Mo. Dept. of Conservation. Cherokee route through area on forced march from Georgia and Carolinas to Oklahoma reservation. Salem county seat of Dent County, has museum, city parks, historic homes, hospital. Full services for tourists, including tourist information center at Chamber of Commerce office on Highway 19. 13.White River Trace Wildlife Area has two fishing lakes with concrete boat ramps.
Blue herons frequent the area.
No overnight camping. About two miles north of Highway 32 on County Rd. Mo. Dept. of Conservation. The latter two areas are on south and west-facing slopes, which are poor oak sites. Shortleaf pine forest dedicated in 1951 to the Federative Garden Clubs of Missouri in cooperation with the Mark Twain National Forest.