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Open Bit Barbecue for 800 at Atlasta Stables During Pickering Centennial 1971

There are lots of very cool photos of the Pickering Centennial in 1971. This open-pit BBQ really caught my eye. I don’t recall any other public open pit bbq’s in Nodaway in my day. I generated several colorized images of … Continue reading

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Picking a Peck at Pickering

Pickering has long been a place to pick a peck of apples.  A 1976 history of Pickering notes: The Carmichael apple orchard (500 trees_ was west of Pickering, about four miles, and was planted in 1910 by Riley “Rile” Carmichael. … Continue reading

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Pickering History

Here’s a history of Pickering from the 1976 Forum Bicentinal

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The Pickering Cottonwood Direction Tree

A 1976 history of Pickering, Missouri, notes that everyone there gives directions using a cottonwood tree south of Pickering at the intersection of County Route OO/192nd Street and Missouri Highway 148.  The tree was cut down in 1975.  The article … Continue reading

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