Climbing Pilot Knob Mountain
Every time I visit Pilot Knob, Missouri, I overhear people talking about climbing Pilot Knob Mountain. It was something my parents, grandparents, and family did every year and I SO want to climb the mountain!
Unfortunately, the mountain now has three owners. The federal government owns the top of the mountain and has closed it off due to two reasons: safety as some have been hurt and to protect the rare bats. The Missouri Conservation owns the bottom part of the mountain and somewhere in between is a private owner. It is my understanding that the the public entities are working together to get the mountain reopened, but that the private owner will not cooperate. They continue to work hard towards making this great, historic, place available to all.
Grandpa took videos as they walked up the mountain. I have converted them to digital format and uploaded them to Youtube to share with everyone as a tool to bring back those awesome memories.
This 1959 video includes Elephant Rock State Park. This video is special to me as it has my parents together before they were married. You will spot them sitting together on top of the mountain.
This video was taken in 1962.
This video was taken in 1965 and included Ford Davidson.
Unfortunately, the mountain now has three owners. The federal government owns the top of the mountain and has closed it off due to two reasons: safety as some have been hurt and to protect the rare bats. The Missouri Conservation owns the bottom part of the mountain and somewhere in between is a private owner. It is my understanding that the the public entities are working together to get the mountain reopened, but that the private owner will not cooperate. They continue to work hard towards making this great, historic, place available to all.
Grandpa took videos as they walked up the mountain. I have converted them to digital format and uploaded them to Youtube to share with everyone as a tool to bring back those awesome memories.
This 1959 video includes Elephant Rock State Park. This video is special to me as it has my parents together before they were married. You will spot them sitting together on top of the mountain.
This video was taken in 1962.
This video was taken in 1965 and included Ford Davidson.
1 comments:
Loved watching the videos! My dad had some reel to reel but when a friend converted them to DVD, you can't hardly see them. They turned out too dark and blurry.
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