Tag Archives: adventure

The Second Belle Starr

Posted on January 7, 2019 by Stan Fine

The plan had been gone over once more the night before.  As the trio sat alongside their campfire just outside of Pineville, everyone knew what they were to do the next day.  As must be the case with any plan, … Continue reading →

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A Call To Arms in The Ozarks

Posted on June 4, 2017 by Stan Fine

Executive Order 81-20 WHEREAS, there are escaped prisoners threatening and engaging in public disorder which represents a present threat to the lives, safety and protection of the citizens of McDonald County, Missouri, and; WHEREAS, such circumstances create a condition of … Continue reading →

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The Great Sulphur Springs Bank Robbery of 1925

Posted on April 11, 2017 by Stan Fine

Like all final good-byes, the June 1925 funeral service for the dearly departed Sulphur Springs resident Louis Manker, L.M., Stout was a sad affair.  The service held in the park’s big tabernacle was attended by more than 500 mourners, after … Continue reading →

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I Say, Where’s the Fire?

Posted on January 20, 2017 by Stan Fine

The 1962 school year had ended and the arrival of the first day of June ushered in the start of the soon to come hot summer days in Noel.  Noel, Missouri, a small town located deep within the Ozarks of … Continue reading →

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That Enduring Pioneer Spirit

Posted on November 21, 2016 by Stan Fine

In March of 1911 an advertisement appeared in a Cripple Creek, Colorado newspaper, The Teller County News, which read as follows; Cripple Creek was a mining town with about eight-thousand residents.  Samuel Hagerman, my great grandfather, lived there with his … Continue reading →

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The Tainted Ground

Posted on October 9, 2016 by Stan Fine

Something very old and born of hatred was released that cool September morning.  It was 7:02 a.m. on the third of September, 2016 and as I lay in bed, awake but not yet ready to start another day, when without … Continue reading →

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Ice Cream on a Hot Afternoon

Posted on August 28, 2016 by Stan Fine

Larry was a mere twelve years of age in the early years of the 1950’s but that didn’t mean he was immune from chores.  Larry’s family operated the Riverside Resort located just north of the small town of Noel, Missouri.  … Continue reading →

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That’s Just the Way Cats Are

Posted on July 29, 2016 by Stan Fine

Most of the stories I write about involve events and people who live, or once lived, in McDonald County; After all, this newspaper is called “The McDonald County Press.”  However, once in a while someone stops to talk with me … Continue reading →

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The Beauty of Fireflies

Posted on July 16, 2016 by Stan Fine

Lark had lived for so very long.  She had been witness to the birth of many, many years and she stood silently, and with very little notice, as those years died and turned into memories.  Her life had been filled … Continue reading →

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A Bed of Rocks

Posted on July 4, 2016 by Stan Fine

In the year 1961 I spent my twelfth summer here on earth with my grandparents, Phoebe and Grandad Fine and Phoebe’s sister, my Great-Aunt, Rosalyn.  The three lived in a small cinderblock house standing on North Kings Highway Street in … Continue reading →

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