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"'Every hilltop has its tradition, every hollow is full of tales and legends.' With these words, Vance Randolph described the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas and Missouri in 1957. It was true in the early 1800s when these hills were first settled permanently and in large numbers by pioneers from Europe, and it is still true today as tourists from around the world beat a path — or follow an old one — to the Ozarks to enjoy recreation in woods and on lakes, preservation of crafts and folkways, and celebration of American country music." — Preface

Young, Richard & Judy Dockrey, Ozark Ghost Stories, August House Publishers Inc., 1995.
8/7/06, Cumulonimbus formation over Lake of the Ozarks region. Photo credit, J. Heston. Location: Brookfield, MO
In memory of that beautiful summer in the Ozark Hills, when, so often, we followed the old trail around the rim of Mutton Hollow — the trail that is nobody knows how old — and from Sammy's Lookout watched the day go over the western ridges. — Harold Bell Wright, 1907
Missouri stood with back to the Mississippi and face to the plains — the Missouri River formed a highway to the Rocky Mountains and beyond. By mid-nineteenth century, American enterprise stood prepared to leap across the prairies with Missouri as base of operations and gateway for the conquest of the West.

— excerpted from the Missouri State Museum, Jefferson City, Missouri.