The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1910-06-16

OuILng the IMP Gordon Fisher W.
t writing descriptions of the places visi
ed. We give below his last stou
which was written for the St. Lou
lines the morning he met his deatt
Hollister, June 16.-When the land
, scape engineers of the Missouri Pacifi
, and Iron Mountain Railroad began tn
work of landscaping the 1900 acres in
corporated as the town of Hollister. tn
second step toward making this a,
Ozark summer resort, and what is sal,
will make one of the best to be fount
in the Middle West, was taken. Un
der the direction of the Presbyteriar
Synod of Missouri, the Southwest Pres
byterian Assembly, and persons who
own land in the corporation, $25O,OOC
will be expended within five years 70,
various landscape features, such as
drives, bride paths and gardens.
The Presbyterian Assembly, after
looking at II to Is places, chose this as
permanent summer session grounds,
and IS having ground cleared on a
mountain overlooking the White River
for the purpose of building an audito-
rum and other necessary buildings.
Sessions will be here Aug. II which
more than 5000 persons are expected
to attend. Preparations are being
made to have electric lights and water
on top of the site of the permanent
home by then. The Presbyterians
own 100 acres of land here, and the
sessions will be attended by persons
from the States of Arkansas, Oklahoma
Kansas, Texas. Tennessee and Mis-
souri.
Another organization that has picked
Hollister as suitable place for a sum-
mer school and recreation camp is the
Interstate Y. M. c. A. This instution
has mountain adjoining that of the
Presbyterians and with the same views
At its base is a tract of ground on
which which will be built an atheletic
field. Last Monday temporary build
ing was erected and 18 boys from II
to 18 years old now are in camp under
the direction of Dr.. w. F. Tuttle, a !
graduate of the University of Missouri
The Y. M. c. A, intends to build a f.!
dining Hall and series of bungalows |
pm its reservation Of &c acres.
Observation Point, another bluff that /
overlooks the White River, is owned /
oy the Modern Woodmen of America
md they will erect summer home
here. No work on this has been
lone there yet. Their plan is to
pend $4,000 on the club house.
The Ozark Outing Association is
building a permanent summer atheletic
and is conducting it this
ummer. The Missouri Pacific and
ron Mountain Railroad evidently has
oreseen that Hollister would become a
umner resort. 1t has erected here a
tone and cement depot that is well in
eeping with the picturesque of the
)zarks around it. One steps into ais
arlor, fireplace and all, when he al
ghts from train at Hollister. w. H. G
ohnson maintains summer camp here
nat is open to the general public.
Hollister is in Tan ey county, the
cart of the Ozarks. It is near the /
oint where Harold Bell Wright col l
.cted his material for his book, The P
hepherd of the Hills" Some of the "
ore prominent mountains around it I
e Dewey Bald. Saddle Mountain and Ii
able Rock, a hill capped with solid al
ck 600 feet long and 200 feet wide.
The windings of the White River al
I'd unusal rowing and floating op
,rtunities. In one place boat can u
. hauled overland six miles and the )
stance required to float down the eI
yer to the starting place is 25 miles. bs
At another on can float 40 miles on
e river from Hollister and be only 10
ght miles away overland. "
On top of one of the ridges to the
nth of the town is the Perry pear or nc
ard the largest in the State. It Gu
vers 24o acres and contains 81 1000 la