-998-6998.

Once called the “bloodiest forty-seven acres in America,” the Missouri State Penitentiary now plays host to tourists.

This burned-out shell was all that remained of the vocational building the morning after the 1954 riot.

was conducted by both prison guards and one hundred St. Louis policemen. They seized what was described as an “enormous arsenal” of knives, sledgehammers, cleavers, scissors, and axe handles, as well as pointed and sharpened screwdrivers, files, and other tools.

Donnelly toured the prison, walking past the burnt-out rubble of buildings, through a yard littered with debris. At a subsequent press conference, he told reporters that he would make the necessary repairs—which reportedly were estimated to run as high as five million

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the yard as a second line of defense, while eighteen troopers would be hand-picked to act as the vanguard; they were to enter the cell block and, if possible, capture and process the holdouts.

Highway patrolman Walter Wilson, one of the eighteen, later recalled, “It was a tense moment and anything could happen. We were heavily armed with riot guns and submachine guns as we entered the massive building. The inmates were shouting, cursing, and throwing articles of bedding, furniture, and personal belongings. As we entered the door, we were greeted by flying debris. A fifty-pound cake of ice pushed from a tier above barely missed my head. Over the loud speaker, the convicts were ordered to get into the nearest cell and be quiet or they would be shot. One inmate ignored the order, leering and shouting. Without hesitation, one of the troopers shot the troublemaker dead. At that, an eerie silence fell in the huge building.”

The prisoners complied and retreated into the nearest cells. In some cases, as many as nine men were crammed inside a tiny cell. After the troopers had secured all the cell doors, they sounded an all-clear whistle. They spent the next few hours strip-searching, processing, and returning the inmates to their assigned cells. By mid-afternoon, the riot, which had lasted eighteen hours, was over.

After the last holdouts had been locked down, Governor Donnelly ordered a thorough search of both the inmates and their cells. The search

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Six of the seven inmates charged with murdering Walter Lee Donnell are arraigned in a Cole County courtroom.

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The ominous walls of the Missouri State Penitentiary once separated 5,200 inmates from downtown Jefferson Cit .

dollars—using cash on hand in the state treasury, without convening a special session of the legislature.

Aftermath Immediately following the tenuous restoration of peace within the prison’s walls, officials set about blaming one another for what had occurred. Everyone, it seemed—the governor, the warden, the state corrections director (who would resign his position the next year), the

Truman Commission—had an opinion regarding what had caused the catastrophe. The federally appointed Truman Commission staged an investigation, and the word “deplorable” appears throughout its report on prison conditions leading up to the riot.

To this day, various motivations have been suggested for the riot, but no single cause has ever been determined. According to some, the rotten watermelon served at supper the night before was the last straw.

County Prosecutor James Riley claimed at the time that the riot was fomented expressly to kill Walter Lee Donnell and punish other offending inmates.

A more logical explanation is that the Parole Board had recently appointed three former Highway Patrol officers as members; the inmates feared the trio would bring an inflexible app oach to clemency.

Finally, the riot might simply have been a matter of opportunity.

When the youthful DeLapp broke from his cell and began releasing his fellow inmates, they might well have seized the moment and run amok.

Whatever the reason, by the time the riot was put down the following day, four inmates lay dead, as many as fifty hurt—nineteen of them by gunfi e—and four guards injured. Prosecutor Riley subsequently tried and convicted seven inmates of murder—including Joe Vidauri—in the brutal death of Walter Lee Donnell. Vidauri’s conviction would eventually be overturned, though.

According to Deputy Warden Mark Schreiber, several improvements were made following the riot: “We added another maximum security institution … we added a good classification system; we devised training for staff; a rule book for staff and for offenders; we implemented the first emergency squads … so that prison staff … would be able to respond to emergencies once they first occur ed.”

Apparently, however, little was done to address the prisoners’ issues. And when a reporter asked Governor Donnelly if he planned to act upon the inmates’ complaints regarding the makeup of the parole board, he replied, “No, sir. I’m not going to let a bunch of convicts tell me what to do.”

The inmates didn’t wait long to further register their dissatisfaction.

Another riot erupted exactly one month after the first. Smaller than the September uprising, it lasted only an hour, but one inmate was shot dead by a guard and forty more were injured.

Finally, in 2004—fifty years after the inmates set the prison afi e—all the prisoners were transferred to other institutions, including the new Jefferson City Correctional Center east of town. After serving 168 years as the state of Missouri’s primary maximum-security institution, the old prison was permanently closed.

Today, tens of thousands of visitors annually take guided tours of those buildings that remain standing, as one of the Jefferson City Convention and Visitors Bureau’s major tourist attractions. Touted as one of Missouri’s most haunted attractions, it offers among its attractions the gas chamber in which forty men and women died—the fortieth, by lethal injection, but staged in the chamber nonetheless. Still, without the beehive activity of thousands of inmates at their work as guards patrolled the walls, the MSP—or “the Walls,”as it came to be called—is a dark, dour shell of its old self. Paint is peeling from the walls, the cell doors stand open, and visitors’ voices echo down the long empty corridors.The prison complex that Time magazine once called “the bloodiest forty-seven acres in America” now houses nothing but ghosts.

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Missouri’s Cornfields Offer Autumn Adventure

Amazing

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By Alex Stewart

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seasonal tradition that ranks right up there with perusing the pumpkin patch and slipping into cozy fl nnel, Missouri’s corn mazes seem to grow every year—and not just by acreage. Increasingly impressive feats of landscaping, only truly appreciated from an aerial view, depict cultural icons or pertain to a theme carried throughout the farm’s additional tourist attractions. These agricultural marvels are made using GPS and a grid system to allow farmers to precisely cut the crops into a shape or design and require months of planning.

An adaptation of the centuries-old English hedge mazes, the corn maze became a mainstay in American autumnal vogue in 1993, when the country’s fir t maze opened in Pennsylvania at Lebanon Valley College. Here in the Show-Me State, corn mazes range from intricate to not-sointricate, appealing to both those who have a terrible sense of direction (or small children), and seasoned masters who want the added thrill of spooky creatures chasing them.

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Liberty Corn Maze This maze is for puzzle diehards! At Liberty Corn Maze, you’ll find twentyfive acres of cornfields featuring seven different mazes to solve. Three shorter mazes, perfect for the younger adventurers, are made from soybeans, rocks, and rope. The election-year theme is “Rock the Vote.”

For the more adventurous, there is the big maze, made of four individual mazes, each one a different length and increasing in difficult .

Bridges can be found throughout the mazes to get a better view of the path ahead. “Corn Helpers” are also on hand to make sure everyone keeps going in the right direction.

The Liberty Corn Maze is part of Carolyn’s Country Cousins, a working farm with sixty acres of pumpkins, corn, and soybeans, plus another twenty acres set aside for entertainment. New this year is a giant, inflatable jumping pad that is shaped like a pumpkin. You can also hop on a railroad train car, watch a pig race, or mine for gems.

Open Friday 5–10 PM, Saturday 10 AM–10 PM, and Sunday 10 AM–5 PM through October 30. Admission $10 for ages thirteen and up, $8 for children four to twelve, and free for children three and younger. Season tickets are available.

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MAiZE The MAiZE, located in Verona, is a seven-acre labyrinth now in its seventeenth year of operation. You could likely spend all fall here and not run out of things to do. This year, the corn maze consists of the words “Thank You Farmers” in the outline of a barnyard.

You’ll walk at least two miles, and that’s not counting the dead-ends and circles you’ll encounter along the way. Leave yourself about forty-five minutes f om start to finish Brave souls with itchy trigger fingers will enjoy the Zombie Harvest, in which participants shoot paintballs at the walking dead from the back of an army truck. There is also a haunted “Field of Screams” version of the corn maze, which takes place every Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after dark.

The farm raises money for Verona’s Group Residential Individualized Program (GRIP) Boys Home, which provides therapeutic, vocational, educational, and recreational services, as well as housing for boys in need.

Open Wednesday 5–8:30 PM, Friday 5–10 PM, and Saturday 2–10 PM. Admission $10 to $18.

The Beggs family opens the farm’s sixteenth annual corn maze with a nostalgic theme: “The Great Pumpkin,” featuring images of Charlie Brown, Linus, Snoopy, and, of course, a giant pumpkin. To solve the ten-acre puzzle, visitors can take a game sheet with a coded map to navigate the twists and turns. A new feature this year is Corn Text, in which participants use their smartphones to get clues.

For a different kind of maze, check out Miner Max. Here you will make your way over and around several oversize obstacles and end up at a real gemstone mining sluice. You will receive a bag of mining rough (dirt) containing hidden gemstones that you and your family can sift through for treasure.

For the first time, Beggs will host a movie night at the farm on Saturday, October 8.

Bring your lawn chairs and blankets to enjoy the 1966 animated autumn classic, It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.

Beggs Family Farm started as Beggs Melon Company in 1895. On 1,100 acres, they grow watermelon, corn, soybeans, and pumpkins.

Open Wednesday and Thursday 9 AM–2 PM, Friday 9 AM–4 PM, Saturday 10 AM–9 PM, and Sunday 10 AM–6 PM through October 30. Admission $11 for ages two and up.

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Pleasant Hill

Shuck’s Corn Maze and Pumpkin Patch Shuck’s offers two mazes in one—the big one, stretching twelve acres with plenty of twists and turns, and a two-acre mini-maze called “Lil’ Shucks.” You also have the option of going to Flashlight Nights after 6 PM on Friday and Saturday. After the maze, ride the barrel train, climb the Hay Mountain, whiz down a 150-foot zip line, play outdoor laser tag, or lounge in a sandbox full of corn kernels known as the Corn Crib.

Food and beverages are available, and Shuck’s can help schools and day cares with planned field trips on weekdays.

Open Friday 6–10 PM, Saturday Noon–10 PM, and Sunday 1–6 PM through November 1. Admission $8 to $11.

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Shryocks Callaway Farms The corn maze is very much a family affair for the Shryocks. The fifteenacre labyrinth was the idea of the farmer’s children, who delighted in hiding and making trails in his soybean and corn fields. The maze first opened in 2002 in the shape of the Mizzou tiger logo.

Within the maze, visitors will find checkpoints to help them navigate.

For an added challenge, try the maze during Flashlight Night, when the maze is open after-hours and you must complete the trail in the dark.

Expect to spend an hour and a half to two hours in the maze. For parents with small children, or those who do not want to finish the maze, exits are easily found along the edges of the field Inside the Big Red Barn, visitors can buy refreshments and enjoy other activities. Check out the three-story gumball coaster, in which gumballs race along tracks in the rafters and front wall, swooping upward, and then down a series of gadgets before reaching the bottom.

Outside the barn, you can hop on a hayride or pick out the perfect pumpkin from the pumpkin patch. At the end of the day, cozy up to the campfi e with a cup of hot cider or cocoa.

Shryocks began operations in 1889. Today, the farm is in the hands of the fourth and fifth generations, who grow corn, soybeans, and wheat.

Open Friday 4–9 PM, Saturday 10 AM–9 PM, and Sunday 2–6 PM through October 30. Admission: $10 for adults, $9 for children five to twelve, free for children four and younger. All children under twelve must be accompanied by an adult.

Remember the movie Children of the Corn? It’s kind of like that. Navigate through a three-story haunted house full of creatures, ghosts, and monster hillbillies. If you survive the house, you’ll encounter a haunted village in the woods where crypts, coffin shops, butchers, shacks, and a deathly tavern await. Finally, creep through the monster-infested corn to escape. There is no easy way to exit the maze once you have entered. Obviously, the Monster Corn Maze is not advised for young children.

Open Friday and Saturday from dark until 11 PM through October 29. Admission $15 to $25.

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Truman MISSOURI IS WHERE THE TRUMAN TRAIL STARTS AND THE BUCK STOPS

A statue of Harry S. Truman stands at the entrance of the Independence courthouse that has been named in his honor.

COURTESY CITY OF INDEPENDENCE TOURISM

BY JANEEN AGGEN

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can produce the biggest lumps in your throat. At perhaps two inches in height, and maybe three inches in length, the tiny silver piano at the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum in Independence is easy to overlook. It is one of the few possessions saved by a Jewish woman in World War II when life grew grim. First in the ghetto and then in a concentration camp, she would display it to her family and friends as a beacon of hope. She vowed that one day, she would take it to America and play it for President Harry S. Truman. Although she was never able to come herself, her family sent the piano to Truman in 1961, along with a letter thanking him for giving them their lives back. But this story is near the end of your journey.

Why follow in Truman’s steps now? Who wouldn’t want to step back from the frantic media coverage, same old debates, negative ads, and overheated rhetoric of the national election and indulge in a presidential tour of Missouri in a warmer, softer, more relaxed era? This election season is a fitting time to trace the trail of Missouri’s only native-born US president, the plainspoken farmer who would rise to become the leader of the free world. Although he left office with low approval ratings, Truman today consistently polls among the five best presidents in American history. When your two-day journey is over, you’ll understand the reasons behind his enduring popularity. ometimes the smallest objects

The Humble Birthplace Harry Truman was born May 8, 1884, in a small bedroom of a humble white frame house at 1009 Truman Street in Lamar. Now a Missouri State Historic Site, the park staff offers tours Wednesday through Saturday year-round, as

well as Sunday afternoons March through October. The simple one-and-a-half story house is furnished with artifacts that would have been found in a typical 1880s home, from a handcrafted wooden cradle to pottery to stern sepia-toned family portraits hanging on the walls. Before Harry was a year old, the family moved from this home to the Kansas City area, eventually settling in Independence.

From Lamar, set your coordinates for Grandview, the site of the Truman family farm at 12301 Blue Ridge Boulevard.

It was here that young Harry put in long days planting crops and baling hay. Although the farmhouse is not open for tours, an audio tour is available on-site. Continue north to Independence, Queen City of the Trails, which Truman adopted as his beloved hometown.

A Full Day in Independence If it’s time to re-energize your feet when you arrive on the Independence town square, walk downstairs into a cavern-like stone-walled bar and local lunch spot called the Courthouse Exchange, at 113 West Lexington Avenue. Refuel with a giant pork tenderloin sandwich, washed down with a craft beer. With a history dating to 1899 and a lunch business that still draws attorneys and judges from the Independence Municipal Court down the street, it’s likely that Truman was a regular patron. Should you require a sweet treat with a slice of history on the side, amble across the street and hop onto an old-time stool at the counter inside Clinton’s Soda Fountain at 100 West Maple Avenue, where Harry held his first job.

Above left: On May 8, 1884, the boy who would grow to become the thirty-third President of the United States was born in this humble home in Lamar.

Above: Truman’s first job was at the soda fountain of Crown Drug, now Clinton’s Old Fashioned Soda Fountain, located on Independence Square.

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Above right: Pioneer Trails Adventures offers unique covered-wagon rides led by two Missouri mules named Harry and Bess.

Watch your raspberry phosphate fizz to life, or splurge on Harry’s favorite sundae: butterscotch topping over chocolate ice cream. Then peek inside the adjoining upscale men’s furnishings store, Wild About Harry, where you can find such t easures as a Truman bobblehead figu e.

Pause to pay your respects and snap a selfie at the larger-than-life statue of Truman, just outside the courthouse, and then step into the Visitor Experience Center for free brochures and to use the Wi-Fi while sipping a cup of complimentary coffee. If you time your visit between 11 AM and 2 PM, Monday through Saturday, you can catch a free thirty-minute film, The Man From Independence, and a guided tour of the Truman Courtroom and Office, where Truman served as presiding judge of Jackson County.

Hail a ride on a covered wagon with Pioneer Trails Adventures, which picks up passengers at 217 North Main Street, for an overview of the city’s history, including plenty of Truman tales. If you’re lucky, your wagon might be hitched up to the mules named Harry and Bess. The longer tour drives by the Trinity Episcopal Church at 409 North Liberty Street, where Harry and Bess were married. On

Tuesday through Thursday from 10 AM to 3 PM, the staff can let you into the sanctuary to see the plaque by Bess’s pew and show you special Truman treasures upstairs, such as their wedding registry and copies of the dresses worn by Bess’s bridesmaids.

The wagon ride also passes the 1827 Log Courthouse at 106 West Kansas Avenue, one of the oldest buildings still standing in Independence. This black walnut log structure was built by slaves and served as a temporary courtroom for Truman when the main courthouse on the square was being renovated in the 1930s. Free tours are offered Monday through Friday from 11 AM to 2 PM. The tour highlights the 1859 Jail and Marshal’s Home Museum at 217 North Main Street, where frontier justice and Civil War history blend. The jail’s most famous guest was Frank James, brother of Jesse. Because Truman adored history and his Veterans of Foreign Wars post met in the jail regularly, he was first onboard to raise money when the jail was in danger of being demolished. In the attached museum, you can sidle up to the Truman bar—a free-standing bar built by Truman’s pokerplaying buddies after he returned from Washington, DC.

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Above: Harry and Bess were married in the Trinity Episcopal Church, as was their daughter, Margaret.

The church also was the site for Bess’s funeral service in 1982.

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Clockwise from top left: Girl With Dove, a statue by sculptor Tom Corbin, stands outside the United Nations Peace Plaza on the corner of Lexington Avenue and Walnut Street in Independence; Jackson County’s first courthouse was for a tim the only courthouse on the Santa Fe trail between St. Louis and the Pacific Ocean Wild About Harry is a men’s gift and accessory store located downtown; the Truman Depot is a train station built in 1913 for the Missouri Pacific ailroad.

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The restored Truman Memorial Building at 416 West Maple Avenue is worth a stop for veterans. The building was constructed in 1926 through a campaign spearheaded

by Harry, himself a World War I veteran. It was dedicated to servicemen who died in World War I. Today, you can visit Veterans Hall, filled with military memorabilia, watch video interviews, and connect to the National Veterans History Project at the Library of Congress.

Just a few blocks away, the United Nations Peace Plaza sits serenely near the intersection of Walnut Street and Lexington Avenue. Open year-round, the statue and grounds were created to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the 1945 founding of the United Nations, a project near and dear to President Truman’s heart.

Allow five minutes to drive by the Truman Depot, located at 1111 West Pacific Avenue. Now a working Amtrak station, the historic depot was the final stop in Truman’s 1948 Whistle Stop campaign. After Truman left the White House in January 1953, more than 8,500 admirers turned out at the depot to welcome him and Bess home.

From the depot, motor over to 11025 East Winner Road, home of Puppetry Arts, a small but charming museum dedicated to the art of puppetry. Marvel at the large handmade

marionette of Harry, complete with human hair, round wire-rim glasses, and a copy of the Chicago Tribune newspaper with the “Dewey Defeats Truman” headline.

A Presidential Night If you’re tuckered out and want a good night’s sleep but don’t want to travel far, check into Ophelia’s Inn, located over the outstanding Ophelia’s Restaurant at 201 North Main Street. The upscale eclectic menu boasts such delicacies as chipotle-crusted scallops and chateaubriand.

Should you want to venture into the city and sleep somewhere Harry did, head downtown to the Marriott Muehlebach Hotel. This Kansas City landmark has hosted celebrities ranging from Ernest Hemingway to Theodore Roosevelt. Although it’s totally modernized today, you can walk down the wooden carved stairway to the historic lower lobby to get a feeling of what the hotel must have been like when President Truman visited. In 1947, he signed the Truman Doctrine legislation in the hotel’s Presidential Suite.

While staying at the Muehlebach, Truman often ordered his favorite Dixon’s Famous Chili. Sadly, the original location in Kansas City is closed, but you can feast on the same recipe at the only remaining Dixon’s

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The Truman Home at 219 North Delaware Street is a National Historic Site. It was built in 1867

by George Porterfield Gates, Bes Truman’s maternal grandfather.

While Harry was in office, t home served as the “Summer White House.”

Upon leaving the presidency, the house became the Trumans’ permanent residence.

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at 9105 East Highway 40 in Independence.

If you are in the mood for a longer drive through beautiful, rolling Missouri countryside, make a reservation at the Elms Hotel and Spa, 401 Regent Street in Excelsior Springs. This elegant hotel has a famed mineral springs spa that still pampers guests today. It’s also where Harry chose to stay while awaiting election results of his 1948 bid for the presidency.

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The Truman Walking Trail Nestled between charming antique and gift stores on the square, the two-story red brick former fi e station at 223 North Main Street now houses the Truman Home Visitor and Information Center, where you may purchase tickets for the Truman Home tours. Groups are limited to eight per tour. Make sure to allow enough time to watch the slide show, which is shown every fifteen minutes, for a valuable orientation. Then drive to 201 North Delaware Street for your park ranger-led tour of the stately Victorian house. If you arrive early, walk across the street to the Noland House, where Harry’s cousins lived. Now restored and filled with photos, artifacts, and jewels—like a clip of Harry and Bess being interviewed for TV in their home by daughter Margaret—the Noland Home also includes restrooms and a pleasant place to wait for your tour to begin.

The National Park Service has faithfully maintained everything about the home just as it was when the Trumans lived there. You’ll be able to see their dishes on the breakfast table, sheet music on the piano, Bess’s mystery books in the library, and Harry’s coat, hat, and cane hanging in the front entryway. You might find yourself believing that the couple will walk into the room any moment.

If you want to experience Truman’s neighborhood as he did, follow thirty-four bronze sidewalk plaques along the nearly three-mile Truman Walking Trail to stroll past such landmarks as his favorite gecko tree. A brochure and

cell phone tour information is available at the Truman Home Ticket Center. From the trail, it’s a straight shot up Delaware Street and under Highway 24 to Harry’s pride and joy, his presidential library. Harry was intimately involved in planning, fundraising (think donkey basketball games and bake sales), and training docents at the library he hoped would educate Americans—especially youth—about the office of the presidency.

The Truman Library and Decision Theatres The massive, colorful Independence and the Opening of the West mural by famed regional artist Thomas Hart Benton dominates the lobby of the museum. To the right, you’ll find a theater showing a sixteen-minute film that does an outstanding job of setting the stage for your visit by sharing Harry Truman’s story from birth until the night he was sworn in as president.

If the movie has started, this is a great time to step through the archway into the Oval Office, where Truman’s voice narrates the tour. A glass case just outside of the Oval Office contains the original “The Buck Stops Here” sign.

The theater doors open into the first exhibit, which focuses on Truman’s years as president. You quickly sense the difficult choices that faced him after Roosevelt’s sudden death. Visuals, such as a wall of newspaper headlines during his first four months, and dramatic streaming video and audio in the room on the bombing of Japan deliver the importance of the messages with the force of a sledgehammer.

Another gallery shows snippets of America’s major challenges of postwar society and includes vivid visual newsreel footage about housing shortages and strikes by returning vets. Farther along, black-and-white clips of the Lone Ranger television program, a well-stocked refrigerator, and

Above left: The Marriot Muehlebach Hotel in Kansas City is where Harry Truman signed legislation for the Truman Doctrine.

Above: The Truman Memorial Building at 416 West Maple Avenue in Independence was built in 1926 to commemorate those who died in World War I.

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Truman’s funeral was held in the library’s auditorium on December 28, 1972, and he was interred in the courtyard. Upon her death in 1982, Bess Truman was buried at his side.

Truman’s wartime cabinet and examine top secret—now declassified—information as a team to make the decisions that Truman himself faced: how to end World War II and whether to use the first atomic bomb. Reservations are required and team-building programs are offered.

Next, step outside and pay your respects at the courtyard graves of Harry and Bess, then continue into the white stone pavilion that houses Harry’s working office. Interactive kiosks let you learn about items in detail from behind the floo -to-ceiling plate glass window. You can also explore interactive timelines to see celebrities, such as Richard Nixon and Jack Benny, who came to call on the president.

The lower level of the museum houses the Life and Times of Truman exhibit and offers some great kid-friendly activities. Begin with a wall of touch-and-feel objects where kids put their hands inside a hole and try to guess what object from Truman’s era is inside.

A quick moving race game lets two players see who can get from the Grandview Farm to Bess’s house the fastest, and there is also a mail sorting activity that pays tribute to Truman’s time as a postmaster. Your family can also make their own campaign buttons and “The Buck Stops Here” signs.

From Lamar to the White House to a comfortable retirement in Independence, Harry S. Truman would be recognized in the years following his death as one of the country’s hardest-working presidents.

It becomes easier to gain a perspective on that work ethic after viewing the words on the back of the famous “The Buck Stops Here” sign—the side that faced the president as he worked. There, in three simple words, Harry S. Truman was constantly reminded of his roots.

It reads, simply: “I’m from Missouri.”

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Visitors to the Truman Library and Museum will experience history first-hand from the many exhibits and special programs offered throug out the year.

photos showing the birth of suburbia symbolize America’s postwar years. In stark contrast, the next gallery exhibits the sobering images of European hunger, poverty, and bombed-out cities.

Throughout the museum, it’s apparent that the curators wonderfully encapsulated broad concepts and topics in objects and images. For example, to illustrate the average number of flights made by allies daily into Berlin during the eighteen-month airlift, a cloud of almost five hundred tiny silver airplanes hangs suspended in mid-air.

There are many video and sound displays, but the standout interactive exhibits are the two “decision” theaters.

Although each theater takes almost ten minutes to experience, neither should be missed. In both, you sit in darkened rooms, watch and hear film and audio footage, and then have chances to vote by pushing buttons at your seat to express your reactions.

The first theater explores how presidents make decisions. It shares situations, such as the creation of Israel, that Truman and his cabinet faced and the often-competing factors that influenced their decisions. How did Truman choose? How will you choose?

The second theater looks at Cold War spy tensions and focuses on loyalty boards created during the communist-scare McCarthy era. In this theater, you vote on how to balance the need for national security against rights of privacy.

Groups of six or more can also become part of history in the White House Decision Center. In this re-creation of the West Wing, you are a member of

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The Truman Tour

“There is nothing new in the world except the history you do not know.”

–Harry S. Truman

INDEPENDENCE Clinton’s Soda Fountain 100 West Maple Avenue 816-0833-2046 ClintonsSodaFountain.com Courthouse Exchange 113 West Lexington Avenue 816-252-0344 CourthouseExchange.com Dixon’s Famous Chili 9105 East Highway 40 • 816-861-7308 DixonsChili.com Harry S. Truman Library and Museum 500 West Highway 24 • 816-268-8200 TrumanLibrary.org Harry S. Truman National Historic Site 223 North Main Street • 816-254-2720 NPS.gov Historic Truman Courthouse 112 West Lexington Avenue 816-252-7454 JCHS.org/truman-courthouse Marriott Muehlebach Hotel 200 West Twelfth Street 816-421-6800 • Marriott.com/hotels Ophelia’s Inn and Restaurant 201 North Main Street • 816-461-4525 OpheliasInd.com Pioneer Trails Adventures 217 North Main Street • 816-254-2466 PioneerTrailsAdventures.com Puppetry Arts Institute 11025 East Winner Road 816-833-9777 • Hazelle.org Truman Depot 1111 West Pacific Avenue VisitIndependence.com/listings/ Truman-Depot/27/ Truman Memorial Building 416 West Maple Avenue 816-325-7843 • ci.independence.mo.us Wild About Harry 104 West Maple Avenue • 816-252-0100 ELSEWHERE Elms Hotel and Spa–Excelsior Springs 401 Regent Street • 816-630-5500 ElmsHotelandSpa.com

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Harry S. Truman Birthplace State Historic Site–Lamar 1009 Truman • 417-682-2279 MoStateParks.com

A stone monument to commemorate those who served in the armed forces during the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor was presented by the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association in 1995. The memorial is located in the same courtyard as the graves of Harry and Bess Truman at the Truman Library.

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FALL HIKING BIKING AUTUMN IS AN IDEAL TIME TO EXPLORE MISSOURI’S COLORFUL TRAILS

BY PORCSHE N. MORAN

FALL IS A SPECIAL TIME in Missouri. The air is crisp, there’s a satisfying crunch of leaves under your feet, and a brilliant burst of gold and cranberry red seizes the landscape.

This is the season when Missouri’s wealth of hiking and biking trails shines the brightest.

A tour through one of the state’s natural playgrounds is like a moving meditation.

The Katy Trail is arguably the anchor of Missouri’s impressive system. Each year, more than 400,000 people cruise the 240-mile crushed limestone stretch from Clinton to Machens. Cyclists roll through prairies, wetlands, unspoiled countrysides, and picturesque vistas of the Missouri River, where sandstone and limestone bluffs play hide-and-seek with the shady cover of dogwood, oak, sycamore, and redbud trees. The charming communities that line the route offer bed-and-breakfast inns, campgrounds, wineries, breweries, restaurants, and antique shops.

Yet, Missouri’s offerings extend far beyond the nation’s longest rail-to-trail. Missouri State Parks maintains more than one thousand miles of award-winning, multiuse trails.

Furthermore, quiet back roads, conservation areas, and private preserves put the serenity of the outdoors within reach.

With autumn at its peak, there’s no time to lose. Lace up your boots, tune up your bike, and set your GPS for adventure.

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HIKES

HIKES PRAIRIE STATE PARK

LAKE OF THE OZARKS STATE PARK Missouri’s biggest state

The treeless expanses, diverse array of herds of elk and bison that roam the land in Mindenmines transport visitors to the days when tallgrass prairies covered more than a third of Missouri.

Over fifteen miles of easy hiking trails give you an intimate look at prairie flora and fauna. The 1.5-mile Gayfeather Trail, where fluttering butterflie and grazing bison are the norm, recreates the experience of early settlers. The Sandstone Trail is the park’s longest at 4.25 miles. It has a prairie headwater stream with rocky bottoms and deep sandstone-lined pools. Bison, whitetailed deer, and prairie birds make regular appearances. Prairie wildlife also gathers at a small stream at the start of the three-mile Drover’s Trail. As the trail continues, a hill gives views of swaying prairie grasses.

SPRINGFIELD CONSERVATION NATURE CENTER The three miles of trails at the Springfield Conservation Nature Center unite hikers with the great outdoors without leaving the city limits. The center’s six trails range from one-tenth to less than two miles. The forest, glade, and prairie that cover the eighty-acre area contain 170 species. The paved, half-mile Savanna Ridge Trail passes through rolling grassland before connecting to the gravel 1.7-mile Long Trail. A slight detour onto the Photo Blind Trail offers excellent views of Lake Springfield. The Long Trail also allows hikers to connect to the five mile Galloway Creek Trail, part of the Ozarks Greenway trail network. The Springfield Nature Center is located just west of Highway 65 off the James River Freeway

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park has twelve hiking trails covering more than forty-two miles. Visitors game for a hardy hike can trek the rocky 13.5-mile Trail of Four Winds.

Besides outstanding views of the Lake of the Ozarks, the lengthy route includes woodlands, scenic overlooks, rock outcrops, ponds, and seasonal streams. Two connectors on the north and south loops divide the trail to make your trip longer or shorter. Observant hikers might spot Cooper’s hawks, white-tailed deer, and fence lizards along the way. On the 0.8-mile Bluestem Knoll Trail, hikers get a look at what settlers saw when they arrived in the Ozarks more than two hundred years ago. Tall native grasses and wildflowers fill in the blanks between the trail’s widely spaced trees.

The 3.25-mile Woodland Trail greets visitors with an explosion of fall foliage as it winds through the native woodlands of the 1,275-acre Patterson Hollow Wild Area.

wildflowers, and

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DARANYA RASA , COURTESY OF SHAW NATURE RESERVER AND MISSOURI STATE PARKS

SHAW NATURE RESERVE Stretching across 2,500 acres on the northern edge of

might spot white-tailed deer, gray and fox squirrels,

the Ozarks, the Shaw Nature Reserve features a great

wild turkey, and woodchucks. From the Visitor Center,

diversity of ecosystems. The fourteen miles of hiking

hikers can reach the Pinetum, a group of white pine,

trails allow for a mix of leisurely strolls and more

Norway spruce, fi , and bald cypress trees that

demanding treks. Hikers pass through woodland that

surround a four-acre lake. The 2.5-mile Rus Goddard

is thick with oak and hickory trees. Rolling hills, broad

River Trail circles hikers through the oak-dominated

valleys, and twisting streams make up the landscape

Shaw Bottomland Forest State Natural Area to a

north of the Trail House. Between the Trail House

large gravel bar on the Meramec River. The Wetland

and the Meramec River the topography looks more

Trail’s one-mile loop features an elevated observation

like the Ozarks. There are sharper hills and ridges

blind and a viewing scope to observe wetland plants

and slim valleys with occasional streams. Trail users

and animals.

MARTHA LAFITE THOMPSON NATURE SANCTUARY Thirteen hiking trails extend over the nearly one hundred acres of this private, nonprofit preserve. Birdwatchers frequent the sanctuary for its large population of migrating birds, including warblers, tanagers, thrushes, and orioles. Hikers find a mix of pavement, mulch, and grass on the five miles of trails. The tough woodland terrain on the Polaris Trail goes along the perimeter of the property. The easier Bluestem Trail rambles through prairie before terminating at a one-hundred-person picnic shelter. The Wornail Trail loop recreates the route of the early 1900s Kansas City-to-Excelsior Springs interurban railroad. Another on-site remnant from that historic railroad line is the McGowan Bridge. The structure’s namesake trail is a prominent spot for watching barred owls nest near Rush Creek. The forests and fields of the Rush Creek Conservation Area are accessible from the Rush

HAWN STATE PARK There is something almost magical about Hawn State Park. Hikers fin peace of mind on the quiet trails of the Whispering Pine Wild Area. The 9.75-mile Whispering Pine Trail is often considered to be one of the best hiking and backpacking trails in the state. Bobcats and wild turkeys make their homes in the loop’s exquisite forest of pine and mixed hardwood. A six-mile north loop and a 3.75-mile south loop split the trail and take users over streams and scenic ridges. The challenging 3.75-mile White Oaks Trail starts at the park’s entrance. This rocky dirt trail is rather flat, threading through forest thick with pine, oak, and other hardwood trees. At around the one-mile marker hikers can retrace their steps or continue onto a loop for another mile that goes back around to the trailhead. The rugged loop rewards hikers with stunning views of bluffs that feature large, exposed sandstone outcrops. You’re also likely to see a variety of mushrooms, mosses, flo ers, insects, and small animals along the way. The Pickle Creek Trail is only seventenths of a mile long, but still offers quite a workout. The real showpiece, though, is sandy-bottomed Pickle Creek itself, a babbling brook with waterfalls and granite boulders. White oak, shortleaf pine, scarlet oak, and flowering dogwood trees are common sights. You might even glimpse lizards, black snakes, and butterflies here.

Creek Trail. The heart of the sanctuary is its interpretive nature center. Visitors enjoy live animal exhibits, fossil displays, a bird-feeding station, and a gift shop.

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WESTON BEND STATE PARK Views of the Missouri River greet hikers along the ten miles of trails at Weston Bend State Park. The 0.3-mile Missouri River Trail offers one of the best looks at the Big Muddy, and a chance to see a variety of

The twelve trails within Cuivre River State Park go through prairies and forests of oaks and hickories. Examples of the Civilian Conservation Corps’ fine stone work decorate the trails and quarries. Visitors come to explore the park’s three natural areas, which feature woodlands and sinkhole ponds. The rugged 11.25-mile Cuivre River Trail showcases bottomland forest and a wet weather spring on its north loop through Big Sugar Creek Wild Area. On the south loop, hikers follow the Cuivre River Valley for several miles. Five connectors along the way add four extra miles to the trail. Autumn brings wildflowers and open expanses of tall prairie grasses to the two-mile Blazing Star Trail. Hikers who conquer the 1.5-mile ascent to the top of the 120-foot-high Frenchman’s Bluff receive unforgettable views of the Cuivre River Valley. Look out for glimpses of swimming beavers and their work on the 3.25-mile Lakeside Trail as it follows the entire shoreline of Lincoln Lake.

migratory songbirds.

This natural retreat has some of the state’s most popular hiking trails. Visitors

The 2.75-mile Paved

have the chance to explore sinkholes, caves, and an underground stream. Rock

Bicycle Trail is just as

Bridge offers eight trails ranging from moderate to rugged. What the half-mile

delightful on foot as it

D evil’s Icebox Trail lacks in length, it makes up for in striking views of a sixty-

is on two wheels. There

three-foot-high natural rock bridge. The trail leads to a double sinkhole entrance.

is also a blend of

The D evil’s Icebox is currently closed to the public, but flashlights, helmets, and

prairie grasses, wild-

sturdy footwear are all you need to explore the 150-foot-long Connor’s Cave. In

flowers, and shrubs.

another section of the park, an 8.5-mile trail offers access to the 750-acre

The park’s most

Gans Creek Wild Area. Its shaded hillsides produce basswood and walnut

demanding loops

trees; white oaks populate the open forest. Scenic views of the park and na-

are the 0.7-mile

tive grasslands are available at the top of the 1.75-mile High Ridge Trail.

Harpst Trail and the

The Grassland Trail presents rambling wooded sinkholes and natural sink-

1.25-mile West Ridge

hole ponds. D espite its gentle terrain, this two-mile trail still provides hikers

Trail. The Harpst’s

a reasonable challenge.

natural soil base is

B

often leaf-covered with tree roots and exposed rocks that create a challenge for hikers. The tradeoff is the opportunity to meander through the disappearing dense river hills woods.

Native and migrating birds, an array of native flowers, and wild animals are high-

JOHNSON SHUT-INS PARK

lights of the West

At the East Fork of the Black River, pools, waterfalls, narrow passages, and billion-

Ridge loop. No trip

year-old rock formations create a natural playground that entices visitors to take a

to Weston Bend

dip. Almost sixty miles of multiuse trails cover this 8,647-acre park. The paved, Black

State Park is complete

River Trail covers nearly 3.25 miles and connects to the shut-in valley, campground,

without a stop at the

picnic areas, and interpretive center. The 2.25-mile Shut-Ins Trail offers a more chal-

scenic overlook,

lenging route to reach the rocky gorge. The trail has an observation platform that

which offers expansive

overlooks the shut-ins. Oak and hickory forest and small glade clearings surround

views of the Missouri

hikers as they follow the trail through the East Fork Wild Area. The rocky Taum Sauk

River valley and

section of the Ozark Trail runs through the park. This demanding, thirty-five mile

the city of

path goes through mountains of oak-hickory forest, dotted with shortleaf pine trees,

Leavenworth, Kansas.

bluffs, and rocky glades. Hikers can go east into Taum Sauk Mountain State Park or head west to the Goggin Mountain Wild Area.

COURTESY OF MISSOURI STATE PARKS

CUIVRE RIVER STATE PARK

ROCK BRIDGE MEMORIAL STATE PARK

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TABLE ROCK STATE PARK Table Rock Lake and Lake Taneycomo are the main attractions at this state park. Oak and hickory trees fill the glades and dry woodlands on the paved 2.25-mile Table Rock Lakeshore Trail. The one-way path’s level ground follows the shoreline of the lake and appeals to both cyclists and walkers.

But, mountain bikers reign supreme on the 11.25-mile White River Valley Trail. The elevation on its four rugged loops ranges from 710 feet to nearly 1,200 feet above sea level.

Sycamores and cottonwoods inhabit the river bottom. Experienced riders gravitate to the vigorous natural obstacles on the Red Loop.

Waterfowl and beavers make an appearance in the filtration pond on the loop’s north end.

Impressive views of Lake Taneycomo reward those who climb Baird Hill on the Blue Loop.

Cyclists drift past small waterfalls and an abandoned farmstead on the Orange Loop.

A collection of grasslands, glades, and woods makes up the Green Loop, which has the highest elevation point on the trail system.

BIKES FRISCO HIGHLINE TRAIL

If Missouri’s trails were a family, the Frisco Highline

might be a younger sibling of the Katy Trail. At thirty-five miles long, it is the state’s second-longest rail-to-trail (205 miles shorter than the Katy), and opened in 1999 (nine years after Katy). Yet, the

NOTLEY HAWKINS, COURTESY OF OZARK GREENWAYS AND MISSOURI STATE PARKS

Bolivar-to-Springfield connector has enough merit to stand on its own. The trail traces the same route that President Harry S. Truman rode in his private railroad car in July 1948, in preparation for his famed Whistle Stop Tour. The trail has sixteen railroad bridges, with the longest stretching 317 feet.

The Frisco Highline’s compacted crushed gravel, asphalt, and pavement make for a pleasant bike ride.

Cyclists start their trips from trailheads in Springfield, Bolivar, Willard, Walnut Grove, and Wishart. At Highway BB in Walnut Grove, the TransAmerica Bicycle Route, the premier national east/west crosscountry on-road biking route, crosses the Frisco Highline. The La Petite Gemme Prairie stands out on the trail. The native Ozarks prairie intersects the trail at Mile Marker 32. Take a break here to appreciate the area’s dashing wildflowers and rare plants. The unspoiled prairie is the perfect place to see coyotes, cottontail rabbits, glass lizards, ornate box turtles, and other animal life.

MKT NATURE AND FITNESS TRAIL

The starting point of this recreational oasis awaits in downtown Columbia at Flat Branch Park. Leave the busy city life behind as you hop on the shady 8.9-mile trail.

Composed of crushed limestone, the ten-foot-wide trail provides a pleasant ride. Fitness stations, drinking fountains, and restrooms along the trail make it easy to stay refreshed and focused. A series of underpasses helps cyclists avoid street traffic for the entire journey. The trail passes the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial at Battle Garden and the Forum Nature Area. At the two-mile marker, the 3M Flat Branch-Hinkson Creek Wetlands has a viewing platform perfect for wildlife sightings. Open fields and wetlands mark the trail’s southern end in rural Boone County, where the MKT links to the Katy Trail, just west of McBaine, at Mile Marker 169.9.

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ECHO BLUFF STATE PARK Missouri’s eighty-eighth state park opened last July.

Sinking Creek cuts through the secluded park’s valley and pristine forest and is responsible for carving out the area's namesake, Echo Bluff. A colossal, curved rock wall towers over the creek. The Painter Ridge Trail weaves through two miles of ravines, waterfalls, and scenic dolomite bluffs. The trail provides an excellent view of Sinking Creek, which flows into the Current River about a quarter of a mile from the park. The design of Painter Ridge’s two bike challenge routes gets adrenaline pumping. Ladder bridges, narrow balance features, ramps, and boardwalks are among the elevated obstacles. Complete the trail’s north, south,

TRUMAN LAKE MOUNTAIN BIKE PARK

Scenic downhills, demanding climbs, and a thrilling single track await cyclists at this park near downtown Warsaw. The system’s five loop trails cover over thirty miles. Beginners will do best on the 1.5mile Larry’s Groove Train (Green) Loop, or the five to six-mile Sterrett Creek (Red) Loop, which offers unrestricted views of Truman Lake. The sixteen-mile Come and Get Some (Yellow) Loop and the 3.5mile Kaysinger (Blue) Loop have more challenging

CASTLEWOOD STATE PARK Both beginner and advanced cyclists converge on the seventeen miles of trails at Castlewood State Park. Flat routes, such as the 3.25-mile River Scene Trail, travel along the Meramec River bottom. One of the park’s more laborious trails is the 2.25-mile Cedar Bluff Loop, which climbs to the park’s highest point. The 1.5-mile Lone Wolf Trail offers another challenge, as it takes riders to the top of the bluffs before descending into the Kiefer Creek valley. Those looking for a more secluded spot in this often busy park can retreat to the 2.5-mile Stinging Nettle Trail. Picturesque views of the Meramec River come alive to visitors as the trail curves along the water’s edge.

terrain for the advanced cyclist.

COURTESY OF MISSOURI STATE PARK AND TRUMAN LAKE MOUNTAIN BIKE PARK

and both challenge routes for a 3.25-mile excursion.

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HIGHWAY 36 BICYCLE ROUTE

WATKINS MILL STATE PARK The one hundred-acre Williams Creek Lake serves as a centerpiece for the paved bicycle trail at Watkins Mill State Park. The smooth ride travels 3.25 miles through oak-hickory woodland. The eight-foot-wide trail crosses six wooden bridges and one metal truss bridge. Glimpses of white-tailed deer, songbirds, and wild turkeys reward attentive cyclists. This serene trail begs to be taken at an unhurried pace. Park benches provide frequent rest stops and a wooden overlook offers a viewing of a seasonal waterfall in Williams Creek.

ST. JOE STATE PARK

ST. LOUIS RIVERFRONT TRAIL

COURTESY OF MISSISSIPPI GREENWAY AND MISSOURI STATE PARKS

St. Joe State Park is well-known for its off-road ve-

The Mississippi River points the way for this urban trail that heads north from the iconic Gateway Arch. On the eleven-mile ride, cyclists cross over the river via the Old Chain of Rocks Bridge, one of the world’s longest bridges that is limited to pedestrian and bicycle travel only. The structure, once part of Route 66, offers distant views of the St. Louis skyline from sixty feet above the river. Portions of green belt, home to eagles, turkey, and deer, balance the paved trail’s journey through industrial areas. The three-mile marker reveals the Mary Meachum Freedom Crossing, part of the National Park Service’s Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. The site includes a colorful wall mural that depicts Meachum’s role in helping a small group of runaway slaves who made their way to freedom through Illinois in May 1855. The trail ends at North Riverfront Park, where you can walk to the banks of the Mississippi River, or drop a line in the catfish-rich lake.

hicle riding area, but it also has much to offer cyclists, with four biking trails that total nearly thirty miles.

The eleven-mile Paved Bicycle Trail is a relaxed ride with plenty of plant and animal life to discover along the way. Visitors can gain access to the trail from five different trailheads. D eparting from the trailheads at Pim D ay-Use Area, Missouri Mines State Historic Site, or Farmington will extend the round trip up to 3.5 miles. The four-mile Hickory Ridge Trail is popular with mountain bikers for its natural surface, steep inclines, and uneven ground. The landscape includes sections of hardwood woodlands, with hickory and

It’s not a stretch to say that the Highway 36 Bicycle Route doubles as a living Missouri Hall of Fame. This 260-mile passage has been called “The Way of American Genius” because of the famous Missourians you encounter along the way. The route played host to the 2016 Big BAM (Bicycle Across Missouri) six-day ride. The west-toeast route starts at the Pony Express Museum in St. Joseph. In the eighty-four miles to Chillicothe, riders encounter the Jesse James Home, and the J.C. Penney Museum.

The seventy-nine mile haul from Chillicothe to Macon includes stops at the General John J. Pershing Boyhood Home State Historic Site, Walt Disney Hometown Museum, and Long Branch State Park.

The Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum in Hannibal marks the end of the journey. To fin out more about the Highway 36 bicycle route, go to VisitMo.com/ highway-36bicycle-route.

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Musings ON MISSOURI

PUTTING THE HELL BACK IN HEALTH

BY RON MARR

HARRY KATZ

SENECA THE YOUNGER (not to be confused with Seneca the Elder or Seneca the Fair to Middlin’) was a Roman philosopher whose wisdom has transcended the ages. Young Sen pioneered flowe y, Augustan maxims that translate to “don’t sweat the small stuff,” “art imitates life,” and “guns don’t kill people; people kill people.”

That last one originally involved swords, but you get the gist. Seneca was a sagacious sort, and his observations on health remain the epitome of Roman enlightenment and/or snark.

“Having good health,” he said, “is very different from only being not sick.”

I’ve pondered these words for three years, which is not so coincidentally the exact amount of time I’ve been on a fitness kick. Since 2014, I’ve dropped forty pounds, stopped smoking, and reversed my thirty-year dependence on blood pressure meds. However, as a cautionary tale, know that hurdles are incurred when one postpones the quest for peak physicality until age fiftyfour. Most of these involve pain, suffering, and humiliation.

The first exercise gizmo I purchased—a tiny tricycle tire with a handle through the middle—is an abdominal torture device commonly known as “the wheel of pain.” You simply drop to your knees, grasp the handle, and roll forward, backward, and side-to-side. The wheel is effective, but I didn’t count on those side-rolls popping my knee out of joint. I now walk around sporting an attractive Tommie Copper knee stabilizer.

Next, I purchased a pristine, seven-foot-tall, circa-1998, NordicFlex weight machine for seventy-five dollars. This once-in-a-lifetime deal only required a four-hour drive to a scratch-and-dent office supply store in Arkansas. The contraption stood out a bit, wedged between scratched cash registers and dented printers, but the seller explained that he’d acquired it after foreclosing on the storage units of an optometrist who’d skipped town for unspecifie reasons. As with all things Arkansas, it’s best not to ask questions.

The NordicFlex is a true marvel of Rube Goldbergian genius, but it did inflame a heretofore unknown osteoarthritic condition in my left elbow. I fashionably alleviated this problem with a Tommie Copper elbow sleeve that perfectly complements the aforementioned Tommie Copper bum-knee stabilizer.

About two years into my salubrity saga, I opted to have some blood tests. My local hospital wouldn’t give me a pre-procedure quote, and since I didn’t trust them to not send me a bill for $250,000, I sought out my second favorite healthcare provider. This would be Sam’s Club, which periodically offers no-cost screenings for blood pressure, glucose levels, and cholesterol.

Few things are as gratifyingly American as having your bodily fluids extracted by an individual who—just thirty minutes earlier—was handing out free cheese samples and mini cream puffs. My blood pressure and glucose were good, but the cholesterol readings were confusing. I think the HDL and LDL numbers were okay, but my CDC, FBI, and ASPCA seemed a trifle high.

On the other hand, I did come home with a forty-eight-pack of Charmin, a twenty-five-gallon jar of Gatorade, and a box of mini c eam puffs.

My crusade toward a life hale and hardy did not end with mere exercise, Tommie Copper products, and the sadly unappreciated medical legacy of Dr. Sam Walton. It also required dietary alterations. I consume copious amounts of cranberry juice, walnuts, turkey breast, garlic, hot peppers, and kimchi. Here’s a little tip. Don’t drink cranberry juice while enjoying your delicious kimchi, hot pepper, and garlic salad (see reference to forty-eight-pack of Charmin).In the interest of historical accuracy, it should be noted that Seneca the Younger was forced to commit suicide in the year 65 ad. Some say he was complicit in a failed plot to assassinate the emperor Nero.

RON MARR My theory is that he invented the wheel of pain.

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NO PLACE LIKE

Home

MEANT TO BE PARENTING CHILDREN is serious business and requires constant attention. Drop off one kid here, pick up one there—our life was dictated by the schedule on the refrigerator. My husband and I were running so hard to keep up with three kids that we couldn’t keep up with each other.

We needed a break.

In the fall, the grandparents came so Randy and I could leave all the bleachers and backpacks behind.

We would reprogram the radio, eat breakfast at little cafes, and have cocktails before dinner.

We’d hold hands as we strolled, rub toes in the hot tub, and reconnect with the people we were before we became something else.

Before we became parents.

Of course, we got away late, ended up stuck in traffic, and had a big fight over nothing at all. So much of our married life had been focused on raising children that we’d forgotten what had brought us together in the first place This was going to be a very long weekend.

It was a lovely night in Branson when we crossed the busy tourist strip, the harvest moon low in the sky. From our hotel window, we could see an ice cream parlor right up the road, and someone decided we could walk there much faster than we could drive.

What was I thinking?

By the time we started back, both of us were tired and testy with each other. Our hotel was nestled right off the tourist strip with a driveway as long as a country mile. Randy and I stopped on the sidewalk to catch our breath, and noticed we were standing right in front of our hotel room, but to get there, we had to walk several more blocks to the entrance, and then up the drive. I stood there and gazed longingly at my hotel window.

So close, yet so far.

The moon and outdoor lighting illuminated the landscaping that surrounded the hotel. On the sidewalk, I noticed a pathway made of stepping stones that just might be a shortcut to our room. The moon cast shadows on the path so I couldn’t see where it would take us. By then, I was over it and so was Randy, who—after all—wasn’t the one who had wanted ice cream.

“Turn here,” I said, like I knew what I was doing. I pointed Randy toward the stone pathway and, without question, he started down the steps assuming I would follow him anywhere.

Instead, I faltered just long enough for Randy to advance several stone steps down the path. Standing in the moonlight, he looked different, like someone I used to know. A long-haired boy who made me laugh and would follow me anywhere.

I remembered him.

Framed in the moonlight, I looked down at Randy as he turned back to me, and when our eyes met, row after row of sprinklers, synchronized to that exact moment in time, popped up out of the ground and started spraying away.

Like it was meant to be.

It was one of those beautiful moments in time that you carry with you forever. A moment of realization, recognition, and reconciliation. Really, what are the odds that two people would take the path less traveled at the precise second in time when something unexpected was scheduled to happen?

It was fate.

It was destiny.

It was hilarious!

There he was, the father of my children, hair plastered to his head by a gentle rain falling as if sent from heaven. Standing below me, the water droplets caught the moonlight, sprinkling Randy with golden sparkles.

He looked up at me with his glasses dripping and his hands raised as if to say, “How did this happen?”

It was meant to be.

When the weekend was over, I would tell our children the story of two people who found themselves in an unlikely place at a predetermined moment in time when the planets aligned, and the earth tilted, and the sky opened from the ground up.

“Why me? ” my husband moans every time I tell this story.

LORRY MYERS I am not sure he’s talking about the sprinklers.

HARRY KATZ

BY LORRY MYERS

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Columbia’s Main Squeeze Natural Foods Cafe takes great pride in being a mid-Missouri kitchen serving vegetarian, local, and organic foods as well as fresh juices and real smoothies.

A GROWING TREND These veggie-friendly eateries favor forks over knives STEP ASIDE, MISSOURI BARBECUE. Veggies of every shape, size, color, and form are having their moment in the sun.

The shift toward local, sustainable farms, as well as the growing interest in organic produce, has caused several vegetarian and vegan-friendly establishments to pop up across the state. Most of these places are green, not only in their food offerings, but in their business practices as well.

Several vegetarian restaurants practice composting, recycling more than they throw away, and growing their own produce or buying locally.

For some tasty tempeh, killer quinoa, and more veggies than you can

shake a juicer at, try these locally sourced options. Carnivores, have no fear: even the most discerning beefeater will find something to like at each of these healthy joints.

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MAIN SQUEEZE NATURAL FOODS CAFE You’ll spot it easily—a bright green facade with a giant carrot sticking out of it. Students and locals sit outside to sip smoothies and nosh on organic lunch dishes.

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The idea for Lulu’s came from a trip Robert and Lauren took to New Zealand, where they worked on farms and ate what they harvested. Now the idea of eating locally and organically is the essential pillar of their business model.

To locate the food truck’s whereabouts, follow them on Twitter @lulusfoodtruck. Stop by for lunch or dinner at their storefront Monday through Saturday from 11:30 AM to 9 PM, and eat in the dining room or on the dog-friendly vegetable garden patio.

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EDEN ALLEY Lulu's Local Eatery in St. Louis operated for two years out of a food truck before opening a brick-and-mortar restaurant in 2014. Today, Lulu’s customers can enjoy the full vegetarian menu inside the comfortable dining room, or take dinner in the vegetable garden patio.

Stop by the juice bar for lavender lemonade, or a Strawberry Manilow smoothie. The quirky, pun-filled eatery is all about locally sourced veggies. Almost everything comes from farms within a fifty-mile radius, or right from the cafe’s own garden. To keep food as fresh as possible, even the salsa, enchilada sauce, hummus, seasoned beans, salad dressings, sauces, and soup stock are made in-house.

Main Squeeze founder Leigh Lockhart established two main missions behind the cafe: food equity and animal welfare. Since 2008, the cafe has matched customer contributions, dollar for dollar, to feed hungry folks in the community and supports cruelty-free animal shelters.

Open Monday through Saturday 10 AM to 8 PM, Sunday 10 AM to 5 PM.

Enjoy lunch, dinner, and brunch in Eden Alley’s “Vegetarià,” or vegetarian cafeteria. Of course, there are plenty of nutrient-rich and colorful salads, but you’ll also find vegan loaf, potato burritos, and garlic grilled cheese. This restaurant focuses on local, organic, and traditional ingredients used in unique ways. (Chocolate chip and orange French toast, anyone?) Cakes, including lemon-avocado and apple-lavender, come in combos, either by the slice or whole.

Unique offerings called micro-specials are “fresher than fresh” dishes available in small quantities and for one day only, so you’ll always find something new to try. Sip on teas, cocktails or kombucha, and split a plate of curry or hummus to start.

Want a smattering to sample? For just $18 per person, you can order a combo of three entrees in tapas-size portions.

Kids will love the children’s menu, which features veggie sloppy joes, quesadillas, “pitza,” and quinoa pasta.

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LULU’S LOCAL EATERY Lulu’s started in 2012 as a food truck that served clean, natural food on the go. In an industry full of greasy, starchy food options, the menu was as different as the truck’s exterior, which looks like it’s covered in wooden planks. After only two years in operation, owners Robert Tucker and Lauren Loomis (Lulu) outgrew the truck, and decided to open a brickand-mortar restaurant in the South Grand Dining District.

The plant-based restaurant is surprisingly carnivore-friendly. Meat eaters may become enlightened after tasting Lulu’s black bean burgers, banh mi tacos, tater tots, and spring roll burritos. Even picky kids will find something they like on the kid’s menu: cauliflower nuggets, barbecue sliders, and tacos are available and inexpensive.

Wash down all the locally sourced goodness with an artisanal tea or a local brew. Cupcakes, cookies, and more from St. Louis bakeries complete the meal.

Hungry bikers on the Katy Trail can get a light bite at this outdoorsy cafe.

Owners Jodi and Tony Devonshire wanted to provide St. Louisans with a sustainable bike shop alternative so they could “eat well, ride often.”

Eden Alley Vegetarià offers a healthy menu for lunch and dinner, as well as an imaginative Saturday brunch from 11 AM to 4 PM that features vegetarian and vegan breakfast items.

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The daily fare at Bakersville Pioneer Village Restaurant, located in the Ozark Hotel building, is as fresh as what’s growing outside on any given day. There’s no menu, and no cash register. Diners make donations in the jar on their way out.

Riders on the Katy Trail on the state’s east side know all about The Bike Stop Café in St. Charles, where cyclists find heat y fuel to keep their “engines” running clean and lean.

In addition to serving healthy eats and servicing bicycles, the couple teaches mountain biking 101, bicycle maintenance, composting, and organic gardening.

Located across from the Lewis and Clark statue at Frontier Park, Bike Stop Café offers a place where you can get a tuneup for your bike while you sip on organic coffee or crunch on a walnut gorgonzola salad.

And while there are a few items on the menu that contain meat, it lists easy alternatives to make them vegetarian—or vegan-friendly—with many ingredients coming from the cafe’s garden. The restaurant’s Greek Goddess wrap—loaded high with eggs, spinach, avocado, tomato, and fresh zucchini bread muffins—makes a tasty snack at the beginning, middle, or end of a ride.

Bike Stop Café hosts a full calendar of riding events to keep patrons outside and active, and if you don’t have a bike, you can always rent one from the cafe. Guests can join such groups as all-female bike rides, guided rides, even trips to the local farmers market. Each year, the Bike Stop Café refurbishes and donates bikes to students, who also participate in group rides.

Bike Stop Café is open Monday through Thursday 7AM to 8 PM, Friday and Saturday 7AM to 9 PM, and Sunday 7AM to 7 PM.

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BAKERSVILLE PIONEER VILLAGE RESTAURANT The home to Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds and the Spring Planting Festival, this nineteenth-century village hosts one of the most unique vegan eateries in the state.

Inside the Ozark Hotel—a building that will make you feel like you’ve wandered onto the set of an old western movie—is an Asian-themed vegan restaurant with no name. The menu changes every day, depending on what’s available and in season. What the Baker Creek farm doesn’t grow itself, it sources from local Amish farmers and co-ops.

Owners Emilee and Jere Gettle have a passion for heirloom produce and have made it their life’s work to bring awareness to clean, non-GMO eating and generations-old versions of today’s produce.

Their catalog now offers more than 1,800 varieties of vegetables,

flowers, and herbs—the largest selection of heirloom varieties in the United States.

Everything about this restaurant is unique, but what makes it truly different is that diners pay for meals by donation. What you put in the jar is completely up to you.

A chalkboard lists the offerings of the day, which range from pad thai and stir-fry to curry. The three-course meal usually comes with fried rice and salad or melon, whatever is freshest on the day you visit.

The restaurant is open for lunch Monday through Friday 11:30 AM to 1 PM. 2278 Baker Creek Road • 417-924-8917 • Facebook: Bakersville Pioneer Village

Warrensburg

CAFÉ BLACKADDER Start the meal with roasted almond butter wedges consisting of organic roasted almond butter, banana slices, and local honey, all grilled on oat bread and served with raspberry dip.

COURTESY BIKE STOP CAFÉ, BAKER CREEK HEIRLOOM SEEDS/RARESEEDS.COM

701 Riverside Drive • 636-724-9900 • BikeStopCafes.com

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COURTESY CAFÉ BLACKADDER

Soups are also a house staple, especially the creamy potato leek.

Then try the cilantro hummus sandwich, made with homemade cilantro hummus, cream cheese, avocado, red onion, cucumber, sprout, and tomato on sweet garden bread. Or try a seasonal special, made with produce from one of ten local farmers.

You’ll also get a bit of culture at this establishment, with an antique baby grand in the corner and a small art exhibition on the gallery walls.

The cafe is full of character, featuring a hodgepodge of mismatched tables, chairs, linens, glassware, and dishes.

Before it was a veggie cafe, the restaurant was a Teahaus owned

by Peggy Means. She was very close to the restaurant’s current owner, Julie Kendall, who decided to name the cafe after Peggy’s Scottish clan, the Blackadders.

The cafe is open Monday through Thursday, and Saturday 11 AM to 4 PM, and Friday 11 AM to 8 PM. 121 North Holden Street • 660-747-2382 • CafeBlackadder.com

A bowl of steaming, fresh-ingredient vegan soup hits the spot on a cool, pre-autumn day. Café Blackadder in Warrensburg offers seasonal lunch specials e ery day.

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SPINACH DIP Courtesy Eden Alley

Ingredients >

1 large yellow onion, diced 1 ¹/₂ tablespoons olive oil 1 tablespoon minced garlic ¹/₂ teaspoon each, fennel seed, oregano, basil

¹/₂ teaspoon kosher salt ¹/₄ teaspoon black pepper A pinch of chili flakes ¹/₂ pound fresh, clean, destemmed spinach 1 cup creamy cashew cheese (see recipe below)

Directions >

1. Sauté the first 7 ingredients in a saucepan on medium heat until onions are translucent.

2. Put spinach in mixing bowl and pour the hot onion mix over it, which will slightly wilt the spinach.

3. Add 1 cup of creamy cashew cheese and blend in a food processor or with an immersion blender.

Makes 4 cups.

4. Serve with fresh vegetables for a gluten-free snack or with toasted pita, if gluten isn’t a problem.

CREAMY CASHEW CHEESE Courtesy Eden Alley

A great vegan “cheese” recipe will save you money at the market, impress your friends, and open the door to recipes that call for cream cheese.

Ingredients >

1 ¹/₂ cups raw cashews ¹/₂ teaspoon sea salt ¹/₄ cup nutritional yeast ³/₄ cup filtered water 1 tablespoon agave (plus extra for nectar soaking)

Directions >

1. Cover cashews in filtered water and soak in the refrigerator for at least 12 hours.

Soaking the cashews ensures a creamy texture and reduces graininess.

2. Drain your soaked cashews and give a quick rinse.

3. Place soaked cashews into your food processor and add the yeast, agave nectar, sea salt, and filtered wate .

4. Turn on your processor and set a timer for 5 minutes. You can add more water for a thinner consistency, or less for a thicker cheese.

5. Pour into airtight container and refrigerate.

Makes 2 cups.

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ROASTED BEET HUMMUS

Courtesy Chef Julie, Café Blackadder

KIMCHI

Courtesy Baker Creek Heirloom Seed RareSeeds.co Ingredients >

1 ¹/₂ pounds bok choy, coarsely chopped 3 tablespoons salt 6 garlic cloves, minced 1 tablespoon ginger paste 8 green onions, cut into 3-inch pieces

¹/₄ pound daikon radish, cut into julienne strips 3 tablespoons white miso 3 tablespoons red chili powder 3 tablespoons hot water

HARRY KATZ

Directions >

1. Toss the bok choy with the salt.

2. Place in a bowl and let stand at room temperature for 3 hours.

3. Drain, rinse in cold water, drain again, and squeeze out remaining water.

4. Mix together garlic, ginger paste, green onion, daikon, miso, chili powder, and water to make a thick, chunky paste.

5. Combine chili-garlic paste with wilted bok choy and mix well.

6. Pack tightly into a quart jar.

7. Cap the jar, but do not tighten lid.

8. Put jar into a bowl, and let ferment at room temperature for 3 days at 70 degrees or 5 days at 60 degrees. After about three days, the mixture will begin bubbling and will leak water and spice mix out of the top. Don’t worry, this is supposed to happen and is the reason that you’ve put the jar into a bowl.

9. Once you can taste a bit of sour in the kimchi, firmly cap the ja , wash the outside, and place in the refrigerator. Your kimchi should keep for at least 3 to 4 weeks.

10.Serve with rice or as a salad substitute.

Ingredients >

Roasted beets (see recipe below.)

1 ¹/₄ teaspoons sea salt 2 cups dried garbanzo beans, cooked; or four 15-ounce cans, drained and rinsed 4 tablespoons honey

7 tablespoons lemon juice 1 ¹/₂ tablespoons organic peanut butter ³/₄ teaspoon cinnamon ¹/₄ teaspoon nutmeg 1 ¹/₂ cups olive oil

Directions >

1. Place all ingredients in food processor, adding oil last.

2. Purée until all is well combined and smooth.

3. To serve, drizzle with good olive oil, sprinkle with parsley or cinnamon, and enjoy with your favorite vegetables and bread.

ROASTED BEETS

Courtesy Chef Julie, Café Blackadder Ingredients >

10 golf-ball sized farm-fresh beets ¹/₄ cup olive oil 1 tablespoon sea salt

Directions >

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

2. Wash and scrub beets. Cut tops and roots off; if larger than golf balls, cut in half or quarters.

3. Toss beets with olive oil and sea salt.

4. Fill bottom of deep roasting pan with ¹/₄ inch water, gently toss in beets, and cover pan with foil.

5. Roast for approximately 45–50 minutes, gently shaking pan frequently to keep beets from sticking. When done, beets should be easily pierced with a fork.

6. Let beets rest until warm and easy to handle.

Gently rub off skins with a paper t wel.

7. Place beets in large food processor and purée until coarsely chopped.

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The farm-to-table restaurant, says Chef Wes, “celebrates the rediscovery of family recipes,” blending the best of today with the wisdom found in Grandma’s old recipe book. Those recipes have been developed using the best local ingredients he can find. “Our goal is to support local farmers when buying anything from beets to beef,” he says.

An important local ingredient that Chef Wes enjoys using when creating new culinary classics is the black walnut.

One of the Metropolitan Farmer’s gourmet cheese plates features black walnut maple butter. The black walnut butter is made by grinding down black walnuts and boiling them with sugar to make a paste which pairs perfectly with the saltiness of the cheese. The unique flavor and versatility of black walnuts in recipes is what attracts chefs like Johnson to utilize the ingredient in specialty dishes.

“Black walnuts have a tart dryness that lends itself to more sweet pairings,” says Chef Wes. “From a culinary perspective, this native nut found in Missouri has a uniquely intense flavor for such a small item. You know when you are eating something that has black walnuts in it.”

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Dining worth the drive.

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Heeding the Call MATT SANDERS

is a steak man. Always

has been. He also says he’s had a “calling” to work in the restaurant business since he was ten years old. Mix those ingredients together and you have the recipe for Matt’s Steakhouse—a restaurant, bar, and banquet center located just east of Rolla, right off Hig way 44.

Classic Contemporary Cuisine NEW AND OLD CONVERGE on Third Street in downtown Lee’s Summit.

This summer, Third Street Social opened in historic Arnold Hall, which stands on the same site where Harry Truman declared his candidacy for his first foray into politics: eastern judge of the Jackson County Court.

A self-taught chef, Matt’s introduction to the world of

The restaurant blends contemporary and traditional American cuisine. Here, a red-wine-braised chicken pot-

cooking came as a youngster standing next to his Grand-

pie shares the menu with Korean steak tacos. Open for lunch, dinner, and brunch on the weekends, the restau-

ma Gertrude as she whipped up a forty-gallon batch of

rant has myriad options that play off classics. For breakfast, indulge in the biscuits and gravy made with chorizo

potato salad.

verde gravy. For lunch, try a deli sandwich with house-smoked pastrami. For dinner, the meatloaf—made with

“Her mixing tub was one of those I could’ve taken a bath in,” Matt recalls. “I was in awe of her.”

Some thirty years later, Matt is now in the kitchen of his restaurant preparing a top sirloin steak or a twelveounce ribeye to order.

The secret to Matt’s steak success is his wet-aging process that seals the freshly cut meat in an airtight bag and allows it to age in its own juices. His best sellers these days are twelve-ounce cuts of filet mignon or

EDDIE O’NEILL, THIRD STREET SOCIAL, PAGLIAI’S

Lee’s Summit

Andouille sausage and Angus beef—is a great choice.—Jonas Weir

123 Southeast Third Street • 816-384-2123 • Facebook: Third Street Social

Kirksville

A Little Slice of Heaven

Kansas City strip steak. Combine either of these meats

OREGANO,

with a side of steamed vegetables or garlic mashed

and spicy Italian meats are the heavenly

potatoes, add a bottle of wine from the restaurant’s am-

smells that will greet you on your way into

ple selection, and you have a dining experience you’ll not

Pagliai’s Pizza. This is the spot where both

only remember, but want to repeat.

the locals and the students know to go for

freshly baked dough,

Not everyone is a beefeater. Matt’s Steakhouse also

fresh, unique, and seriously delicious piz-

accommodates seafood lovers with fresh salmon, trout,

za and pizza-pocket creations for lunch,

catfish, or hand-battered shrimp. And of course, there’s a

dinner, snacks, and even late-night delivery.

place at the table for pasta lovers. “I always recommend the pasta Florentine,” Matt says.

Pagliai’s Pizza is a chain that started in the Midwest, and this quickly acclaimed store has been in the same location for fifty-three years. Palonzas, the featured menu item, are pizza pockets made of handmade dough and

Whatever succulent entree you choose, it comes with

filled with a delicious house tomato sauce and any pizza topping you might desire. You can choose from such clas-

the restaurant’s signature salad and unlimited bread-

sics as the Original, Pepperoni Deluxe, and Three Cheese, as well as some delicious new favorites like the Mexican,

sticks. “I started with the steak theme years ago, and it

Veggie Alfredo, and Double Bacon Cheeseburger.

seems to be working,” Matt says. “I can’t imagine doing

Pagliai’s Pizza is involved in its community and surrounding schools, and many Truman State University events

anything else.” —Eddie O’Neill

are catered by the company. Feeling lucky? Check out Pagliai Pizza’s Facebook page, where a different first name

12200 D illon Outer D rive • 573-364-1220 MattsSteakhouse.com

101 West Washington Street • 660-665-6678 • Facebook: Pagliai’s Pizza

is posted every day. If it’s your name, Pagliai’s will treat you to a free lunch special of the day. —Danielle Breshears

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Hotel Frederick

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This delightful inn features Old World charm, modern conveniences, and warm personal service. Chef Kenna Coakley has an unheard of, 100% scratch approach, from curing and smoking her own bacon, to hand squeezing the morning orange juice. Whether relaxing in the hot tub, enjoying the enchanting garden, or meeting new friends, you’ll find much to write hom about when you stay at the Inn at Weston Landing.

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HISTORY HAYRIDES AT FAUST

Take a hayride around Faust Park in Chesterfield on October and 8. Rides begin at 6, 7, and 8 pmboth nights and will end at the nineteenth-century homes of the Historic Village. $10.

Call 314-615-8328 or visit StLouisCo.com for more information.

COURTESY OF ST. LOUIS COUNTY PARKS

ST. LOUIS IRON HORSE RODEO Sept. 30-Oct. 1, Pacific > Exciting rodeo events, vendors, and a kids’ play area. Liberty Field. 4 pm. $5-$10. 314-614-2538, Pacific-Partnership.org

FALL HARVEST FEST Oct. 8, De Soto, > Celebrate the fall with a handmade item and craft fair, hayrides, and a petroglyph and glade tour. Washington State

Park Big River day use area at Shelter #2. 10 am4 pm. Free. 636-586-5768, MoStateParks.com/ park/washington-state-park

FLEA MARKET Oct. 8 and Nov. 12, St. Louis > Find a rare treasure at this market. Affton Community Center. 8:30 am2 pm. Free. 314-615-8820, StLouisCo.com

UNTIL THE FLOOD Oct. 12-Nov. 6, St. Louis > Celebrated writer, performer, and Pulitzer Prize finalist D ael Orlandersmith’s stunning play reflects the complexity of St. Louis during the recent social unrest.

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis. Showtimes vary. $20-$90. 314-968-4925, RepStL.org

CREATE GLASS SUN-CATCHERS Oct. 14 and Nov. 4, St. Louis > Learn the basics of making glass sun catchers. D elmar Glass Studio.

6-9 pm. $54-$58. 314-725-1177, CraftAlliance.org

SPOOKY CAVE TOURS Oct. 15, Leasburg > Make your reservation for a spooky cave tour. Onondaga Cave State Park. Tours begin at 6 pmand end at 8 pm. Call for fee and group rates. 573-245-6576, OnondagaFriends.org These listings are chosen by our editors and are not paid for by sponsors.

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DEUTSCH COUNTRY DAYS

FALL HARVEST FEST

SUMMER SAUSAGE MAKING

Oct. 15-16, Marthasville > Go back in time and tour the farm to see historic demonstrations.

Luxenhaus Farm. 9 am-5 pm. $7-$15. 636-4335669, DeutschCountryDays.org

Oct. 22, St. Louis > Celebrate fall with hayrides around the park, live music, bonfires, and kettle corn. There will be food from the food trucks and wine available for purchase. Jefferson Barracks.

6-10 pm. $10. 314-615-8822, StLouiscCo.com

Nov. 6, Hermann > Learn hands-on summer sausage making, enjoy a wurst, wine, and beer tasting, and take home the sausage you make. Hermann Wurst Haus. 10 am and 2 pm. $69. Reservations required. 573-486-2266, HermanWurstHaus.com

SPIRITS IN THE GARDEN

APPLAUSE! THE STAGES GALA

Oct. 28, St. Louis > Sample spirits from local distilleries, learn about the haunted history of the Victorian D istrict, enter the costume contest, seek out wicked plants in a scavenger hunt, and dance the night away. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Must be 21 or older. 6-9 pm. $15-$35. 314-577-5100, MoBot.org

Nov. 11, Clayton > Celebrate thirty years of performances with an elegant dinner and performances from some of your favorite STAGES stars. The Ritz-Carlton. 6:30 pm. Call for ticket prices.

636-449-5776, StagesStLouis.org

WAGON DAYS Oct. 15 and Nov. 12, Union > Take a hayride and a ranch tour, and visit rescued animals. Longview Rescue Ranch. 11 am-3 pm. Free. 636-583-8759, LongviewRescueRanch.org

MISSOURI DAY Oct. 19, St. Charles > Celebrate all that is Missouri with displays and interactive exhibits. First Missouri State Capitol State Historic Site. 10 am-3 pm. Free.

636-940-3322, MoStateParks.com/park/first-mi souri-state-capitol-state-historic-site

MISSOURI RIVER RENDEZVOUS

Oct. 22, Chesterfield > Test your skills in a 5K, 10K, and a children’s fun run. Towne Centre. 8 am. $15$35. 636-532-3399, ChesterfieldMoChamber.com

Oct. 28-30, Augusta > If you love the Missouri River, this event is a weekend filled with river-related art, education, recreation, presentations, research, a Halloween river social, meals, and camping.

Klondike Park. Friday night through Sunday morning. $30-$75. 573-443-0292, RiverRelief.org

SPIRITS OF THE PAST

OZARK FIBER FLING

Oct. 22, Defiance > Explore a pioneer village, and discover how the early 1800s were filled with superstition. D aniel Boone Village. Call for times. $5-$8. 636-949-7535, DanielBooneHome.com

Nov. 4-5, Steelville > Take a class to learn a variety of fiber arts and shop for handmade fiber items.

Meramec Baptist Retreat Center. Call for times and costs. 573-245-6851, OzarkFiberFling.com

GUMBO FLATS PUMPKIN RUN

Tales from the Dark Side Deaths on Pleasant Street

The Ghastly Enigma of Colonel Swope and Doctor Hyde

CRAFT AND GIFT EXPO Nov. 19, Washington > Local vendors exhibit and sell their homemade works. City Park Auditorium.

9 am-3 pm. Free. 636-239-2715, WashMoMarket.org

SOUTHEAST BUILD YOUR OWN SCARECROW Oct. 1, Burfordville > Bring old overalls, shirts, and accessories to build your own scarecrow, and learn facts about scarecrow history. Bollinger Mill State Historic Site. 9-11 am. 573-243-4591, MoStateParks .com/park/bollinger-mill-state-historic-site

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CRAFT BEER FESTIVAL Oct. 1, Cape Girardeau > Sample more than one hundred beers from fifty craft breweries, listen to live music, enjoy food, and take home a souvenir glass. Arena Park’s First State Community Bank Pavilion. Noon-4 pm. $30-$50. 573-334-2795, VisitCape.com

FALL FEST Oct. 8, Dexter > Fun for the whole family, with food, crafts, vendors, and live music. Historic D owntown. 9 am-3 pm. Free. 573-624-7458, DexterChamber.com

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Oct. 8, Poplar Bluff > Join the fun at this costume ball and murder mystery, where you get to find the culprit in the crazy madness of a 1980s high school prom. Black River Coliseum. 6:30 pm. $40-$75.

573-686-8001, OFRA.org

HALLOWEEN STORYTELLING Oct. 14, Burfordville > Bring a lawn chair for an evening of professional storytelling with Marilyn Kinsella, who uses word imaging to enhance her stories. Bollinger Mill State Historic Site.

7-8:30 pm. Free. 573-243-4591, MoStateParks.com/ park/bollinger-mill-state-historic-site

IRON HORSE FESTIVAL AND COUNTY FAIR

On Oct. 1, downtown Poplar Bluff and the Ray Clifton Park host a festival featuring a car rally, a dog show, a Union Pacific Heritage train display, kids games, arts and crafts vendors, a demolition derby, a BBQ contest, a tractor pull, and lawnmover races. The festival is open from 10 am to 4 pmand is free (excluding some special events). Call 573-714-5742 or visit DowntownPoplarBluff.org for more information

Events Cheaper By The Dozen

Oct. 6-15

Fall Arts & Crafts Festival

Oct. 15

Missoula Children’s Theatre

Oct. 17-22

Letters Home

Oct. 21

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MOUNTAIN MUSIC FESTIVAL

I LOVE THE 90S TOUR

HARVEST CELEBRATION

Oct. 14-16, Ironton > There will be a parade, a fiddle and banjo contest, artisans, crafters, children’s games, pony rides, and live bluegrass bands. Iron County Courthouse Square. 6-8 pmFri.; 9 am-8 pmSat.; noon-4 pmSun. Free. 314-517-4445, MountainMusicFestival.net

Nov. 17, Cape Girardeau > Performances by Salt N Pepa, All 4 One, Color Me Badd, Tone Loc, Coolio, and Young MC round out this tribute to the 1990s. Show Me Center. 6:30-10 pm. $29.75-$69.75.

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Oct. 1-2, Kingsville > See an array of antique trucks, engines, and other farm equipment, take a hayride, see the tractor parade, and cheer on the kid’s pedal pull. Powell Gardens. 9 am-5 pm. $5-$12.

816-697-2600, PowellGardens.org

ARTS AND CRAFTS FAIRS

SPACE: THE FINAL FRONTIER

Nov. 19-20, Cape Girardeau > Three differen fairs fill fi e venues with arts and crafts for your holiday shopping. Throughout town. 10 am-5 pmSat.; 10 am-4 pmSun. $5. 573-3349233, VisitCape.com

Oct. 2, Knob Noster > At this program, visitors are treated to an adventure through the Cosmos and will see some of the basic constellations and stars in the night sky. Knob Noster State Park. 8:3010:30 pm. Free. 660-563-2463, MoStateParks.com/ park/knob-noster-state-park

FALL ROCKS Oct. 22, Park Hills > Learn about mining and minerals with ten activity and game stations, and visit with park interpreters. Missouri Mines State Historic Site. 5-8 pm. Free. 573-431-6226, MoStateParks .com/park/missouri-mines-state-historic-site

MINGO WILDLIFE REFUGE PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW Nov. 1-30, Sikeston > This traveling photography exhibit showcases the beauty, value, and uniqueness of Mingo National Wildlife Refuge. Depot Museum. 10 am-4 pm Tues.-Sat. Free. 573-481-9967, SikestonDepotMuseum.com

FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS TOUR Nov. 25-Dec. 26, Wappapello Lake > Take your car on a tour of more than 250,000 lights and decorated sites. Redman Creek East Campground. All day.

Free. 573-222-8562, MVS.usacc.army.mil

KANSAS CITY

REGIONAL JURIED ART SHOW

FROM SLAVERY TO SOUL FOOD

Nov. 5-27, Poplar Bluff > This show is a regional competition for artists living within a one-hundred-mile radius of the art museum. Margaret Harwell Art Museum. Noon-4 pm Tues.-Fri.; 1-4 pm Sat.-Sun. Free. 573-686-8002, MHAM.org

Oct. 1, Butler > Cooking demonstrations of meals prepared for the soldiers of the First Kansas Colored Infantry. Battle of Island Mound State Historic Site.1-3 pm. Free. 417-751-3266, MoStateParks .com/park/battle-island-mound-state-historic-site

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MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM Oct. 7-9 and 14-16, Kansas City > Classic ballet with music performed by the Kansas City Symphony. Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts.

7:30 pm Fri.-Sat.; 2 pm Sun. Ticket prices vary.

816-931-8993, KCBallet.org

HARVEST FESTIVAL Oct. 15, Oak Grove > This fundraising festival will have live band concerts, activities for kids (including a bounce house), guest speakers, a live auction, food, and desserts. Cross Creek Baptist Mission grounds. 11 am-5 pm. Donations accepted.

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POWWOW Oct. 15, Clinton > Join this Native American celebration and see dancing, costumes, drumming, and crafts. Benson Center. 12:30-10 pm. Free.

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FALL HOMES TOUR Oct. 15, Kansas City > Take this walking tour of the first floor of six historic homes, including the turn-of-the-century Firehouse in the Lykins Neighborhood. Historic Northeast Kansas City.

10 am-3 pm. $12-$15. 816-769-3336, NEKCHS.com

Oct. 15, Lee’s Summit > Take a local paranormal expert-guided tour of buildings that are rumored to be haunted. D owntown. 6:30, 7:45, 9, and 10:15 pm. $20. 816-246-6598, DowntownLS.org

QUILT SHOW

MOUNTED SHOOTING CLINIC

Learn to shoot from horseback at the Johnson County Fairground Arena in Warrensburg, Oct. 1 and 2. These clinics are for introductory, intermediate, and advanced riders. Auditors are welcome. Enjoy a potluck dinner on Saturday night. The clinics run from 9 am to 4 pmand cost $50 to $100, with a $15 audit fee. Call 573-881-7463 or visit IronSixes.com for more information and to register.

Deutsch Country Days The 35th Annual German Living Historic Festival Saturday and Sunday

October 15 and 16, 2016 9 AM – 5 PM

Located on Historic Luxenhaus Farm 18055 State Highway O Marthasville, MO (636) 433-5669

Oct. 21-22, Lee’s Summit > This show features one hundred quilts, vendors, and a silent auction. Woods Chapel United Methodist Church. 9 am-5 pm Fri.; 9 am-3 pmSat. $3. 816-356-6953, LSChamber.com

WINE STROLL Oct. 22, Clinton > Sample wines from more than fourteen wineries. Historic D owntown Square.

2-6 pm. $20-$25. 660-885-8166,ClintonMo.com

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HALLOWEEN CAMPOUT Oct. 22, Lawson > Bring the family and enjoy the park’s Halloween camp-out with the spookiest campsite contest, a K-9 costume contest, campsite trick or treating, and a spooky nature program.

Watkins Mill State Park. 5:30 pm. Call for camping fee. 877-422-6766, MoStateParks.com/park/ watkins-mill-state-park

BBQ AND BOUTIQUES Oct. 22, Lee’s Summit > Enjoy a barbecue meal and see booths filled with vintage jewelry, antiques, handmade apparel, handcrafted items, repurposed finds, and many holiday gifts. Summit Hickory Pit BBQ. 10 am-6 pm$5 (early bird 10-11 am, $10). 816-246-4434, TheSummitHickoryPitBBQ.com

MOVIE NIGHT IN THE PARK Oct. 22, Warsaw > Come out for popcorn, tea, and lemonade at the showing of the animated movie, Hotel Transylvania 2. Harry S. Truman State Park amphitheater. 7 pm. 660-438-7711, MoStateParks .com/park/harry-s-truman-state-park

HALLO-WINE TROLLEY TOUR Oct. 29, Excelsior Springs > Dress up in your favorite Halloween costume. The tour includes a trolley tour to several wineries that includes lunch, wine tastings, a cocktail hour, party games,

contests, and a souvenir wine bag to take home with you. Tour departs from Willow Springs Mercantile. 11 am-4:30 pm. $99. 816-630-6161, ExSpgsChamber.com

PROWL AT THE PARK

HOLLY FESTIVAL Nov. 12-13, Lee’s Summit > Get a jump on your holiday shopping with handmade crafts, unique gifts, and décor. Bernard Campbell Middle School.

10 am-4 pm. Free. 816-347-3248, LSCares.org

Oct. 29, Weston > Visit the spooky decorated tobacco barn, gather around the campfire for story time, make a festive fall craft to take home, and join the park staff for the sights and sounds of the night hike. Weston Bend State Park. 5-8 pm. Free.

816-640-5443, MoStateParks.com/park/westonbend-state-park

SHOW ME CRAFTERS SHOW

HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA

SOUTH CENTRAL

Nov. 5, Belton > This craft and vendor show features over one hundred booths. High School. 9 am-3 pm.

Free. 816-331-2420, BeltonMoChamber.org

GREAT PUMPKIN SMASH Nov. 5-6, Kansas City > Watch the post-Halloween fun for the animals as they crunch, bounce, and play with pumpkins. Kansas City Zoo. 10 am-3 pm. $11.50-$14.50. 816-595-1234, KansasCityZoo.org

Nov. 12-13, Sedalia > Visit 122 handmade craft booths, get treats at the bake sale, and visit Santa.

Missouri State Fair grounds, Agriculture and Varied Industries Building. 9 am-4 pmSat.; 9 am-3 pmSun. Free. 660-281-1077, VisitSedaliaMo.com

FROGTOBERFEST Oct. 1, Waynesville > Celebrate Frog Rock with family-friendly activities, including live music, arts, crafts, food, and a Frog Hill half marathon and 10K. City Park. 10 am-4 pm(8:30 ammarathon, costs $40$50). Free. 573-774-3050, PulaskiCountyUSA.com

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SWEET TREAT OPEN HOUSE Nov. 11-12, Warrensburg > Participating shops offe holiday specials and treats. Downtown. Times vary.

Free. 660-429-3988, WarrensburgMainStreet.com

Oct. 1-2, Salem > Enjoy fishing for prizes, bingo, a car show, hiking, and live entertainment. Montauk State Park. Call for times and costs. 573-548-2434, MoStateParks.com/park/montauk-state-park

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HAYRIDES AND PUMPKIN PATCH

GENE WATSON CONCERT

Oct. 1-30, Hancock > Take an old-fashioned hayride through the deep woods, pick a pumpkin, find your way through the corn maze, and feed the animals. D eep Woods Farm and Pumpkin Patch. 10 am-5 pm Sat.; noon-5 pm Sun. $5.

573-759-3586, DeepWoodsFarm.biz

Oct. 29, Dixon > Country music star Gene Watson performs a variety of popular songs in an intimate, family-friendly setting. The Baker Band Barn. 6 pm. $30. 573-433-9370, thebakerband.com

Oct. 15, Rolla > Shop at a wide variety of arts and crafts booths in downtown. Pine Street.

9 am-4 pm. Free. 573-364-1221, VisitRolla.com

LETTERS HOME

HAUNTING IN THE HOLLOWS

D elight in the decorations and the costumed staff as you enjoy a fun-filled family-oriented event with food, demonstrations, storytelling and games for kids of all ages. Come in costume to make the evening even more fun. Held at the Galloway Creek Park in West Plains on Oct. 22, this event is open from 2 to 6 pm and is free. Call 888-256-8835 or visit WestPlains.net for more information.

Oct. 21, Rolla > This play puts the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan front and center by bringing to life actual letters written by soldiers while serving in the Middle East. Experience powerful portraits of the soldiers’ experiences while they were separated from their loved ones. Leach Theatre.

7 pm. $15. 573-341-4219, LeachTheatre.mst.edu

Nov. 19, Rolla > You can run, jog, or walk a 26.2, 13.1, or three-mile course over the gently rolling hills of south central Missouri with the proceeds going to support veterans’ causes. Each participant may honor a veteran or active serviceman at the event. Lions Club Park. 7 am. $75-$90. 573-7291041, HeroesMarathon.com

QUILT SHOW Nov. 19, St. Robert > This show, hosted by Gone To Pieces Quilt Guild, features a variety of handmade quilts, including several State Fair awardwinners. Community Center. 10 am-5 pm. Free.

573-528-5118, GoneToPiecesQG.blogspot.com

A HAUNTING IN THE MILL

TREES AND TRAINS

Oct. 22, Salem > Bring the family out to experience this non-scary, nighttime tour of the historic mill.

See bats and the ghosts of the past, as the history of the mill comes alive for one night. Montauk State Park. 6:30, 7:30, and 8:30 pm. Free. 573-548-2225, MoStateParks.com/park/montauk-state-park

Nov. 21-Dec. 24, Salem > Come out and see amazing, unique trees decorated by groups and individuals from the area, with a display of toy trains that race around on their rails. Ozark Natural and Cultural Resource Center. 9 am-5 pm. Free. 573729-0029, ONCRC.org

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CENTRAL MULTI-CULTURAL FESTIVAL Oct. 1, Jefferson City > Experience the community’s diversity with entertainment, food, vendors, and a children’s activity area. D owntown. 10 am3 pm. Free. 573-556-0400, VisitJeffersonCity.com

RACE TO THE DOME

Oct. 1 and 6-8, Versailles > Sing along to this liveaction theatre presentation based on the Disneyanimated film. The Royal Theatre. 7 pm. $5-$10. 573378-6226, TheRoyalTheatre.com

Oct. 8, Hartsburg to Jefferson City > This race is for canoes and kayaks with a 15.8-mile and 26.6-mile course. Proceeds benefit Missouri River Relief. It begins at Hartsburg Access or Providence Access near Cooper’s Landing and ends at the Carl L. Noren Access in Jefferson City. 9 am-1 pm. Free to spectators; $50 per paddler. 573-443-0292, VisitJeffersonCity.com

MAD DOCTOR MCDOWELL

MO MUG CRAFT BEER FESTIVAL

Oct. 5, Jefferson City > Author Victoria Cosner tells the story of St. Louis’s D r. Joseph Nash McD owell, a surgeon in the mid-nineteenth century who sparked rumors of macabre medical practices, grave robbing, and insanity. Missouri State Museum’s History Hall. 5-9 pm. Free. 573-522-6949, MoStateParks.com/park/missouri-state-museum

Oct. 8, New Franklin > Sample a variety of craft beers, play games, and watch craft beermaking demonstrations. D owntown. 4-7 pm. $15.

660-537-3880, SouthHowardCountyHS.org

THE BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

COURTESY OF KIM CARR

Friday. On Saturday there will be a Farmers Market, artist’s booths, demonstrations, live music, wine and craft beer tastings, food vendors with locally sourced items, kids’ games, and pumpkin patch. Court Street. 7 pmFri.; 10 am-5 pmSat. Free.

573-592-7733, ArtHouseFultonMo.org

AUTUMN ON THE BRICKS Oct. 7-8, Fulton > The Art House hosts an exhibit, opening reception, and an outdoor concert on

HERITAGE FESTIVAL Oct. 8-9, Arrow Rock > This heritage festival features traditional and modern handcrafted items, historic reenactments, living history presenters, and food. Throughout town. 10 am-5 pm Sat.; 10 am-4 pmSun. $2. 660-837-3330, ArrowRock.org

FALL INTO ART

More than fifty-five artisans exhibit and sell their works. Enjoy live music and arts and crafts activities for children at the Parkade Center in Columbia on Nov. 19 and 20. Open from 10 am-5 pm Saturday and 11 am-4 pm Sunday. Admission is free. Call 573-445-6853 or visit FallIntoArt.org for more information.

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FALL FESTIVAL Oct. 14-15, Linn Creek > Celebrate fall with crafts, demonstrations, a quilt raffle apple butter, apple pies, and a chili and soup lunch. Camden County Museum. 9 am-5 pm. Free (donation for lunch).

573-346-7191, CamdenCountyMusuem.com

SINEWS OF PEACE Oct. 14-Dec. 31, Fulton > This new exhibit focuses on Winston Churchill’s Iron Curtain speech and includes a display of the original document.

National Churchill Museum. 10 am-4:30 pm. $4.50$7.50. 573-592-6242, NationalChurchillMuseum.org

WOODCARVING SHOW AND SALE Oct. 15, Camdenton > Woodcarvers exhibit, sell, and demonstrate their works while competing for prizes. Community Christian Church. 9 am-5 pm.

Free. 573-286-1049, CamdentonChamber.com

WILD WEST DINNER SHOW Oct. 15, Hallsville > Bring a blanket for the wagon ride to the Dutch oven dinner and wild west show to benefit the Gateway to High Country Cowboy Church. Victorian Country Inn. 5:30-7:30 pm. $39$59. 573-819-2000, VictorianCountryInn.com

RIVER CITY FALL FESTIVAL Oct. 22, Jefferson City > Join in a day of fun with

craft and food vendors, live entertainment, a petting zoo, wagon rides, pony rides, and lots of pumpkins. River City Gardens. 10 am-4 pm.

Free 573-295-6263, VisitJeffersonCity.com

FALL COLORS TRAM TOURS Oct. 26-27, Rocheport > Take a two-hour tram ride to see the fall colors on the Katy Trail between Rocheport and McBaine. Katy Trail State Park.

10 am, 12:30 and 3 pm. Suggested donation of $3$5. Reservations required. 573-449-7422, MoState Parks.com/park/katy-trail-state-park

PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW Oct. 29, Mexico > Photography competition and show open to Missouri residents. Presser Performing Arts Center. 2-4 pm. Free. 573-581-5592, PresserPAC.com

Park. 1 pm. Free to watch; $25-$30 to participate.

573-449-7402, MoStateParks.com/race

VETERANS DAY AT THE CAPITOL Nov. 11, Jefferson City > Honor and remember the veterans who have served our state and country. State Capitol Rotunda. 9:30 am-1:30 pm. Free.

573-632-2820, VisitJeffersonCity.com

HOLIDAY MARKET PLACE Nov. 18-19, Linn Creek > Buy your holiday crafts and gifts. Lunch is available for a donation. Camden County Museum. 9 am-4 pm. Free. 573-346-7191, CamdenCountyMuseum.com

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MIKE WALKER AND FRIENDS

HAULIN’ BASS

Nov. 5, Versailles > D irect from Branson, this concert features original music and impressions of your favorite performers. The Royal Theatre.

7 pm.$5-$10. 573-378-6226, TheRoyalTheatre.com

Oct. 2, Dadeville > Challenge yourself on an 8K or 15K run on the Lakeview Trail, which follows the shoreline of Stockton Lake. Stockton State Park.

8 am. $25-$30 to participate. 417-276-4259, MoStateParks.com/park/stockton-state-park

KATY TRAIL TUNNEL TROT Nov. 6, Rocheport > Run a 5K or a 12K race through the 243-foot tunnel. All finishers get a medal. Start at the Rocheport D epot at the Katy Trail State

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WYATT EARP’S FALLFEST Oct. 8, Lamar > This festival honors Lamar’s firs constable, Wyatt Earp, with a farmers market, one

Beks, in historic downtown Fulton, features local seasonal fare for lunch or dinner, an extensive beer selection and hand-selected wine list.

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hundred vendors, custom car show, kids games, and costumed actors performing shoot-outs and skits. Historic downtown square. 9 am-4 pm. Free.

417-682-3595, Business.bartoncounty.com

WILDFLOWER WALK Oct. 8, Mindenmines > Join a park naturalist for a 1.6-mile walk among green grasses and colorful fl wers to learn more about the prairie ecosystem.

Prairie State Park. 10 am-noon. Free. 417-843-6711, MoStateParks.com/park/prairie-state-park

COURTESY OF STEVE SNYDER, IMAGES OF THE OZARKS

ART IN THE PARK Oct. 8-9, Springfield > Meet the artists and see their works at this fine art and contemporary craft show and sale. Sequiota Park. 10 am-4:30 pm. Free.

417-689-4536, ArtCraftGuild.org

BARRELS FOR BOOBIES Oct. 9, Mt. Vernon > Barrel racing event will benefit Breast Cancer of the Ozarks. Longhorn Arena.

9 am. $35. 417-844-5224, NBHAMO2.com

APPLE BUTTER MAKIN’ DAYS

LADIES PICCADILLY GALA Oct. 27, Branson > This fundraising event for women features wine, cheese, dinner, and dessert served by local male celebrities, plus chances to win great gifts. Chateau on the Lake. 5-9:30 pm. $50. 417-334-1548, DowntownBranson.org

See apple butter made in old-fashioned copper kettles, a juried craft festival with more than 350 vendors, a parade, live entertainment, children’s games, weiner dog races, and a car show at this free event held on the downtown square in Mount Vernon on Oct. 7, 8, and 9 from 9 amto 6 pmFri.-Sat. and from 9 am-4 pmSun. Call 417-466-7654 or visit MtVernonChamber.com for more information..

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NATIONAL BISON DAY

CHRISTMAS CRAFT ORNAMENTS

Nov. 5, Mindenmines > Celebrate the bison—our officia national mammal—with a guided bison hike and bison chili lunch. Educational activities and programs show you how the Native Americans used the animal and you’ll learn how and why this iconic animal was driven to the brink of extinction.

Praire State Park. noon-3 pm. Free. 417-843-6711, MoStateParks.com/park/prairie-state-park

Nov. 26, Joplin > Make a holiday ornament from nature to take home. Wildcat Glades Conservation and Audubon Center. 1-4 pm. $5-$10. 417-782-6287, WildcatGlades.audubon.org

Nov. 11-12, Bolivar > Start your holiday shopping at more than forty businesses, each with specials, samples, holiday treats, and a $400 give away.

Throughout town. Times vary. Free. 417-326-4118, BolivarChamber.com

CHRISTMAS PARADE

HOLIDAY PARADE

The Chillicothe Chamber of Commerce starts the holiday season off Nov. 19 with a parade filled with floats, horses and riders, music, and Santa and his helpers. The parade starts on Washington Street at 10 am and is free. Visit ChillicotheMo.com or call 660-646-4050 or for more information.

Nov. 19, Lebanon > Enjoy floats, horses and riders, Santa and his helpers, holiday music, and lots of candy. Downtown at Jefferson St. 11 am-1 pm. Free.

417-588-3256, LebanonMissouri.com

OZARK CHRISTMAS PARADE Nov. 19, Ozark > This lighted holiday parade, with its star-spangled Christmas theme, welcomes the season with floats, music, and Santa. Parade runs from Jackson St. to the historic square. 5 pm. Free.

417-581-6139, OzarkChamber.com

Nov. 26, Springfield > This indie craft show highlights local and regional artisans and crafters. The Old Glass Place. 10 am-5 pm. $4. 800-678-8767, queencitycraftshow.com

NORTHWEST COUNTRY MUSIC SHOW Oct. 5-6 and Nov. 2 and 16, Agency > Dance to the sounds of Phil Vandel, give a salute to veterans, and enjoy the concessions. Community Center and Museum. 7-10 pm. $7. 816-253-9301, PhilVandel.com

PUMPKINFEST Oct. 7-9, St. Joseph > Come and celebrate the fall harvest with the Great Pumpkin Mountain, live entertainment, children’s costume parade, games, and crafts. Pony Express National Museum grounds. 5-9 pm Fri.; 10 am-9 pm Sat.; 11 am-5 pm Sun. Free. 816-279-5059, PonyExpress.org

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MAGIC AND COMEDY Oct. 8, St. Joseph > This family show features an evening of magic, mystery, illusions, and hilarious comedy. Missouri Theater. 8-10 pm. $12-$45.

816-279-1225, SaintJosephPerformingArts.org

FALL COLOR AND HISTORY TOUR Oct. 15, Trenton > Come out to the park and take a fall colors and history tour, and enjoy displays highlighting the state symbols of Missouri. Crowder State Park. 10 am-4 pm. Free. 660-359-6473, MoStateParks.com/park/crowder-state-park

VOICES OF THE PAST, Oct. 20-21, St. Joseph > Take an interpretive tour and hear from the historical characters who occupy the Mount Mora Cemetery. Meet at the WyethTootle Mansion. 6 and 7 pmThurs.; 6, 7, and 8 pmFri. $22. 800-530-8866, MountMora.org

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HALLOWEEN NIGHT HIKE Oct. 29, Trenton > Join the park staff for a spooky Halloween hike to the Thompson Cemetery.

Crowder State Park. 6-8 pm. Free. 660-359-6473, MoStateParks.com/park/crowder-state-park

NORTHEAST RED BARN ARTS AND CRAFTS Oct. 1, Kirksville > Check out this juried arts and crafts show with a wide variety of artist and crafters showing and selling their unique works. Downtown Historic Courthouse Square. 9 am-4:30 pm.

Free. 660-665-0500, KirksvilleArts.com

SCOTTISH HIGHLAND GAMES Oct. 8, Kirksville > Learn all about the plaids and the coats of arms of Scotland, and watch competitions in traditional feats of strength, including the tossing of the caber and the Braemer stone. Lutheran Church lawn. 8 am-6 pm.

Free. 660-341-1755, VisitKirksville.com

MIDWEST ANTIQUE FEST Oct. 14-16, Kirksville > Come spend a perfect autumn weekend browsing for one-of-a-kind antiques, repurposed items, artisan creations, and vintage pieces, while you enjoy live music and great food. NEMO Fairgrounds. 4-8 pm Fri.; 10 am-6 pmSat.; 10 am-2 pmSun. $5. 660-342-3943, MidwestAntiqueFest.com

CIVIL WAR MONUMENT REDEDICATION

Three statues, including a Union soldier, a Confederate soldier, and a rare one of Abraham Lincoln, have been sucessfully restored at Oakland Cemetery. The rededication takes place Oct. 29 in Moberly with a Posting of the Colors, Civil War reenactors, and speakers at each monument. The event starts at 2 pm and is free. Call 660-263-6070 or visit Moberly.com for more information.

SALT RIVER QUILT SHOW Oct. 15-16, Florida > Enjoy quilts ranging from vintage (more than fifty years old) to modern representations of classic patterns and fabrics, as well as interpretations of Mark Twain’s stories and quotes. Mark Twain Birthplace State Historic Site. 9 am-5 pmSat.; 9 am-3 pmSun. Donations accepted. 573-565-3449, MoStateParks.com/park/ mark-twain-birthplace-state-historic-site

HISTORIC FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL Oct. 15-16, Hannibal > Walk among artisans and craftspeople as they demonstrate the arts of the mid-1800s. Enjoy the music of strolling street musicians, taste wine at the wine garden, have a meal cooked over wood stoves, and bring the kids to the children’s craft area. Historic Downtown. 10 am5 pm Sat.; 10 am-4 pm Sun. Free. 573-221-6545, VisitHannibal.com

COUNTRY COLORFEST Oct. 15-16, Louisiana > Stroll through more than one hundred craft and food vendors, check out the car and motorcycle show, and enjoy live entertainment. Downtown. 10 am-5 pmSat.; 11 am-4 pmSun. Free. 888-642-3800, LouisianaColorfest.com

CHESS TOURNAMENT Oct. 22, Hannibal > Chess players of all ages and skill levels are invited to compete for trophies.

Hannibal Free Public Library. 12:30-5:40 pm. Free.

573-221-0222, Hannibal.lib.mo.us

NANA’S NAUGHTY KNICKERS Oct. 26-Nov. 6, Macon > This comedy is a laughout-loud good time, with Nana running an illegal boutique and Bridget trying to keep her out of jail. Royal Theatre. Call for show times. $16-$27.

660-385-2924, MaplesRep.com

CRAFT AND GIFT SHOW Nov. 11-12, Moberly > Shop nearly one hundred vendors offering a variety of crafts and gifts.

Moberly Area Community College Activity Center.

11 am-6 pm Fri.; 9 am-3 pm Sat. $1. 660-277-4712, Extension.missouri.edu/randolph

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Oct. 29, Cameron > Enjoy a hiking adventure called Find the Pumpkin, enter the campsite decorating and pumpkin carving contest, and listen to spooky stories under the stars. Wallace State Park.

2-8 pm. Free. 816-632-3745. MoStatepParks.com/ park/wallace-state-park

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Missourian

Showcase your Show-Me State knowledge, and learn these facts and quotes

BY MARTIN W. SCHWARTZ

It's Truman Nature ON FEBRUARY 8, 1911, MISSOURI STATE PENITENTIARY INMATES SAVED THOUSANDS OF DOCUMENTS WHEN THE STATE CAPITOL WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE.

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One Bushel of Corn Produces

2.8 GALLONS OF ETHANOL FUEL and 17 pounds of dried distillers grains (livestock feed).

56 POUNDS OF GRAIN supplying 4.75 pounds of protein and 87,000 kilocalories of energy.

“I like riding a two—by myself.”

— Harry S. Truman

HARRY S. TRUMAN HAD NO MIDDLE NAME. THE S WAS SAID TO ALLUDE TO BOTH OF HIS GRANDFATHERS,

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