It’s a long way to the top … and it’s a long way to the bottom. Roving reporter Matt Crossman takes us on a journey to the highest and lowest elevations in Missouri—Taum Sauk Mountain and the banks of the St. Francis River, respectively.
Taum Sauk Mountain
Ten years ago, Missouri Life took a look back to what was happening in 1973 across our state, in the nation, and around the world. Take a trip back in time and remember when these things were happening as Missouri Life wrote about them in 2013.
In 1973, writer Walter Kaufmann reflected on his first trip to the Missouri State Fair. In this essay, he recalls the pens full of animals, the wild rides and carnival games, the food, and a special day with his less-than-enthusiastic father.
The Taum Sauk Reservoir collapsed sending a fifteen-foot-tall wall of water and mud into the valley below and destroying the Johnson Shut-Ins State Park.
