OSCEOLA'S LAMENT: "We have no lake - only a river half full."

When a lawsuit was filed in 1972 by the Environmental Defense Fund to stop construction of Truman Dam by the US Army Corps of Engineers, business communities along the Osage River erupted with vitriol. The "eastern environmentalists," civic leaders proclaimed, were trying to stop a magnificent lake that would turn their towns into tourist meccas. It should have been evident to these boosters that the upper end of the reservoir would in fact be quite shallow and unattractive.
For extensive coverage of the Truman Dam lawsuit, read the new book DAMMING THE OSAGE by Leland and Crystal Payton. www.dammingtheo...

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