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Accomplishments : Stone on Loan from Robert Snyder's Castle
Posted by voidpulp on 2004/5/1 8:40:00 (4286 reads)

May 2004 - Ha Ha Tonka State Park in Camdenton, MO has loaned Elmwood an authentic stone from Robert M. Snyder's castle ruins to display as a museum piece!

Robert purchased 2500 acres of Ozark land and set out to build his castle high on the bluffs above the spring below, but he was killed in an auto accident in 1906 before it was ever close to finished. His sons had it finished several years after his death and they opened it as a hotel before a massive fire destroyed it in 1945. The Snyder family sold the estate and acreage to the state of Missouri and it is now Ha Ha Tonka State Park at Camdenton, MO., One of Missouri's most visited tourist spots.

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Accomplishments : Zerelda "Zee" James
Posted by voidpulp on 2003/6/1 7:50:00 (191 reads)

June 2003- The Jesse James Farm & Museum in Kearney, MO has accepted the finding that Zerelda "Zee" James was at one time kept in the public holding vault at Elmwood Cemetery.

A new mystery has now developed regarding Zee's whereabouts after her removal from the Elmwood Cemetery vault.

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