The Ozark Region is rich in history. People have lived here from the late Ice Age, some 10,000 years ago to the present. Every time and every group of people has a story to tell. This page will help you learn some of these stories. 

National Park Service References:

• Alley Mill
  
• Osage Indians of the Ozarks (.pdf)
  
• Cultural Affiliation Study (.pdf)A study of the park's Native Americans and their modern descendants.
  
• Rural Ozark Women Ethnographic Study
  
• Pulltite or Pulltight?
  
• Cemeteries in the Ozarks
  
• Place Names in the Ozarks
  
• One Room Schools in the Ozarks
  
• Welch Hospital
  
• Klepzig Mill
  
• Rymers Ranch and the Birth of the Ozark Riverways
  
• Establishment of the Ozark Riverways
  
• Ozark Rivers National Monument Proposal from 1960 (Original plan for the park)
  
• Civilian Conservation Corps in the Ozarks
  
• A Homeland and A Hinterland (Excellent online book about the  history of the region)
  

External Links to Information:

• Olde Tyme Gigging(A look at local residents trying to pass along the old ways of life on the Current River.)
• The Vanishing Ozarks, a 1960s Television clip about a jonboat trip down the rivers while the idea of Federal protection was being considered. About 30 minutes, broadband connection required.
  
• Ozark Johnboats on the Current River(.pdf)
  
• Oral history index
  
• Life on the Ozark Rivers, "Buildin' Boats, Giggin' and Foolin' Around is All Fun." (.pdf)
  
• Civil War in the Ozarks(fast connection recommended)
  
• Powder Mill Ferry(Historic interview from "Bittersweet Country")
  
• History of West Eminence Lumber Era
  
• History of River Ferries in the Ozarks (from "Bittersweet Country")
  
• The Preservation of Suzie Nichols Cabin and Klepzig Mill
  
• Bow Hunting and Gigging History
  
• Fox Hunting and Fish Gigging,an oral history interview
  
• Traditional folk song recordings
  
• Index to Ozark History Documents at Springfield Library
  
• List of folklore links from Missouri Folklore Society