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Built in 1931 by Parkville, Missouri banker and developer Emmett Breen at the junction of US 71 and US 71 Bypass, now Missouri Route 291, the red brick and tile Tavern included a popular restaurant and ballroom. Back behind the Tavern was the Tourist Court— two small cabins connected by two garages.
Dexter was platted in 1873. [4] Mr. Dex, an early settler, gave the community the name of his horse, Dexter. [5] Dexter experienced rapid growth with the arrival of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway. [6] A post office called Dexter City was established in 1873, and the name was changed to Dexter in 1887. [7]
Pyletown is an unincorporated community in southwest Stoddard County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] The community is on Missouri Route H approximately six miles southwest of Dexter . Otter Lake in the Otter Slough Conservation Area is five miles west of the community.
Many consider the Garth Mansion one of the finest examples of this style of architecture. The Garth Woodside Mansion is currently a Bed and Breakfast and restaurant. [2] [3] Approx 85-90% of the furnishings on the second floor are the original pieces used to furnish the home when the mansion's construction was completed in 1871.
Lake Taneycomo originated when the White River was confined by the completion of the Powersite Dam, near Forsyth, Missouri, in 1913. [2] From 1913 until 1958 it was a warm water lake. [ 3 ] In the 1920s and 1930s, tourists began to be drawn to the lake and its nearby communities, Branson and Rockaway Beach .
Lake Timberline is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in St. Francois County, Missouri, United States.The community is built around several reservoirs built in the valleys of Bee Run and Primrose Creek, southwest-flowing tributaries of the Big River, which in turn flows northwest to the Meramec River.
Margaritaville Lake Resort Lake of the Ozarks, previously known as Tan-Tar-A Resort, is a resort located in Osage Township, Camden County, Missouri, just outside Osage Beach, Missouri, at the Lake of the Ozarks. The hotel was sold in 2017 for redevelopment as part of the Margaritaville resort chain. Adjoining the hotel property is a large ...
The Moses U. Payne House, also known as Lynn Bluffs and Roby River Bed and Breakfast, is a historic home near the Missouri River in Rocheport, Missouri. It was constructed in 1856–1857, and is a large frame central hall plan I-house. It is five bays wide and features an ornamental ironwork front porch. [2]: 5