Category Archives: Missouri

Splash at St. Francois

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

St. Francois State Park in Bonne Terre, MO has a clean creek, shallow river, and great trails full of decaying trees and lead mine holes.

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Rest in Joy, John Wynn

Saturday, August 14th, 2010

This spring when I called John Wynn, he listened to my pitch about a mandolin art history project and invited me out to his shop. When I arrived in a big red Chevy, Mr. Wynn said, “a girl who drives a truck—there’s a girl I can trust.” He laughed, and I laughed, and we were [...]

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Mound City

Saturday, August 7th, 2010

I stayed in Mound City while working at Big Lake State Park. It’s a funny little town, and seems to live on the interstate accidentally. Besides a Super 8, McDonald’s and Subway, only small businesses have a place in it—Mound City Foods, Quacker’s, State Theatre, a little ice cream stand, an awesome taxidermy shop with [...]

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