Thinking Out Loud: Missouri River Oral Histories Part 2

KBIA | By Trevor Harris

Published March 8, 2017 at 8:27 AM CST

Boonville's Meredith Ludwig admits that once she started collecting oral histories of longtime Missouri River valley residents, she didn't want the process to end. Here are excerpts from personal histories of a pair of Missourians that Ludwig talked with back in 2004.

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MU Extension's Sharon Gulick discusses how she and her colleagues help rural communities to plan for the future. She has a new rural survey for Missourians that she wants you to take.

Here's the link to the rural survey mentioned by Sharon Gulick on this episode of Thinking Out Loud.

This episode originally aired on March 7, 2017.

Listen for new episodes of Thinking Out Loud Tuesday evenings at 6:30 on KBIA 91.3FM.

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Trevor Harris

Trevor serves as KBIA’s weekday morning host for classical music. He has been involved with local radio since 1990, when he began volunteering as a music and news programmer at KOPN, Columbia's community radio station. Before joining KBIA, Trevor studied social work at Mizzou and earned a masters degree in geography at the University of Alabama. He has worked in community development and in urban and bicycle/pedestrian planning, and recently served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Zambia with his wife, Lisa Groshong. An avid bicycle commuter and jazz fan, Trevor has cycled as far as Colorado and pawed through record bins in three continents.

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