Bagnell Dam

Bagnell Dam (HM1HS3)

Location: Lake Ozark, MO 65049 Miller County
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Country: United States of America
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N 38° 12.054', W 92° 37.801'

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This is a two sided marker
Side A:
The historic Osage River, impounded here by Bagnell Dam, flows east and north some 82 miles to join the Missouri. At the river's mouth, the 1804 Lewis and Clark Expedition camped several days and in 1806 Zebulon M. Pike's Southwest Expedition traveled by here on the way to visit the Osage Indian villages near the Kansas border where the river's name changes to Marias des Cygnes.
Named for the Osage Indians (the French name for Wazhazhe tribes) the river lies in territory ceded by them, 1808. Passageway for Indian, French trapper, and settler, the river was plied by steamboats, before the days of the railroad. Forests in area were harvested for railroad ties, 1880-1915, and the Osage and Niangua rivers carried them to railroad points. Bagnell, near here, was once a leading tie shipping town.
Bagnell Dam, costing over $30,000,000, was built by the Union Electric Co. of Missouri, 1929-31. The Lake of the Ozarks, impounded by the 148 by 2,543 foot dam, is one of the largest man-made lakes in the U.S. It is one to five miles wide by 129 long and has a 1,300-mile dragon-like shoreline.

Side B:
Bagnell Dam developed as a focal point for resort industry which grew up around the Lake of the Ozarks. Extending some 95 square miles above the dam, the lake lies in northern Ozark counties of Benton, Morgan, and Camden, and reaches east to Miller and west to Henry and St. Clair. Completion of the dam brought new highways and Grand Glaize, Hurricane Deck, and Niangua bridges.
Camdenton, laid out 1931, succeeded Linn Creek, abandoned to the rising waters of the lake, as seat of Camden County. A new Linn Creek preserves the name of the old town, an early river port where Joseph W. McClurg, gov, of Mo., 1866-1870, had his "Big Store on the Osage." among communities and towns in the area are Lake Ozark and Lakeside, and Eldon, Versailles, and Warsaw.
Points of interest are Lake of the Ozarks State Park; scenic views on Gravois, Grand Glaize, Osage, and Niangua arms of the lake; mammoth caves; ruins of the Hahatonka Castle; and Hahatonka Spring. In the spring area, a notorious band of counterfeiters and said to have operated from their headquarters called the "Bank of Niangua" in the 1830's.
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HM NumberHM1HS3
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Year Placed1957
Placed ByState Historical Society of Missouri and State Highway Commission
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Tuesday, November 11th, 2014 at 3:04pm PST -08:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)15S E 532394 N 4228170
Decimal Degrees38.20090000, -92.63001667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 38° 12.054', W 92° 37.801'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds38° 12' 3.24" N, 92° 37' 48.06" W
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Area Code(s)573
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling East
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1151 Bagnell Dam Blvd, Lake Ozark MO 65049, US
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