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2 weeks ago | 
westplainsdailyquill.net | Larry Dablemont
Posted 6/14/25I was walking along a wooded ridgetop trail years ago when a young fox squirrel fell from a limb above me and landed with a thud not more than 10 feet from my boots. He didn't waste any time leaving …This item is available in full to subscribers.
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2 weeks ago | 
maryvilleforum.com | Larry Dablemont
Charlie Curran was born close to the Big Piney River in 1938 and for 88 years he has stayed close to the Big Piney River. He lives near Duke, Missouri, on the lower third of the river where he fishes regularly for goggle-eyes and bass, sets trotlines for flathead catfish, and rides horses. There are no men left who know the river like Charlie knows it.
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3 weeks ago | 
westplainsdailyquill.net | Larry Dablemont
Posted 6/7/25Charlie Curran was born close to the Big Piney River in 1938 and for 88 years he has stayed close to the Big Piney River. He lives near Duke, on the lower third of the river where he fishes regularly …This item is available in full to subscribers.
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4 weeks ago | 
westplainsdailyquill.net | Larry Dablemont
OUTDOORSA dream I haveBy Larry Dablemont,Outdoors ColumnistPosted 5/31/25Columnist’s note: I wrote this article in June of 2012. This week the dream has finally come to be a reality. We are calling it the Big Piney Nature Center and Museum. And yes, it is much like … This item is available in full to subscribers. Attention subscribers We have recently launched a new and improved website.
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4 weeks ago | 
maryvilleforum.com | Larry Dablemont
I wrote this article in June of 2012. This week the dream has finally come to be a reality. We are calling it the Big Piney Nature Center and Museum. And yes, it is much like the dream expressed in this column. On Saturday, June 28, we will open the doors to the public for our first big event. We even have an antique pool table to play on and sometime this summer we’ll have a pool tournament.
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1 month ago | 
gasconadecountyrepublican.com | Larry Dablemont
Posted 5/28/25I wrote this article in June of 2012. This week the dream has finally come to be a reality.We are calling it the Big Piney Nature Center and Museum.And yes, it is much like the dream expressed in …This item is available in full to subscribers.
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1 month ago | 
maryvilleforum.com | Larry Dablemont
Both of my sisters married Arkansas country boys, and I ended up with two of the finest brothers-in-law that I could have asked for. I don’t know if I could have done a better job of picking husbands for the two of them. One of the two became a highway patrolman.
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1 month ago | 
gasconadecountyrepublican.com | Larry Dablemont
Posted 5/21/25At the end of the last column, brothers Roy Wayne and Tom Morton and I were sitting in a cave above the river praying the raging thunderstorm would end soon. I remember Chinese philosopher …This item is available in full to subscribers.
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1 month ago | 
gasconadecountyrepublican.com | Larry Dablemont
Both of my sisters married Arkansas country boys, and I ended up with two of the finest brothers-in-law that I could have asked for.I don’t know if I could have done a better job of picking husbands for the two of them.One of the two became a highway patrolman.Billy Chadwick grew up at Witt Springs, Arkansas in the high mountains just to the north of the Buffalo River headwaters, some of the Ozarks prettiest country.
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1 month ago | 
gasconadecountyrepublican.com | Larry Dablemont
Squire Lee was an old country gentleman who lived on a sloping hillside above the river. His home was not far from the little cabin where my dad spent much of his childhood. In the river below his old two-story home was a deep eddy with a giant rock sticking out of it. Dad and I always had permission to drive through Mr. Lee’s land to fish there. Some 20 to 40 pound flathead catfish had been taken from the river around the big rock.
