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FEATURES

Clarksville: Open Me First! 22

John Robinson finds his way to the river’s edge in Clarksville and reveals one of Missouri’s best kept shopping secrets.

Boonesfield Village 32

Candlelight tours of the Daniel Boone Home and Boonesfield Village at Defiance give guests a glimpse of a nineteenth-century Christmas complete with frontier hospitality.

Homes for the Holidays 34

Historic Homes in Independence open their doors for the holidays.

Civil War Series: John Berry Meachum’s Freedom School 38

Fighting for the right to an education, slaves in the St. Louis area before the Civil War went underground to learn.

SPECIAL: Legend or Fact? Missouri’s Claims to Fame 42

A team of reporters put some of Missouri’s well-known claims to fame to the test. See what we uncovered!

ON THE COVER: Old Peace Chapel at Boonesfield Village. Photo by Scott R. Avetta.

DEPARTMENTS

Missouri Memo 6

Web site revisited

Letters to the Editor 8

Boxes of love, fish, mills, and Hermann

Symbols 10

State song

Missouri Medley 12

Glow-in-the-dark golf, really big coloring books, and a Santa collector

Missouri Museum 20

Rooms and rooms of toys and miniatures

Dream Homes 48

Fabulous Farmsteads

Bed & Breakfast 50

Benner House in Weston

Creative Cuisine 52

Honeyshuck and Champ Clark in Bowling Green plus recipes

Missouri Wine 59

Nortons deserve their prizes

Missouri Artist 61

Trash to treasure, artistic use for recyclables

Missouri Hands 62

Stained-glass synthesis and double palette pop

Missouri Books 65

Wham, Petey, the James Pecan Farm, and more

Health Innovations 69

Elderly care at TigerPlace and Air Evac subscription service

Missouri Trivia 72

Missouri caves

All Around Missouri 74

Our calender of 118 events, festivals, and more

Musings 86

A gift to myself