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This information-packed book on Lake of the Ozarks is a key reference to the history and geography of the area’s 2,500-square mile region. Its content is in an easy-to-use A to Z format, like an encyclopedia.
The book is illustrated with more than 100 photographs and has five different indexes that provide points of entry into the book’s more than 200 narratives. The text explores the history of early fishing camps, resorts, roadside businesses, bridges, ferries, towns, people, places and events. There are detailed descriptions of caves, springs, bluffs, hollows, lake coves and other geographic features.
“It’s a fascinating read – you can literally start anywhere you open the book, and jump around to whatever catches your interest,” said the editor of the Lake of the Ozarks Business Journal (Dec. 2005).
“No matter where around the 1,000 miles of shoreline, there’s something here to read about… these pages are packed with short but sweet reads, often with amazing historical photos.”
Personally autographed (not a stamped or printed signature)
Softbound – 262 pages
$20.00 + $4.00 shipping and handling
(if bought as a single purchase)
History & Geography CONTENTS
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LAKE OF THE OZARKS: THE EARLY YEARS
By H. Dwight Weaver
Step back in time to the hungry years of the 1930s and the
Great Depression. Watch the construction of Bagnell Dam unfold
in vintage photos and text as you explore the pages of this
book. Visit the villages and towns around Lake of the Ozarks
as they struggled through the 1930s, the rationing years of
World War II, and stepped boldly into the mom and pop roadside
attraction years of the 1950s and 60s. Explore the history
of Ha Ha Tonka, the lake area’s most outstanding natural
wonder. This book features more than 200 vintage images from
the pre-1970 era at Lake of the Ozarks.
Personally Autographed (not a stamped or printed signature)
Softbound -- 128 pages
$20.00 + $4.00 shipping and handling
(if bought as a single purchase)
Early Years CONTENTS
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LAKE OF THE OZARKS: VINTAGE VACATION PARADISE
By H. Dwight Weaver
The story of Lake of the Ozarks cannot be shown and told
between the pages of simply one book. Lake of the Ozarks:
Vintage Vacation Paradise continues the story begun in the
pages of Lake of the Ozarks: The Early Years with more than
200 different vintage photos exploring the early history of
the towns, villages and natural wonders like Ha Ha Tonka in
the Bagnell Dam and Lake of the Ozarks region. This book also
includes towns and villages not featured in the first book
such as Damsite, Kaiser, Brumley, Sunrise Beach and Warsaw.
Personally Autographed (not a stamped or printed signature)
Softbound -- 128 pages
$20.00 + $4.00 shipping and handling
(if bought as a single purchase)
Vintage Vacation
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
 H. Dwight Weaver is a historian of the Lake of the Ozarks region. He grew up in central Missouri and first became acquainted with the Lake area as a youth while fishing at the Lake with his parents in the late 1940s and early 1950s. In 1964, he and his wife Rosie, along with their daughter, Karen, moved to the Lake where Dwight worked in tourism for 20 years. He then became a public information specialist, writer and technical editor for the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR). While employed with DNR, Dwight was also a feature writer for the department’s quarterly magazine, Missouri Resources, and a member of the magazine’s editorial board. During his 15 years with DNR, he honored the department by winning two national and two regional awards for his writing expertise. When he retired in 2000, he was the Public Information Officer for the department’s Division of Geology and Land Survey. He has been widely published and is an active member of the Missouri Writers Guild,
the Ozark Writers League, the Lake of the Ozarks Writers Guild, and the Camden and Miller County historical societies. Considered an authority on Missouri caves, he is the author of six books on caves published since 1971. His most recent contribution to cave literature was the text of Wilderness Underground: Caves of the Ozark Plateau (University of Missouri Press 1992). He is also considered an authority on the history of the Lake of the Ozarks region. Following retirement he began writing about the Lake area. His first two books were Lake of the Ozarks: The Early Years (Arcadia Publishing 2000), and Lake of the Ozarks: Vintage Vacation Paradise (Arcadia Publishing 2002). History and Geography of Lake of the Ozarks, Volume 1 (Osage River Trails 2005), is the first of a series. Through books, lectures and photography, he spends much of his time in retirement serving as an educational resource for people seeking historical information about the Lake of the Ozarks region.
To reach the author, email: dweaver@socket.net
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