The life of a family in steamboat times was far
different than that of a family living during the
railroad boom. Both lifestyles are vastly
different from families living today.
In the frontier days, country doctors rode
horses to communities throughout the region to
provide medical care. Today, the community is
blessed with a state-of-the-art medical facility
that serves as a trauma center for the region.
Country schools in every community gave way
through consolidation to the state-of-the-art
school we have today. People used to hold camp
meetings before modern churches began to
develop with congregations. Boys played
baseball in leagues that traveled to little towns
all around. These circuits helps prepare Elwin
"Preacher" Roe for his turn at the Major Leagues.
The everyday tasks such as growing a garden,
raising livestock, doing laundry, making your
own soap and butter, and getting from one place
to another has changed over time. Life in the
Ozarks has been captured seriously and satiracly
in a myriad of ways from the book Life in the
Leatherwoods to the movie The Bootleggers.
The museum tells the story of the ordinary lives
of everyday people.
different than that of a family living during the
railroad boom. Both lifestyles are vastly
different from families living today.
In the frontier days, country doctors rode
horses to communities throughout the region to
provide medical care. Today, the community is
blessed with a state-of-the-art medical facility
that serves as a trauma center for the region.
Country schools in every community gave way
through consolidation to the state-of-the-art
school we have today. People used to hold camp
meetings before modern churches began to
develop with congregations. Boys played
baseball in leagues that traveled to little towns
all around. These circuits helps prepare Elwin
"Preacher" Roe for his turn at the Major Leagues.
The everyday tasks such as growing a garden,
raising livestock, doing laundry, making your
own soap and butter, and getting from one place
to another has changed over time. Life in the
Ozarks has been captured seriously and satiracly
in a myriad of ways from the book Life in the
Leatherwoods to the movie The Bootleggers.
The museum tells the story of the ordinary lives
of everyday people.
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