Above, Snapp Balds north of Kirbyville. 9/10/07 Photo credit, J. Heston. Location: Forsyth Scenic Overlook
Above, Tablerock Dam. 4/17/08 Photo credit, J. Heston. Location: Tablerock Scenic Overlook. Because of recent rains, all 10 floodgates have been open on Tablerock Dam, an occurence that happens very rarely.
Above, Branson legends Darrell and Randy Plummer perform Saturday, May 3 at the Plummer Family Reunion Show. Photo credit,Terrie Collins.
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Welcome to the Ozarks online.

StateoftheOzarks is becoming the definitive website of the Ozarks. Not a government-sponsored travel site nor a local advertisement page, StateoftheOzarks is dedicated to the history, culture and the people of the Ozarks.

The Ozarks region has long been respected as a place where the American Heartland still has a voice. Where time runs a little slower, the folks are friendlier, and rivers a bit cleaner. A place that stands in book end answer to elite Eastern sensibilities and the flash of LA culture.

The Ozarks are still here. And we're still proud of that.
Above, white azalea blooms. Photo credit, J. Heston. Location: Branson.

The Ozarks' — and Branson's — Southern heritage is, perhaps, most evident in its plants and flowers. This white azalea was found blooming less than a block from the busy 76 Strip in Branson.
"The early spring day [believed to be April 5, 1885] dawned bright and clear. The meeting grounds were on top of Snapp's Bald, a great treeless peak located about two miles northwest of Kirbyville, a village approximately five miles southwest of Forsyth and not far from the Kinney home.

"Barren of timber and underbrush, the spot had been selected because sentries could insure the secrecy and security of the proceedings. This particular peak commanded a view of the countryside that discouraged interlopers from drawing nearer than a half mile." page 35

Excerpt from: Hartman, Mary and Ingenthron, Elmo, Baldknobbers: vigilantes on the Ozark frontier, Pelican Publishing Company Inc., 1988.