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• HOME • GENERAL STORE • NATURAL HERITAGE • HISTORY, CULTURE & CRAFTSMANSHIP |
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Craftsmanship
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| Musical Instruments Index • Mandolin Maker, John Wynn _______ Craftsmanship Index • Barns of the Ozarks • Basketweaving • Blacksmithing • Dollmaking • Glassblowing • Mills of the Ozarks • Musical Instruments • Painting • Pottery • Quilts and Sewing • Woodcarving ______ Culture Index • Agriculture • Book Learning • Cooking • Craftsmanship • Faith in the Hills • History • Music • People of the Hills • Storytelling • Tourism |
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Ozark music heritage is, in itself, a great testament to the skill of the first hill folk. The instruments vital to the heritage were most likely crafted by local makers and the tradition continues today...
John Wynn, mandolin maker of Ozark, Missouri, defined Ozark culture with one word: self-made.
Wynn went on to describe the region — not as a generic off-shoot of Appalachia — but rather a place where diverse peoples came together without the support of developing technology and industry.
It was a place where folks had to "make do" with what they could and to rely upon one another as well as themselves.
The results are embodied in the hill traditions of craftsmanship, storytelling, music — the ways of life now celebrated and archived on these pages.