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Bicentennial of First Ozarks Wilderness Scientific Expedition

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Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, circa 1847
Courtesy: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division

Early American anthropologist, geographer and geologist, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft was among the first Anglo-Americans to explore and document the Ozark Highlands frontier in the early 1800s. We explore Schoolcraft’s daily journal of his three-month long expedition, which remains a fascinating and invaluable record.

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Jacqueline Froelich is an investigative reporter and news producer for Ozarks at Large.