Volume 77 CONTENTS | MAY 2024 | Number 5 18 46 30 8 Lasting tribute Former hospital transformed into memorial park 14 Made-by-hand morels These mushrooms look real enough to eat 18 Return of the Osagians Beaufort couple brings aluminum canoes back to Missouri 24 Snap that winning shot Tips to make your Missouri State Park photos stand out 30 Massive murals New Haven painter brings big-scale art to Missouri 38 Out of the mouths of caves The Cave State tells our underground history ON THE COVER Tom Shields salutes a fl ag at Barton County Memorial Park, where a group of residents turned a former hospital into a park honoring veterans. Read about the park on page 8. Missouri RURAL IN EVERY ISSUE 4 Cooperation 5 Perspectives 18 Outdoors 30 Neighbors 41 Recipes 46 Eats 50 Events 54 Just4Kids Hand Carved Morels | Mama Loca's | Osagian Canoes MAY 2024 | ruralmissouri.coop MAY 2024 | RURALMISSOURI.COOP 3http://www.RURALMISSOURI.COOP