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The construction of Bagnell Dam was completed and Lake of the Ozarks was a full reservoir in less than two years. [10] The stock market crash of 1929, which precipitated the Great Depression, occurred just months after construction on Bagnell Dam began. The project employed thousands of laborers, providing a large economic boost to the rural ...
Union Electric Administration Building-Lakeside, also known as Willmore Lodge and Egan Lodge, is a historic administration building and retreat overlooking Lake of the Ozarks and located near Lakeside, Miller County, Missouri. It was built in 1930 by Union Electric Company during the Bagnell Dam project.
Like its predecessor, the restaurant has late night hours: 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday to Thursday; 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. Friday and Saturday; and 1 to 10 p.m. Sunday. Fabe’s Peruvian Rotisserie Co ...
The Lake of the Ozarks is located on the Ozark Plateau, with Bagnell Dam lying at an elevation of 659 feet (201 m) above sea level. [6] [17] It lies in central Missouri on the Salem Plateau of the Ozarks. [18] The lake extends across four Missouri counties, from Benton County in the west through Camden and Morgan Counties to Miller County in ...
The original Linn Creek, which was the former county seat of Camden County, Missouri, is now under water, in the Lake of the Ozarks. Construction of the Bagnell Dam that created the lake was begun August 8, 1929. The county seat was moved to the new town of Camdenton which had its beginnings in 1931. [5]
Bagnell Dam, which forms the Lake of the Ozarks on the Osage River, is 2 miles (3 km) southwest of Bagnell. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , Bagnell has a total area of 0.60 square miles (1.55 km 2 ), of which 0.47 square miles (1.22 km 2 ) are land and 0.13 square miles (0.34 km 2 ), or 21.5%, are water.
A post office called Lake Ozark has been in operation since 1932. [7] The community took its name from the nearby Lake of the Ozarks. [8] Bagnell Dam was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. [9] The segment of Bagnell Dam Boulevard from Horse Bend Parkway to the Bagnell Dam is named "Bagnell Dam Strip."
A rural Ozarks scene. Phelps County, Missouri The Saint Francois Mountains, viewed here from Knob Lick Mountain, are the exposed geologic core of the Ozarks.. The Ozarks, also known as the Ozark Mountains, Ozark Highlands or Ozark Plateau, is a physiographic region in the U.S. states of Missouri, Arkansas, and Oklahoma, as well as a small area in the southeastern corner of Kansas. [1]