5 years ago • John Whitmire emigrated to Franklin County, Mo., with his parents around 1816. In 1829, he married Elizabeth Williams, the daughter of Rev. Lewis Williams and his wife, the former Nancy Jump. Williams was an early Baptist minister who descended from the Musick Family that founded Fee Fee Baptist Church in St….
5 years ago • At those times when job or family obligations or weather conditions do not favor opportunities for reeling in fish, the dedicated angler is still alert to reeling in new or updated “keeper size” fishing-related information, such as: where to fish, how to fish, opportunities for fishing adventures, or getting to know…
5 years ago • We still have some small game hunting, trout fishing, and if you’re really energetic, you can still catch some bass on the rivers. And that’s what I’d like to talk about, river bass. There has been a lot of discussion recently around the state about changing the regulations for bass in…
5 years ago • Shake out your hunting boots. It’s a mantra that repeats indefinitely in my mind. This meme took hold in my early twenties when I attended college in Kansas. Back then I was able to piece together enough funds to purchase a home (using the loosest definition of the term) instead of…
5 years ago • Over the decades, I’ve seen a multitude of magazine articles with titles like these, raving about fall smallmouth bass fishing. And it’s true. At times, fall can offer some of the most spectacular fishing of the year. However, many articles touting fall smallmouthing are so simplistic, so generic or downright misleading…
5 years ago • Prior to the 1928 dedication of Meramec State Park near Sullivan, Mo., some people in the community believed it should have been called the “Dill-Pickles State Park.” Most of the land for the park was purchased from Thomas “Benton” Dill and Julian Pickles, and the unique name was derived from combining…
5 years ago • Thomas Mark “Doc” Sayman was an eccentric medicine show man who held tent shows and peddled his patented medicines and soaps from town to town around the turn of the century. The story of his life is a rags-to-riches tale. Sayman’s father was a tinker and left his mother alone for…
