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NPS map of the Riverways Rocky Falls on Rocky Creek, a tributary of the Current River. The Ozark National Scenic Riverways is a recreational unit of the National Park Service in the Ozarks of southern Missouri in the U.S. The park was created by an Act of Congress in 1964 to protect the Current and Jacks Fork rivers, and it was formally ...
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Shannon County, Missouri, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map.
A line of bluffs along the Jacks Fork. Jacks Fork [1] is one of two rivers in Missouri that are part of the Ozark National Scenic Riverways system.. Starting in Texas County, Missouri, this spring-fed river flows 46.4 miles (74.7 km) [2] in a general east to northeasterly direction through the heart of the geological area known as the Lower Ozark Natural Division.
The Current River is roughly 184 miles (296 km) long and drains about 2,641 square miles (6,840 km 2) [4] of land mostly in Missouri and a small portion of land in northeastern Arkansas. The headwaters of the Current River are nearly 900 feet (270 m) above sea level, while the mouth of the river lies around 280 feet (85 m) [ 4 ] above sea level.
Eminence is located in the center of the Ozark National Scenic Riverways, Missouri's largest national park and the nation's first protected river system.Popular activities in the Eminence area include canoeing, hunting, fishing, and horseback riding.
Walter Klepzig Mill and Farm is a historic farm and sawmill and national historic district located in the Ozark National Scenic Riverways near Eminence, Shannon County, Missouri. The district encompasses three contributing buildings, three contributing sites, and one contributing structure associated with an early-20th century Ozark farm and mill.
Current River State Park is a public recreation area occupying 839 acres (340 ha) along the Current River north of Eminence in Newton Township, Shannon County, Missouri.The state park consists of land and buildings originally developed as the Alton Club, a corporate retreat used in the 1930s and 1940s by the Alton Box Board Company of Alton, Illinois. [4]
The Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge is located on the Illinois River and the Mississippi River in parts of Calhoun, Jersey, and Greene counties in Illinois, and St. Charles County, Missouri. [1] It is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as part of the Mark Twain National Wildlife Refuge Complex. [2]