The Scars of Project 459: The Environmental Story of the Lake of the Ozarks

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NOTES CHAPTER 1 1. Mike Gillespie, “Lover’s Leap—Myth or Fiction?” Lake Area History Pages, accessed July 11, 2012, http://www.lakehistory.info/loversleap.html, 2000. 2. Colonel R. G. Scott, Indian Romances (Boston: Meador Publishing, 1933). 3. Ken McCarty, in discussion with the author, January 10, 2012. 4. Cindy Hall, in discussion with the author, January 4, 2012. 5. Trails at Lake of the Ozarks State Park, Missouri State Parks, accessed August 6, 2011, http://www.mostateparks.com/trails/lake-ozarks-state-park. 6. Trails at Ha Ha Tonka, Missouri State Parks, accessed January 2, 2012, http:// mostateparks.com/trails/ha-ha-tonka-state-park. 7. McCarty, discussion. CHAPTER 2 1. Early River Navigation, Miller County Museum and Historical Society, accessed December 12, 2011, http://www.millercountymuseum.org/rivernav.html. 2. H. Dwight Weaver, “Introduction,” Lake of the Ozarks: The Early Years (Chicago: Arcading Publishing, 2000), 7. 3. “Bagnell Dam History,” Ameren, accessed December 29, 2011, http://www. ameren.com/sites/aue/lakeoftheozarks/Pages/BagnellDamHistory.aspx. 4. “Indictments Name Craven and Seven Others,” the Nevada Daily Mail, June 8, 1927. 5. “Library District Walking Tour—Land Bank Building,” Kansas City Public Library, accessed December 29, 2011, http://www.kclibrary.org/district-tour. 6. Gillespie, “Lake History—Dam Facts,” Lake Area History Pages, accessed multiple times through June 20, 2013, http://www.lakehistory.info/damfacts.html. 7. “Bagnell Dam,” Miller County Museum and Historical Society, accessed December 30, 2011, http://www.millercountymuseum.org/bagnell.html. 8. Alan Sullivan (hydro-operations manager, Ameren), in discussion with author, August 30, 2012. 9. John William Vincent, “Differences of Opinion?” the Reveille, March 9, 1928. 10. Leyland and Crystal Payton, Damming of the Osage: The Conflicted Story of the Lake of the Ozarks and Truman Reservoir (Springfield: Lens & Pens Press. 2012), 110. 11. “The Construction of Bagnell Dam: When it Happened,” Lake of the Ozarks Convention and Visitors Bureau, accessed January 4, 2008, http://www. funlake.com/history/bagnell/timeline. 12. Gillespie, “Myth of the Lake’s Sunken Town Sites,” accessed August 11, 2012, http://www.lakeexpo.com. 13. “History of Lake Ozark/Osage Beach,” Lake of the Ozarks Convention and Visitors Bureau, accessed December 28, 2011, http://www.funlake.com/history/ lake_area.html. 14. Gillespie, “The Lake on Trial,” accessed December 31, 2011, Lake Area History Pages, http://www.lakehistory.info/snyder.html. 15. “Luxurious Lodges on Block,” the Kansas City Star, August 6, 1941. 16. Egan v. Unites States, Union Electric of Missouri v. Same. (8th Cir. U.S. Court of Appeals, August 9, 1943). 17. “Lake of the Ozarks,” Time, December 14, 1931. 18. Buford Foster, in discussion with the author, July 17, 2012. 19. Weaver, Lake of the Ozarks, 31, 87. 20. J. Roger Snipe and Conrad H. Hammar, “Economic Aspects of Recreational Land Use in the Lake of the Ozarks area,” College of Agriculture Bulletin, University of Missouri, no. 448 (June 1942): 3, 52. 21. Warren Witt, Ameren, in discussion with the author, August 17, 2012. 22. Weaver, in discussion with the author, August 8, 2006. CHAPTER 3 1. “Lake of the Ozarks Now Into Its Own,” Lake of the Ozarks News, March 15, 1932. 2. Reporting from Camden Chamber of Commerce breakfast, Old Kinderhook, January 26, 2012. 3. Jeff Green, “Lake of the Ozarks FERC Project 459 Legislative Update,” Ameren Union Electric, PowerPoint, presented January 26, 2012 at Old Kinderhook. 4. H. Dwight Weaver, History and Geography of Lake of the Ozarks. vol. 1 (Eldon: Osage River Trails, 2005), 125-128. 5. “Lake of the Ozarks Improvement and Protective Association Now Incorporated,” Lake of the Ozarks News, March 15, 1932. 6. Dick Fowler, “Ward C. Gifford, Ward C. Gifford Realty Company,” Leaders in Our Town (Kansas City: Burd & Fletcher Company, 1952), 149-152. 7. “President Ward C. Gifford Writes,” Lake of the Ozarks News, August 26, 1932. 8. “Three State Parks Are Planned for the Lake of the Ozarks Region,” Eldon Advertiser, August 3, 1933. 9. “Ward C. Gifford Resigns as President,” Eldon Advertiser, February 8, 1934. 10. Weaver, discussion August 8, 2006. 11. Lake of the Ozarks Water and Wastewater Conceptual Plan, Lake Group Task Force, prepared by HNTB May 1999, ES-2. 12. Union Electric Company, doing business as AmerenUE, Project No. 459-128, order issuing new license, U.S. Federal Energy Regulation Commission, March 30, 2007, pp. 5, 82. 13. Associated Press, “Notification System Unclear for Lake of the Ozarks Sewage Contamination,” August 16, 2008. 14. Water Quality Survey Report: E. coli Concentrations in Lake...