April 14 -- Gov. Matt Blunt says he wants Ameren to give the state a mountain near Taum Sauk and a rail line that could be used for the Katy Trail State Park as part of its compensation for the ...

Need an escape from the concrete jungle? Whether you're looking to zen out in front of vistas and waterfalls or have a little fun sliding down nature's natural waterslide, the St. Francois ...

At 1,772 feet, Taum Sauk mountain is the tallest place in Missouri ... wilderness and past the state's highest waterfall. The trail is rugged and not very easy. You'll travel up and down rock ...

When people think of camping and hiking destinations, America's beautiful national parks may come to mind. Most of these, though, can be overcrowded and are in the western and eastern parts of the ...

The rebuilt upper reservoir at the Taum Sauk plant was completed in early 2010 at a cost of $490 million. The concrete kidney-shaped pool atop Proffit Mountain replaced an earthen dike ...

The new kidney-shaped reservoir atop Proffitt Mountain is almost a mile ... Johnson's Shut-Ins and to extend Katy Trail State Park. Not having the Taum Sauk plant available for the last four ...

Saturday marks 19 years since the collapse of the Taum Sauk Reservoir in southeast Missouri. On Dec. 14, 2005, a massive wall of water poured down Profit Mountain as a 700-foot section of the Taum ...

Taum Sauk Mountain, Jay Nixon State Parks on Saturday, October 2. The meeting will be held outside of the River Store, next to the Shut-Ins Trail trailhead in Lesterville at 3 p.m. The meeting is ...

Jay Nixon. The Department of Natural Resources on Thursday announced the park will feature a connection to the Ozark Trail, which links to Taum Sauk Mountain and Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park.