The creation and heyday of Lake Taneycomo in Taney County, Missouri. We also play a song at the end of the episode!

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We dip our toes in the "true crime adjacent" pool as we discuss the mostly forgotten Cane Hill Murders of 1839. In this episode, we do a great job of showing why we will never become a true crime podcast

A look into Arkansas's reactionary anti-LGBTQ law that was put onto the books in 1977. Sound familiar? Lots of talk about sex and genitals, and while it's mostly academic, we thought it was best to forewarn. We also read a listener email

An episode about the history of Marvel Cave, the Ozarks first show cave and attraction at the Silver Dollar City theme park. There's a handful of unexpected figures from history in this episode!

We finally get to the stories surrounding the legend of Yocum Coins and if they ever truly existed or not. We actually stay pretty on point with this episode

In this rather loose episode, we continue to lay out the historical context of the southern Missouri Ozarks before the creation of Yocum Coins. The main focus is the arrival and settlement of the Delaware tribe from the eastern United States as well as the commerce and economy of the region, which was primarily based around the fur trade. We also go on a bit of a rant about malt liquor and how cheap regional bars used to be

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We begin our series on the most enduring legend of the southern Missouri Ozarks, Yocum Coins. Now, this episode is more a prelude to the story of the Yocum's and the Yocum Coins, but we really felt like some historical context was needed. We talk Hernando de Soto, French explorers, haunted mountains and doodlebugs

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The story of a photographer in the rural Arkansas Ozarks and his fame decades after his death

The rise and fall of Picher, Oklahoma, with some chat, of course

The story of Joe Ellis, the first postmaster of Johnson, Arkansas and a select, incomplete history of Johnson. We also finally have legitimate, professional recording setups for each of us, but unfortunately, Daniel recorded without using the professional setup, so a bit of sound issues from him. Otherwise, we are golden

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