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In Southeast Missouri it’s uncommon to get fluffy white snowfall that lasts for days. Instead, it is a wintery mix of snow, sleet, ice and freezing rain that usually falls from Missouri skies in December, January and February. In the next forty-eight hours, Southern Missouri is anticipating the usually icy winter mix. In honor of Missouri winters, [...] Chat Dump, photo by MilliGFunk Chat dumps are where mining waste goes when it dies. Erm, I mean chat dumps are the huge heaps of mining waste. When we were kids, we’d call these sand mountains, and we’d beg our parents to let us play on them. In winter, we wanted to sled down them. In summer [...] While I was at the Bonne Terre Public Library on Monday, I pulled out a copy of my mom’s North County High School yearbook. Check out the hottie on the upper-right corner of the spread. MilliGFunk's Momma, photo by MilliGFunk Turns out my mom was a cheerleader and on the pep squad. I had NO idea! I knew [...] My first blogging expedition to the historic lead mining town of Bonne Terre, Missouri only left me curious to learn more, so today I ventured back to Bonne Terre, camera in hand. I made my way to the Bonne Terre library, which was completed and presented to the community in January of 1905. Bonne Terre Library, photo [...] A small town man who drives a great big Jeep has recently made repeat appearances in the life of this small town girl, and there’s little that’s more authentically Small Town Missouri than off-roading in jacked-up trucks. If small town life were like the Girl Scouts, this small town girl would be boasting a Jeepin’ badge after [...] Grassy Hollow, photo by smalltowngirl It seems that on every hike I take and in every new town I explore I find several lovely old churches to photograph. This Sunday’s church is Grassy Hollow Southern Baptist Church, located in Washington County, Missouri. Grassy Hollow Southern Baptist, photo by smalltowngirl Grassy Hollow is a quaint, white, frame church [...] St. Louis, MO, photo by smalltowngirl SO…there’s this giant bell mounted on a brick and concrete pedestal in front of the First Baptist Church of Bonne Terre, Missouri, and I’m not sure why. Granted the bell looks super-cool (up close, especially), but there’s no plaque or sign indicating what the significance of the bell is. The bell has [...] Memorial Tree, photo by smalltowngirl The holidays have passed, but I can’t resist blogging about this little memorial tree in Bonne Terre, Missouri’s Bicentennial Park. The tree was planted in memory of a specific man whose name my fingers were too cold to write down on the 10 degree day I wandered this small Missouri town. [...] Tommyknockers, photo by smalltowngirl On December 30th, we sat in Tommyknockers Brewery in Idaho Springs, Colorado. In front of us were ten tiny mugs of beer and copious amounts of food. We’d just spent a day driving to Colorado from Missouri in a four wheel drive pick-up truck, which made my small town self giddy with [...] |
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