Month: June 2012
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Finally, some walls going up in the Lesmeister!
After months of preparation, including a new roof and new concrete slab floors (with new plumbing and electrical beneath), the workers have started putting up…
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Time for bed
I ordered the king sized beds for the Lesmeister Apartments tonight. They’re intended to give the feeling that you’re sleeping in a 110-year-old building (because…
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Lesmeister Update
I haven’t given an update lately on the Lesmeister project lately because there doesn’t appear to be much going on! I say “appear” because I know…
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In And Near Pocahontas, NE Arkansas/SE Missouri, The St. Charles
St. Charles Massacre – Part 2
I wrote a while back about the St. Charles Massacre, a story that has come down through the generations here from the end of the American Civil…
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Ghost Stories
I met this evening at The St. Charles for a video interview with documentarian John Pasmore. He has created documentaries on the famous New Madrid…
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In And Near Pocahontas, Things to Do Here
Photos of Our Town’s “New” Caboose
Bob Olvey provides the photos below of the caboose that will soon be moved to Pocahontas for restoration and display at our old train depot.…
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In And Near Pocahontas, Randolph County, Things to Do Here
Our beloved Mennonites
The USA Today article here describes the circumstances that caused the Ervin Kropf family, and some other Mennonite families, to move here a few years ago…
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