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[10oclockdot]

Here's a fascinating short piece on a forgotten person from my hometown.

"Parker’s first professionally published poem was “Hope” which appeared in a Chicago literary journal circa 1898.  The publication of the poem was the result of a contest held by the journal.  Over forty individuals, all of whom were white, submitted entries.  After the publication of “Hope”, Parker was contacted by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and asked write verses for publication.  In 1899, five of Parker’s poems were published in the newspaper. "

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"After 1910, mentions of Parker and her writings in national publication virtually vanish.  In 1910, she is listed in the federal census as living with her mother and earning money through elocution recitals. By 1920, she is still living with her mother at Fourth and Cedar Streets.  At the time, Harold Griggs was boarding with the Parkers.  Within a few years, Griggs and Parker were married.  Harold worked as a janitor and Inez is continually listed as doing “house work” after their marriage.  After the death of her mother in 1929, the Griggs continued to live at Forth and Cedar Street until the death of Inez on December 20, 1950."

I jog past that spot from time to time. There's no plaque. I never knew.

[ayla-of-nevyn]

Autumn Entrance

📷: @sjscoyote , 2006

📍: Missouri University of Science & Technology, Rolla, Missouri, USA

[tinystrawberrykitty2]

Would love to find a girl like this wanting to just meet for some fun. Near st Louis. Any suggestions?

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[hometoursandotherstuff]

Well, we missed out again! This property is under contract, already, and it’s a cool cave. It’s in Rolla, Missouri, an Ozark treasure called the Holler Cave, and it’s on 80 acres of land for $289K.

When you enter the mouth of the cave you walk along a spring branch.

Then past several stalactites & stalagmites, and you’ll hear a roar.

It’s an underground waterfall. Wouldn’t this make the coolest water feature?

There’s some dripping from the ceiling.

Locals say that this was once a popular place for dances, & because of the cool air coming out, it was also perfect for 4th of July picnics & parties.

The 80 acre tract is just half a mile off Historic Rts. 66 & I44.

Electric & a well are already in place and it’s bordered on 2 sides by Mark Twain National Forest.

This wooded property has amazing building sites whether you like a private secluded holler or a cleared off hilltop with a view that you can see for miles.

There are 2 year-round creeks that flow through the property, one of which is fed by the spring from the cave.

And, it’s just 7mi from the Gasconade River. I bet some developer bought it.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/0-Pool-Holler-Cave-Rd-Rolla-MO-65401/2059407027_zpid/

[rebeccathenaturalist]

Prairie Days

Originally posted on my website at https://rebeccalexa.com/prairie-days/.

I’m in the middle of my fall peregrinations, currently staying with family in the Missouri Ozarks as my base of operations while I do some exploring of the area, and get up to my preferred flavor of trouble. Which, of course, includes volunteering.

Ozark Rivers Audubon Nature Center

I actually got to do a little back home at Willapa National Wildlife Refuge right before I left town. They’re doing some coast meadow habitat restoration at the South Bay Unit, and so a whole pile of us showed up Wednesday before last to spend a few hours digging up invasive plants cropping up in some patches that had been intentionally planted with natives like early blue violet (Viola adunca), yarrow (Achillea millefolium), and pearly everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea). I confess I didn’t get any pictures because I was A) pretty preoccupied with the upcoming trip, and B) nothing makes me zone out more than sitting with a trowel digging up weeds for hours at a time. By the time I get back the “nice” weather (aka warm and sunny) will likely be done for the year, but I’m hoping for more opportunities to get back out there.

But that certainly wasn’t the end of my habitat restoration efforts for the month.

For the past couple of years, every time I come into Rolla, MO I stop at the Ozark Rivers Audubon Nature Center to see if they have any upcoming stewardship activities. They’ve done a beautiful job of restoring the remnant tallgrass prairie and oak savanna there and protecting the oak-hickory forest and that surrounds them, but invasive plants being what they are there are always more to be removed as the seed bank keeps new generations popping up.

This time around we were out in the prairie/savanna area with a bunch of folks from the officer training program down at Ft. Leonard Wood just down the highway. The objective was to remove as much of the autumn olive (Elaeagnus umbellata) as possible; this invasive shrub with a silvery underside to its green leaves can quickly shade out native prairie plants, and doesn’t offer local wildlife nearly as much food. Prescribed burns help knock it back, but some more resilient specimens manage to resprout, and of course there’s that pernicious seed bank in the soil.

Autumn olive

Most of these were much too large to simply pull up, so the most effective way to get rid of them was to go out in teams of two. One person uses loppers to cut the plant down as close to the ground as possible, and the other immediately dabs herbicide on the fresh stump, which then kills the roots and keeps the plant from regenerating. It’s a minimal use of the product when compared to spraying wide areas of foliage, and only treating the stump with a quick, targeted dab minimizes the chance of accidentally affecting surrounding native species. And since it doesn’t cause disturbance to the soil like digging would it’s less likely to stir up seeds that would then be even more likely to sprout.

I know herbicides are super controversial–they’re not my favorite thing either. But as I wrote in my chapbook Habitat Restoration: What It Is, Why It’s Important, and How to Get Started, judicious and careful use in habitat restoration is one of the few times I’m okay with it, and it’s about the only way to reliably get rid of some invasive plants permanently. Given that invasive species removal is one of THE best ways to make an ecosystem more resilient in the face of climate change, habitat restoration has to be a big priority now and going forward. While I am not ignorant of the environmental impact of routine overuse of herbicides in agriculture and yards alike, the targeted use of them in habitat restoration is definitely a “lesser of two evils” situation that deserves more nuance.

While autumn olive was the main target, we also managed to remove a few other pernicious invasives. Callery pear (Pyrus calleryana) was easy to spot with its leaves still bright green amid the various browns, golds, and reds of native vegetation. We also got rid of some privet (Ligustrum spp.), and a little Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) winding its way through the meadow. While there’s still plenty to go around for the next volunteer crew, we did make a big dent in that area.

New England aster

It wasn’t just the invasive species in evidence, though; there were plenty of native plants to enjoy along the way. One of the most prominent was field goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis nemoralis), and while some had gone to seed others still had a touch of yellow. There was a splash of purple here and there from New England aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae), and delicate white snakeroot (Ageratina altissima) edged the treeline. Amid inland oats (Chasmanthium latifolium) and other native grasses, young northern red oaks (Quercus rubra) and white oak (Quercus alba) added splashes of scarlet. It was incredibly peaceful to be immersed in these beautiful species and more.

At a time when it’s all too easy to feel overwhelmed by the enormity of environmental devastation on multiple fronts, there is something empowering about getting my hands in the dirt, so to speak. No, removing some invasive shrubs from one remnant prairie won’t save the whole world. But it helps that ecosystem become more resilient, and gives the native species there a better chance. It also makes that place a better illustration of the grasslands that were much more common in this portion of the Midwest, and is an important reminder that it wasn’t always cornfields and cattle pastures.

Yarrow

On a microcosmic level, I just feel better after spending a few hours doing a little something good in the world. I felt better walking away knowing that native plants like this young yarrow I found beneath an autumn olive we removed will be more likely to thrive in the years ahead. I’ve absorbed some of the beneficial effects of being outside, too, and gotten a good bit of exercise at my own pace. And it’s good social time, too, in a setting that feels pretty darn comfortable, and we’re all united by a common interest in that moment. This is likely my last outdoor volunteer time of the year, but it was a great note to wrap things up on.

Did you enjoy this post? Consider taking one of my online foraging and natural history classes or hiring me for a guided nature tour, checking out my other articles, or picking up a paperback or ebook I’ve written! You can even buy me a coffee here!

[usnatarchives]

White House Hailed BANNED BOOK Authors! By Miriam Kleiman, Public Affairs

In honor of #BannedBookWeek, we show how authors of some of the "most banned books" -- including Mark Twain, Harper Lee, Maya Angelou, John Steinbeck, Toni Morrison -- were celebrated, embraced and welcomed by the White House.

MARK TWAIN - endorsed by George W. Bush, First Lady Laura Bush, and FDR!

To honor much-banned author Mark Twain, FDR dedicated the Mark Twain Memorial Bridge (Hannibal, MO, 1936) and the Mark Twain National Forest (Rollo, MO, 1939).

FDR's Address at the dedication of The Mark Twain Memorial Bridge, 9/4/1936, Hannibal, MO, NARA ID 197594.

Mark Twain National Forest (Rolla, MO), est. 9/11/1939.

Sign for Mark Twain National Forest, 9/9/1965, NARA ID 2132546

President George W. Bush and First Lady (& librarian) Laura Bush held a White House Symposium on Mark Twain (11/29/2001).

Invitation to 2001 White House Symposium on Mark Twain. George W. Bush Library. NARA ID 148028517.

HARPER LEE, Presidential Medal of Freedom

Many praised author Harper Lee including Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama.

President Obama's Tribute to Harper Lee, 2/19/2016, Obama Library, NARA ID 236742454.

President George W. Bush with Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient Harper Lee, 10/12/2007, George W. Bush Library, NARA ID 7431358.

JOHN STEINBECK, pals with LBJ!

President Johnson awarded writer John Steinbeck the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1964. Steinbeck already had won a 1939 Pulitzer Prize for Grapes of Wrath and the 1962 Nobel Prize.

LBJ awards Steinbeck the Presidential Medal of Freedom while First Lady, Lady Bird Johnson, looks on. Steinbeck Center Photo Archive.

Two years later, (5/16/1966) Steinbeck and his 19 year-old son visited President Johnson at the White House, just a few weeks after John, Jr. had completed Army basic training and shortly before his departure for Vietnam. More about this visit here.

John Steinbeck Jr. at 19 (L)) with father John and LBJ in the Oval Office, 5/16/1966. Online.

Thank you note from Steinbeck to LBJ:

Letter from John Steinbeck to President Johnson, 5/28/1966. Johnson Library, NARA ID 6207609.

Listen to LBJ's call with Steinback about Vietnam (12/4/1966) "Lady Bird sends her love and we look forward to seeing you..." NARA ID 205707398.

Ban COMICS, too? "Poisoning our Children’s Minds"

First Issue of “Mad Magazine”, 10/1952, Committee Papers, 1816 - 2011. Records of the U.S. Senate, NARA ID 595430.

The National Archives has a copy of issue #1 of MAD magazine, a permanent federal record that was submitted to a Senate subcommittee in 1953 on juvenile delinquency as evidence of comics’ corrupting influence on young people.

For three days, experts testified on whether or not comic books were “printed poison” for young people. The hearings created so much bad press for the comics industry that it created the Comics Code Authority to self-regulate the content of their comic books. MAD’s publisher reformatted the publication as a magazine in order to avoid the CCA restrictions. Learn more about these hearings here. The National Archives Museum's (DC) Records of Rights exhibit includes this letter from an outraged mother urging Congress to ban “these lurid, highly colored comics" that lead to increased crime. She urges PTAs and "mothers of our beloved country" to unite and fight comics for 3 reasons:

"Would be a great step forward in the control of the young, especially the young boys."

"All the awful crime stories and murder mysteries [are] sent out to pollute the air and corrupt the minds of our younger generation."

"Reading all these lurid, highly colored comics ruins a child's appetite for good books..."

Letter from Eugenia Y. Genovar Regarding Comic Book Censorship, NARA ID 6120051.

Other frequently-banned authors/Presidential Medals of Freedom winners include:

Toni Morrison (2012)

President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Toni Morrison, 5/29/2012. Pete Souza, Obama Library. NARA ID 176548906.

Maya Angelou (2010)

President Obama awards the 2010 Presidential Medal of Freedom to Dr. Maya Angelou, 2/15/2011. By Lawrence Jackson, Obama Library, NARA ID 231832591.

More online re: #bannedbook authors:

Letter to President Theodore Roosevelt from Upton Sinclair, whose novel “The Jungle” has been banned in banned in Yugoslavia, East Germany, South Korea, and Boston.

Deposition of Harriet Beecher Stowe (Uncle Tom's Cabin)

Facial Hair Friday: Mark Twain, Pieces of History

JFK & Hemingway: Beyond “Grace Under Pressure”

[matt-the-blind-cinnamon-roll]

Spotted in Rolla, MO!

@identifying-cars-in-posts

[sambarsky]

79.) My Stonehenge sweater. The first I made specifically for a trip somewhere after I had the idea of wearing sweaters at landmarks. I visited the location in 2014. Also wore it at a replica Stonehenge in Rolla, MO in 2018. This sweater is available as a T-shirt. #sambarsky #sambarskysweaters #sambarskyknitter #knit #knitting #knitter #art #artist #sweater #intarsia #handknit #stonehenge #england #unitedkingdom #greatbritain #britain #wiltshire #wiltshireengland #UK #gb #stone #stones (at Stonehenge) https://www.instagram.com/p/CofpHLGPevT/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[robertalanclayton]

A simple way of life, Rolla MO, RA Clayton

[dixiedrudge]

SCV camp celebrates Confederate Flag Day (MO)

Help Dixie Defeat Big-Tech Censorship! Spread the Word! Like, Share, Re-Post, and Subscribe! There’s a lot more to see at our main page, Dixie Drudge! (Phelps County Focus) – The flags that flew in the Confederate States of America flew again Saturday for a few hours from atop the Sugar Tree Road overpass on Interstate 44 west of Rolla. Those flags were held by members of the Sons of Confederate…

[vanillastopbath]

3618 Rolla, MO 11/27/2023

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[mystlnewsonline]

Missouri Governor Announces Appointments on July 4th

Missouri Governor Parson Announces Four Appointments to Various Boards and Commissions and Fills Three County Office Vacancies on July 4th - Operation of the State Continues. JEFFERSON CITY, MO (STL.News) Missouri Governor Parson has announced four appointments to various boards and commissions and filled three county office vacancies. Marcy Anderson of Holden was appointed as the Johnson County Circuit Clerk. Ms. Anderson has served in the Johnson County Circuit Clerks' Office since 1996 and as Chief Supervisor of the Office since 2016.  She is a certified notary and a graduate of Holden High School. Lacey Brumley of Rolla was appointed to the Missouri Board of Occupational Therapy. Ms. Brumley currently serves as a Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant at Centerwell Home Health in Rolla.  She is a licensed Occupational Therapy Assistant and a member of the Missouri Occupational Therapy Association.  Ms. Brumley holds an Associate of Applied Science Degree in Occupational Therapy from East Central College. Jacob Clary, of Bloomfield was appointed as the Stoddard County Assessor. Mr. Clary currently serves as a Field Appraiser for the Stoddard County Assessor's Office.  He previously served in the United States Army as a Combat Engineer and achieved the rank of Sergeant before being honorably discharged in 2021.  Mr. Clary holds two certificates of training from the Missouri State Assessors Association. Hadley Oden of Hermann was appointed as the Student Representative to the University of Central Missouri Board of Governors. Ms. Oden currently serves as a Student Ambassador and Congresswoman representing the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences within the University of Central Missouri's Student Government Association.  She is a member of the mock trial team and will serve as the team's co-captain in August.  Ms. Oden is pursuing a degree in history with minors in both political science and legal studies. Gary Polk, of Salem, was appointed as the Dent County District Two Commissioner. Mr. Polk has served as owner of Polk Excavating since 1995.  He previously served as owner of Polk Farms. Kerry Robinson of Ballwin was appointed to the Southeast Missouri State University Board of Governors. Mr. Robinson has served as a Professional Baseball Scout for the St. Louis Cardinals since 2010.  He previously served as a professional baseball player for five Major League Teams, including the St. Louis Cardinals and Kansas City Royals.  In addition, he is a 2008 inductee to the Redhawks Athletic Hall of Fame (Baseball) and 2014 Southeast Salutes Recipient award winner.  Mr. Robinson holds a Bachelor of Arts in General Studies (Sports Management) from Southeast Missouri State University. Amy Stark of Nixa was appointed to the Missouri Board of Occupational Therapy. Dr. Stark currently serves as a Professor and Department Chair of Occupational Therapy at Cox College.  She previously served as an Occupational Therapist at Burrell Behavioral Health.  Dr. Stark holds a Doctor of Occupational Therapy from Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions and a Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy from the University of Kansas. SOURCE: Missouri Governor Read the full article

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