Missouri couple builds canvas tents for campers, outfitters and more The cold mountain air of autumn has arrived with the first snowfall of the season. The ground is covered in white as animals forage for food. You’re miles from civilization, but inside your canvas...
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Reindeer Games
Vanzant farm brings magic of the North Pole to southern Missouri The magic of the holidays captures kids of all ages — just ask Sara Prescott. The cattlewoman, wife and mother wears another hat one month out of the year. That’s when she, along with husband, Michael,...
Lighting up the season
Madison care center invites guests in for the holidays Equal parts excitement and relief greet Fannie Miller as she stands in the circle driveway outside of the assisted living facility where she’s worked for a quarter century. She’s standing alongside her longtime...
Handmade with a higher cause
New Florence shop offers decor and more There’s just a little bit of everything going on inside the country craft store. A couple passing by stopped to check out some of the fall decorations and homemade candles that are making way for the upcoming Christmas displays....
Fred & Red’s
Photos by Sara Schafer and Jim McCarty A step into Fred & Red’s in Joplin is a step back in time. As you enter the unassuming tan diner, you take in the classic decor, neon sign, vintage barstools and wood paneling. Then, suddenly, your senses surrender to one...
The patient photographer
Persistence pays off for wildlife photographer Danny Brown You might walk right past Danny Brown and never know it if you spend any time outdoors in Missouri. He’s likely perched in a chair covered with camouflage netting, patiently waiting for his prey to show up in...
The thrill of the hunt
Harding Gamebird Farm is all about the birds Becky Harding distinctly remembers how brothers Everett and Marvin turned their family farm into a game bird hunting preserve. “He bought a bird dog and he couldn’t find any quail on the farm,” she says of her husband,...
NaCl+H2O
Upscale dining in downtown Rolla Inside the kitchen, the work is never done — especially before the first customer even walks in the door. Whole fresh, never frozen, salmon, halibut and mahi-mahi need to be skinned and prepped. Whole potatoes are waiting to become...
Lassoing the lines
Electric co-op lineworkers show off safety skills at annual rodeo One lineworker carefully climbs a 40-foot pole to safely “rescue” a life-sized mannequin — playing the part of an incapacitated coworker — dangling from the top of the pole. A few hundred feet away,...
The healing wall
Missouri's National Veterans Memorial offers peace, honor and reflection Jim Eddleman has delivered on a promise 50 years in the making. On Jan. 31, 1968, the 19-year-old farm boy from Perryville was a long way from home, serving his country during the Vietnam War. At...