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The Ozark – St. Francis National Forest is a United States National Forest that is located in the state of Arkansas. It is composed of two separate forests, Ozark National Forest in the Ozark Mountains; and St. Francis National Forest on Crowley's Ridge. Each forest has distinct biological, topographical, and geological differences.
The St. Louis–San Francisco Railway, commonly known as the "Frisco", was a railroad that operated in the Midwest and South Central United States from 1876 to April 17, 1980. At the end of 1970, it operated 4,547 miles (7,318 km) of road on 6,574 miles (10,580 km) of track, not including subsidiaries Quanah, Acme and Pacific Railway and the Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad; that year, it reported 12,795 million ton-miles of revenue freight and no passengers. It was purchased and absorbed into the Burlington Northern Railroad in 1980. Despite its name, it never came close to San Francisco.
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The Hercules Glades Wilderness is a 12,314-acre (50 km2) wilderness area in Taney County in the Ozarks of southwest Missouri. The United States Congress designated it a wilderness in 1976, making it the oldest wilderness area in Missouri. It is one of eight wilderness areas in the Mark Twain National Forest and is within the Ava-Cassville-Willow Springs ranger district, about 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Branson, Missouri. Hercules Glades Wilderness derives its name from the open limestone glades (balds) that dot its landscape. The high points of Coy Bald and Pilot Knob stand 600 feet above Long Creek and offer splendid views of the drainage. Near the middle of the wilderness area is the main set of waterfalls, though Long Creek has several other smaller waterfalls and cascades along its path.
The Old Wire Road is a historic road in Missouri and Arkansas. Several local roads are still known by this name. It followed an old Native American route, the Great Osage Trail across the Ozarks and became a road along a telegraph line from St. Louis, Missouri, to Fort Smith, Arkansas. This route was also used by the Butterfield Overland Mail. It was known as the "Wire Road" while the telegraph line was up, but when the line was later removed, it simply became known as the "Old Wire Road". In St. Louis, where the road begins at Jefferson Barracks, it is called Telegraph Road. From St. Louis to Springfield, Missouri, it became designated Route 14.
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Lawing is an extinct town in Christian County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The community was located on Logan Ridge along the south edge of the Springfield Plateau. Missouri Route W passes through the location and Christian Center is about one mile to the north. The city of Ozark is approximately seven miles to the north-northwest.
McCracken is an unincorporated community in Christian County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is about 3.3 miles east of Ozark, Missouri.
Karlin is an unincorporated community in central Polk County, in the Ozarks of southwest Missouri, United States.
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Garber is an unincorporated community in western Taney County in the Ozarks of southern Missouri. Garber is located along the Missouri Pacific Railroad line and Roark Creek, approximately four miles northwest of Branson.
Christian Center is an unincorporated community in Christian County in the Ozarks of southwest Missouri, United States.
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- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Chadwick, Missouri
- 1 2 Chadwick, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 2004
- ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
- ↑ "Christian County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 275.
- ↑ "Pokin Around: Plans call for part of Chadwick Flyer spur line to become recreational trail". Steve Pokin, Springfield News-Leader, April 4, 2020.
- ↑ "An Early Mobile Photographic Studio" (PDF). All Aboard, The Frisco Railroad Museum, August, 1988 (accessed on CondrenRails.com). Retrieved October 14, 2020.
- ↑ "Chadwick Motorcycle and ATV Use Area". United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
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