It was unveiled at a ceremony in Omaha, Nebraska, on July 30, 2005, officially named UP 1982. 

Photographer George Hall took an awesome photo of Hollister's new bank building, another one of William Johnson's structures when Hollister was still in its development stage.  

My great-grandfather Calvin Jones knew the May family quite well as they cut railroad ties together, since that line of work brought a nicer income in those tough years after homesteading.

Cactus Mack was born near the New Mexico and Texas line in Weed, New Mexico, August 8, 1899. He came from a performing family, worked as a cowboy at the O-Bar-O Ranch near Willcox, Arizona, and was remembered as a talented musician, versatile with several instruments, guitar and fiddle in particular

 There was a slight problem after the printing of the sheet music made its way into the hands of fans and performers. American Music Company accidentally switched two words around in a phrase at the end of the refrain.

The site of the Fair covered 1,200 acres, with many of the structures being dismantled at the conclusion of the event. A few structures did remain, such as the Palace of Fine Arts building. Today, this structure is the St. Louis Art Museum.

 I was blown away at the folks who attend this event every year, but the fans were shocked when we told them that in 41 years, this was the first Poetry Gathering appearance for the legendary Sons of the Pioneers. 

Well, that big rodeo that Stan mentions is still going strong here in Prescott. This summer, the Prescott Frontier Days Rodeo celebrates its 138th year. The first one was July 4, 1888. They didn't call it a "rodeo" back then. They called it a "Cowboy Tournament."  

The photos I'm sharing here today were by Cramer Photo of Branson, who documented a lot of the early Lake Taneycomo photography and Powersite Dam after its completion in 1913.

Built by the Canton Bridge Company out of Canton, Ohio, the Turkey Creek bridge was a pin-connected Pratt through truss bridge, a very familiar type of construction and it's quite impressive

 Earl Scruggs took a three-finger style approach to picking using his thumb, index and middle finger, in a forward rolling rapid pattern. This style is what turned the banjo from a rhythm instrument to a lead instrument.

     So where does the "Table Rock" name come from? Well, go upstream a few miles above Branson and there's a turn in the river, a large bluff that features a rock formation that was recognized as being as flat as a table top. 

Paperback booklets which featured this technique were handed out to all participants. Today these are quite rare, but show up occasionally online. 

   J.K. Ross, the Garber correspondent for the Taney County Republican newspaper, had this to say on December 3, 1906, regarding the November 29 event. This is just beautiful. 

Showing dozens of rare photos, many by photographer George Hall from the years 1908 through 1915, Sypult went into deep discussion showing rare photography of the railway in Branson and took everyone on a photographic look of the thirty miles between Branson and Crane.

Alfred Alexander was born in 1898 in Jackson County, Missouri, to Thomas and Mary Patterson Alexander.