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A statue of Perkins also stands in Central Park in his hometown of Carthage, Missouri.
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Freshman were not allowed to play at that time, it had nothing to do with skill.
Eugene is my third cousin. Dad was named after him and I was named Eugene after my father. I have about 30 of his books. Many of them first edition. As I understand he enjoyed humor and those around him some times paid the price. Love his writings and poetry.
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Is it not interesting, that no one stops to think about the year Martha Jane Cannary, if she was born in 1852, like she had said, this would make her being born in Iowa, before her mother was married to Robert Cannary ,right? Them by the census, it says she was 4 years of age, which would be the year of 1856, born in Missouri, right? So which is it, 1852 or 1856?
I have evidence to show, she was born in 1852 in Beaver Township, Polk County, Iowa. That Robert Cannary was not her father.
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Where is this bridge in relation to the Gasconade Bridge pf the 1855 disaster?
The Gasconade Bridge disaster happened several miles to the east on a different line. That one happened in the town of Gasconade. This bridge is closer to the town of Belle.
My great grandparents owned the land across the river. My GPA talked about growing up there and all the city people coming to gascondy. My great GPA worked for rock island line. When they needed train to stop For supplies they used the lanterns to get them to stop. My GPA rode under the cars of train into freeburg. The ferry also crossed there to the steel ties are still there. The bedroom set we still have is one of the sets from gascondy so much history in that lil area.
Can you reference this disaster? Moved out here 9 years
That story is right here.
https://missourilegends.com/2023/09/25/gasconade-bridge-train-disaster/
Thanks. I was just teaching Kate Chopin’s novel The Awakening and was telling them about how she grew up in St. Louis and how her father died in that disaster. Awful story.
Next time I’m in Missouri for more than a couple of days, I’m going to come and crash your class! You talk about all the stuff I love.
Here is that story from my book. It really should be a movie.
https://missourilegends.com/2023/09/25/gasconade-bridge-train-disaster/
You failed to mention the St. Louis Spirits of tghe American Basketball Association. THe Spirits had several talented players. THe team didn’t leave the state but the ABA folded and some teams were absorbed into the NBA.
They were next on my list! But the article was getting too long. I also wanted to include some of the old “pro” teams from out-state Missouri, so that may be my next history project.
How about the St. Louis Gunners? (NFL in the 1930s)
You went way back! I did a story on them a long time ago and all the places they use to play around town. That was a cool piece of history.
Just moved to Missouri in June of this year and I find her history amazing
I’ve lived all over Missouri most of my life and I am constantly amazed by our history!
Great article. Pretty interesting.
I’ve jumped off that bridge. Had a crazy buddy who climbed to the top of the structure and jumped from there!
I have heard of other people who did that. One ended up pretty badly hurt!
Thank you for the information. I remember and went to games for many of those teams.
I thought the Dennis & Judy Jones House in Twin Springs Lane checked in at 34,450 sq ft Living Space…I grew up not far away…and there were some nice Estates around, but I think Horton Watkins did it best with 500 acres which now is a privare lane and most of the properrty is now Ladue Horton Watkins High School. The Furminator couple I believe got a divorce. Too much Fur and not enough “minator” …the land sits on the old Rose Hill Estate of James H. Woods…27 acres. His brother, Woodson K. Woods lived on S Warson Rd 35 acres w 2 ponds and extensive gardens…The Grants Farm Big House is indeed impressive. I don’t think anyone today would build a French Chateau style in the vein of the Biltmore Estate…once 180,000 acres with a 147,500 sq ft home that is now a beautiful tourist attraction…too nice to tear down, but TAXES, the bane on the ultra wealthy just could not support that kind of upkeep. The “Summer Homes” of Newport, R.I. are indeed worthy of glamor, but just a very few are still private resdences. Taxes, death, and TAXES…in that order are the great dig on the accumulated wealth that put everthing luxurious but scaled down to the times we live in.
According to official county records, the Jones Mansion comes in at 20,620. The 30,000 may come from out-buildings or other spaces not normally included (according to the assessor.) So I had to use numbers from the tax filings because different cities calculate home size differently. But after being at both homes, the Furminator seems much bigger. I did use the 30,172 when I did the story for FOX 2.
https://www.facebook.com/FOX2Now/videos/10154633037884228/
It seems the whole 1904 World’s Fair was a debacle, with a lot of stories (and some rumors) bandied about. A particularly interesting one has to do with where the nickname for an area known as Dogtown originated.
The Branson Ferris Wheel was moved in 2016, per their website.
https://www.bransontracks.com/ferris-wheel
You are correct! 1995 was when it was built in Chicago. That was a little misleading. Thanks for the catch. I did clarify with the Branson date.
The Beverly Hillbillies filmed 5 episodes at Silver Dollar City in 1969.
My maiden name is Stuart and our family is from the Times Beach area, so weird. If I could ever purchase the castle, a veteran retreat would be born!!! What a beautiful place!
My maternal grandfather built a country place outside of Eureka and our family spent lots of time there but I never knew or saw this property until now
This Rock Island bridge-Bridge 1146 to the RR-is a lot of things but not the longest in the state, not even close. The Wabash RR bridge in St Charles, still in use by Norfolk Southern Railway is over 1 mile long.
Bridge 1146 is barely 1/3 mile in length.
According to documents with the Local Records Program, Missouri State Archives, Office of the Secretary of State, it was “the longest interior bridge in Missouri” at the time. That is what the official Missouri records record. But I am happy to reach out to them if you have information that differs from theirs.
I always knew Missouri was a great state. I grew up in Lee’s Summit, my dad was a football coach and a farmer. Graduated in 1970. My aunt still lives in Independence and 102 still running circles around us.
It’s said that Bruce Ridgeway of Mexico, MO invented the automatic transmission. I think there are locals still alive around there with more information than I can provide.
I will check that one out.
I am a KHS Graduate 1968
Tom Wood – Nirk Avenue, Kirkwood and KHS Graduate played for the St. Louis Cardinals Football Club back in the 1980’s before they were sold off to Arizona
I appreciate the work involved in putting together Missouri Golf History.
However, I feel that another individual also needs mentioned. Herman Keiser won the 1946 Masters tournament. Herman was also a Springfield native. So we have 2 winners from Springfield Missouri that have won 3 Masters Golf Tournaments.
I just felt it needed to be mentioned that we have TWO Masters champions from Springfield. Unfortunately, with Payne Stewart’s untimely death, we very well could have had a good opportunity to have 3 Masters winners from our little town considering how Payne was playing at the time of his death.
Again, I appreciate the work that has been done
Regards,
Larry Robertson
1021 W. ILDEREEN Ct.
Springfield, Mo 65807
Harry,
I appreciate you writing about Herman. Maybe you can answer a question for me. The people I include in my posting must have spent their “formative years” in Missouri. Basically, they had to go to high school here! I have written about Herman in the past, but cannot find out where he went to High School. I will add him because you make a great point about the Master’s legacy and Springfield. But if you know where he went to High School, please let me know!
Thanks,
John
Wikipedia says Herman was born and raised in Springfield. At the time he was born (1914), there was only one high school in Springfield. After winning the Masters, he eventually went on to become the Pro at Firestone CC in Akron OH for many years. There are many Keisers that have been involved with golf here through the years. However I don’t know any of them.
Larry
Wonderful article but you seem a bit lopsided about your recollection of Mo State High School champions. Glendale girls won 1977-78-79 and again in the 90’s. As.did Sedalia Girls in the 80’s.
Again thanks for the wonderfully informative history of golf in Missouri.
Oh and we also had an LPGA pro in Cathy Reynolds, grew up with Payne, same course just not as “decorated” as ole StewPuss.
Respectfully
Stephany Jackson Powell
I appreciate you pointing out more great moments. I will be adding on to the timeline with more high school history and LPGA stars. I had to rush to get it out before The Masters so I actually left out quite a few things! I appreciate you bringing these to my attention so they can be included with updates.
John Brown
So fun reading this. Thank you for taking the time to put it together. Another golfer who grew up in the St. Louis area and won a PGA Tour event was Adam Long. He won the Desert Classic in 2019. He graduated from Francis Howell High School in 2006 before his collegiate career at Duke University.
I’ve asked multiple times & have never gotten an answer, is H-hall still there & on one of the Tours, i ask because i was there in february 1983, i would like to stand on the walk Tier 4 in front of cell 74 or 78 because i turned my life around after my stay/sentence & standing where i stated would make me feel like i beat it, Might sound weird, i can’t really explain it myself, but it’s been 40yrs ago & that’s on my bucket list. Thank You!
I”m not sure about that one. I’ll do some checking.
I was there also in the year 1985 in H-Hall an experience I will never forget it was hell back then an very Dangerous God bless the souls that made it out of there.
As Stephany Powell added; LPGA player Cathy Reynolds hails from Missouri as does Judy Turlemke Ranken thank you for updating your history of golf. Also the MGA began in 1905 as the men’s association. The WMGA (women’s state association) was first formed in 1935 The two merged in 1992 at the USGA’s recognized state intity
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Can you tour the Vouziers estate?
I don’t think so. It is only for Boeing corporate groups is what I was told.
I bought a very nice double matted framed print of Jesse Barnes Beside Still Waters. It is signed but how can I tell if it’s all just a print or the signature is real?
The original source for the photo of the depot has it labled incorrecctly. That photo is of the old Frisco Depot (pre 1920s remodel) that was originally built by the Gulf Railroad on Main Street in Downtown Springfield. The depot on Commercial Street had a much different look. Years ago I tried to get the Springfield-Greene County Library to correct their information on the photo, but they never did so.
I will look into it. What is your source for the original image so I can property follow up?
Public and Resort courses are really very different categories. The top of your list is primarily resorts with large maintenance budgets and relatively high green fees.
A better distinction would be Best Public AND Best Resorts.
Tanglewood in Fulton, run by the City of Fulton would certainly be a good add.
Good point! But these are just the compilation of lists, so that would be hard to break down. That said, if anybody wants to go play all 400 with me so we can rank them personally, then I’m in!
Pointe Royale Golf Course https://pointeroyalegolf.net/
I do love Pointe Royale!
Pevely Farms is in there twice at 8 and 15. Perhaps one of the others in that area like Crescent Farms or Aberdeen? Tanglewood?
I appreciate the copyediting. I had deleted Deer Chase. That said, I love them both!! Thanks again.
I attached the website that the Springfield-Greene County Library has for their Frisco archives. It appears they’ve been redoing their website as I had to use a backdoor to get to their Frisco archives as there is no direct link from their main page anymore. It also appears the section where the original image was listed is not there anymore, however this page is of all the other photos of the old downtown depot, which is the same building as you have pictured. At this time the best I could find is a link to a News Leader article which has both the mislabled Springfield depot photo like you have, and the only known photo that has the North Springfield Depot. I was disapointed to find they had not cited where they got the photos. When I have some time, I will check with the Library Center’s Local History Department on their Frisco Archives for links to their originals of these photos.
https://sgcld.thelibrary.org/lochist/frisco/depots/springfield.cfm
https://www.news-leader.com/picture-gallery/news/local/ozarks/2015/02/13/the-history-of-commercial-street/23398669/
Thanks for posting this. As a lifelong Mizzou basketball fan I’ve witnessed the highs and lows of this program and some years are harder to watch than others but I always ask myself the same question…. “What would Mizzou look like if players stayed home?”. You mentioned many great players like Hansbrough, Tatum Beal, and Lee. The list goes on and on. Otto Porter, Tyler Cook, Juwan Morgan, Landry Shamet, Courtney Ramey, Ben Mclemore and many others. It would be nice to have a few players that would make the move to try and turn Missouri into a blue blood program. It definitely seems like it would take somebody with the mindset like a Brady Cook or Sophie Cunningham, who has pride in playing for a school that they grew up rooting for. I understand that you can’t get all players to stay home. What high school kid is going to say no to Duke or UNC? It would just be nice if we could get a 4-5 year span where we could pull that talent and see how far it would take this Mizzou program. Maybe NIL will help out, maybe not. It will be interesting to see how Mizzou’s roster develops in the next year or so. It seems like those players who choose to go elsewhere and come back have found some success. Whether Missouri players choose to stay in state or leave, I’m going to root for them. We have had tremendous talent come through Missouri and I think it will continue. Thanks for the article and for sharing the same thoughts that all us Mizzou fans have. -MIZ
ZOU!
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It is now the Augustine Institute. You can email them and they will give you a tour. I did that and had a great afternoon. I saw the underground ballroom, now chapel.
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