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Memories from the Homestead: Sparky, our first area tour guide

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Memories from the Homestead: Sparky, our first area tour guide

There are not a lot of details known about Pearl's beginnings. She was not from around here originally.

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Memories from the Homestead: Remembering my home neighborhood of Flag, Missouri

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Memories from the Homestead: Remembering my home neighborhood of Flag, Missouri

Now that ya'll have an idea of the area that Flag covered, the townsite was up on the south side of Compton Ridge, just above ...

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Society of Ozarkian Hillcrofters announces upcoming meeting, open to the public

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Society of Ozarkian Hillcrofters announces upcoming meeting, open to the public

John Fullerton will give a presentation on the history of the Shepherd of the Hills country.

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Memories from the Homestead: 'Bells of Rosarita' featured an all-star cast of cowboy actors

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Memories from the Homestead: 'Bells of Rosarita' featured an all-star cast of cowboy actors

Not only are Roy and his horse Trigger well featured, the familiar cast of Gabby Hayes, Dale Evans, with Bob Nolan and the Sons...

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Memories from the Homestead: 'Lights of Old Santa Fe' – a Western favorite

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Memories from the Homestead: 'Lights of Old Santa Fe' – a Western favorite

Every Saturday and Sunday afternoon, they would air a Roy Rogers/Dale Evans film. I was glued to the TV.

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Memories from the Homestead: Remembering Ken Curtis (part 2 of 2)

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Memories from the Homestead: Remembering Ken Curtis (part 2 of 2)

While on the trip, Ken was asked to temporarily fill in with the Pioneers since their tenor vocalist Lloyd Perryman had to rush back...

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Memories from the Homestead: Remembering Ken Curtis [Part One, 1916 - 1949]

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Memories from the Homestead: Remembering Ken Curtis [Part One, 1916 - 1949]

The entire family was musical. Dan played fiddle and Nellie the pump organ. Curtis played clarinet in school.

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Memories from the Homestead: The legacy of Miss Lizzie

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Memories from the Homestead: The legacy of Miss Lizzie

She was a huge fan of “The Shepherd of the Hills” novel. Around here everyone still calls her "Miss Lizzie."

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Memories from the Homestead: Wright's letter to Miss Lizzie

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Memories from the Homestead: Wright's letter to Miss Lizzie

Lizzie began to correspond by letter to Harold Bell Wright to get many of the questions answered.

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Memories from the Homestead: Singing cowboy Eddie Dean

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Memories from the Homestead: Singing cowboy Eddie Dean

Eddie Dean's career took off in the early ‘30s. He and his brother previously had their own radio act...

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Memories from the Homestead: Remembering Western writer and cowboy star Johnny Bond

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Memories from the Homestead: Remembering Western writer and cowboy star Johnny Bond

Johnny's professional music career began in Oklahoma City when he began performing at WKY radio, performing alongside Jimmy Wakely.

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Memories from the Homestead: William Driver opened the Shepherd of the Hills Homestead to the public

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Memories from the Homestead: William Driver opened the Shepherd of the Hills Homestead to the public

Thanks to Mr. Driver this property would become the tourist hotspot for all of The Shepherd of the Hills readers.

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Memories from the Homestead: Missouri roots – 'The Cattle Call' and Tex Owens

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Memories from the Homestead: Missouri roots – 'The Cattle Call' and Tex Owens

A trio freight train yodel would become the sound that brought early popularity to the Sons of the Pioneers as they began a run in radio...

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Memories From the Homestead: Another look at celebrated 'Shepherd' character Sammy Lane

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Memories From the Homestead: Another look at celebrated 'Shepherd' character Sammy Lane

They were caught off guard when I stated to them that in real life, Uncle Ike's daughter Susie was the inspiration for Sammy!

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Memories from the Homestead: The story still in the telling - the Shepherd of the Hills Outdoor Drama

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Memories from the Homestead: The story still in the telling - the Shepherd of the Hills Outdoor Drama

As I sit here on the front porch of Old Matt's Cabin once again, let's go down the front steps and walk over here by the barn

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Memories from the Homestead: Morgan Community Church still active today at Shepherd of the Hills Homestead

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Memories from the Homestead: Morgan Community Church still active today at Shepherd of the Hills Homestead

Today this church is used as a wedding chapel and you can get all the details about that at our website: theshepherdofthehills.com.

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Memories from the Homestead: Cowboy sidekick Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, well remembered in Willcox

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Memories from the Homestead: Cowboy sidekick Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, well remembered in Willcox

Born Ramiro Gonzalez Gonzalez on May 24, 1925, in Augilares, Texas, his father was a trumpet player, his mother a dancer...

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Memories from the Homestead: Taney County named for Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney

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Memories from the Homestead: Taney County named for Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney

The past week has been an exciting Sons of the Pioneers road trip, with performances in Massillon, Ohio, on March 15 and Frederick,...

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