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Devil's Backbone is located within the Willow Springs section of the Ava-Cassville-Willow Springs Ranger District, of the Mark Twain National Forest, near Willow Springs, Missouri. It was named for a prominent ridge down the center of the area. Horseback riding is popular on a network of trails in the wilderness.
It is named for author Mark Twain, a Missouri native. The MTNF covers 3,068,800 acres (12,419 km 2) of which 1,506,100 acres (6,095 km 2) is public owned, 78,000 acres (320 km 2) of which are Wilderness, and National Scenic River area. MTNF spans 29 counties and represents 11% of all forested land in Missouri.
Lodge 266, Jersey City, New Jersey Lodge 168, Brooklyn, New York Pittsburgh Moose Convention, Toledo, Ohio. The Loyal Order of Moose is a fraternal and service organization founded in 1888 and headquartered in Mooseheart, Illinois.
Map of Missouri conservation areas with the Northeast region highlighted. The Northeast administrative region of the Missouri Department of Conservation encompasses Adair, Clark, Knox, Lewis, Macon, Marion, Monroe, Pike, Putnam, Ralls, Randolph, Schuyler, Scotland, Shelby, and Sullivan counties. The regional conservation office is in Kirksville.
The Mingo National Wildlife Refuge is a 21,676-acre (87.7-km 2) National Wildlife Refuge located in northwestern Stoddard and southeastern Wayne counties in Missouri.Its southwesternmost portion lies on the shores of Lake Wappapello.
Within historic times, pronghorn, gray wolf, red wolf, and brown bear were all found in Missouri, but have since been extirpated. American bison and elk were formerly common, but are currently confined to private farms and parks. Elk can be found in a small restoration zone in three counties in the southeast Ozarks.
The Piney Creek Wilderness is an 8,122-acre (33 km 2) wilderness area in Missouri.The United States Congress designated it wilderness in 1980. The Piney Creek Wilderness is located within the Ava-Cassville-Willow Springs Ranger District of the Mark Twain National Forest, east of Cassville, Missouri.
Intertribal conflicts occurred several times in the 1860s and 1870s in the Wind River region. The Arapaho briefly stayed in the Wind River valley in 1870, but left after miners and Shoshones attacked and killed tribal members and Black Bear, one of their leaders, as they moved lodges. At another event, a combined force of Lakotas, Cheyennes ...