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Morning Open Thread Saturday Feb. 1, about the Ozarks, featuring Branson musical groups [1]
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Date: 2025-02-01
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>>>Hello MOTs. This is a very abbreviated bunch of words describing the region of central U.S. called The Ozarks. All of the information was pulled from this lengthy Wikipedia link: Wiki Ozarks
>>>The Ozarks is a region in the U.S States of Missouri, Arkansas, and Oklahoma, as well as a small area in the southeastern corner of Kansas. The Ozarks cover a significant portion of northern Arkansas and most of the southern half of Missouri, extending from Interstate 40 in central Arkansas to Interstate 70 in central Missouri. The Ozarks cover nearly 47,000 square miles, making it the most extensive highland region between the Appalachians and Rockies.
>>>In the decades prior to the French and Indian War of 1754 to 1763, aux Arkansas referred to France’s trading post called the Arkansas Post, located in the wooded Arkansas Delta lowland area above the confluence of the Arkansas River with the Mississippi River.
The French settlers initially called the post Aux Arcs ("at the home of the Arkansas)."Arkansea was the Algonquian name used by the Illinois and related tribes to refer to the Quapaw tribe, and was adopted by the French.
The toponym Ozarks may derive from an English-language adaptation of the French abbreviation auxArcs. By the early 20th century, the term "Ozarks" had entered common parlance.
>>>Missouri is known as "The Cave State" with over 7,300 recorded caves, second in number only to Tennessee. The majority of these caves are found in the Ozark counties.
>>>Many of the rivers and streams in the Ozarks have been dammed. Most of the dams in the region were initially built for the dual purpose of flood control and hydropower generation but have also become major economic drivers through recreational use in places such as Branson, Missouri.
Ozark rivers and streams are typically clear water, with baseflows sustained by many seeps and springs, and flow through forests along limestone and dolomite bluffs. Except during periods of heavy rain — when water levels rise quite rapidly — their level of difficulty is suitable for most canoeing and tubing.
>>>The Ozarks contain ore deposits of lead, zinc, iron, and barite. Many of these deposits have been depleted by historic mining activities, but some is currently being mined in southeastern Missouri. Mining practices common in the early 20th century left significant abandoned underground mine problems and heavy-metal contamination in topsoil and groundwater.
>>>The majority of the Ozarks is forested. Oak-hickory is the predominant type; eastern junipers are common, with stands of pine often seen in the southern range. Less than a quarter of the region has been cleared for pasture and cropland.
>>>Tourism is the growth industry of the Ozarks as evidenced by the growth of the Branson, Missouri entertainment center celebrating traditional Ozark culture.
Speaking of Branson, here’s some tunes by three contemporary musical groups that perform there.
Presley’s
Haygoods
Peterson’s
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