Down on Mahans Creek: A History of an Ozarks Neighborhood
Feb 2017 · University of Arkansas Press
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In Down on Mahans Creek, Benjamin Rader provides a fascinating look at a neighborhood in the Missouri Ozarks from the early nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. He explores the many ways in which Mahans Creek, though remote, was never completely isolated or self-sufficient. The residents were deeply affected by the Civil War, and the arrival of the railroad and the timber boom in the 1890s propelled the community into modern times, creating a more fast-paced and consumer-oriented way of life and a new moral sensibility. During the Great Depression the creek’s residents returned to some of the older values for survival. After World War II, modern technology changed their lives again, causing a movement away from the countryside and to the nearby small towns.
Down on Mahans Creek tells the dynamic story of this distinctive neighborhood navigating the push and pull of the old and new ways of life.
In Down on Mahans Creek, Benjamin Rader provides a fascinating look at a neighborhood in the Missouri Ozarks from the early nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. He explores the many ways in which Mahans Creek, though remote, was never completely isolated or self-sufficient. The residents were...
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Benjamin G. Rader is James L. Sellers Professor of History emeritus at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln and the author of five books. He was born and raised in the Mahans Creek neighborhood and today lives in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Benjamin G. Rader is James L. Sellers Professor of History emeritus at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln and the author of five books. He was born and raised in the Mahans Creek neighborhood and today lives in Lincoln, Nebraska.
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