drove their RV from Branson,
Missouri to St. Joseph, Missouri. Along the way, they stopped at Osceola
Cheese shop, home of over 250 varieties of cheese. May 12, 2016 |
Karen Duquette likes taking
pictures through the tinted window of their moving RV, to show the flavor
of the local scenery. |
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The picture below was taken
when Lee Duquette could not stop their 40-foot RV, so they do not know
the meaning or exact location of the statue shown below. But they think
it was located somewhere they drove through in the town of Council Bluff.
The top of the photo is blue because their RV window is tinted and was
not made to be opened. |
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NO! The road (exit ramp) that Lee Duquette needed to travel on was completely
closed. They forced themselves not to panic, and Lee Duquette had to
drive several miles out of their way on the highway, exit the highway,
and get back on going in the other direction. Detours and turn-arounds
are not fun in a 40-foot long RV, towing a car. But, the two RV Gypsies
were able to enter I-29 ramp from the other direction. All is well that
ends well! Lee and Karen Duquette know that things can go wrong when
on a travel trip and they do their best not to get to anxious about
anything.
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Below: Karen Duquette noticed
a big billboard along the highway advertising Osceola Cheese, so they
took a break from their road trip and stopped at the Osceola Cheese
store because there was room for big trucks and big RVs to park. The
store is located at 3700 MO-13, Osceola, Missouri - phone '417.646.8131
for hours to be sure it is still open. (Anything and anyplace on this
website can change as time passes, and Lee and Karen Duquette do NOT
have any control over such things). |
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Osceola is
a city in St. Clair County, Missouri, on the Osage River. The land that
became the town of Osceola was inhabited by the tribe of Native Americans
who gave the river its name. Two treaties, in 1808 and 1825, signed
by the Osage and the U.S. government gave up all the tribe's land in
Missouri. With the way cleared for non-native settlers, more people
began to arrive in the St. Clair County area in the mid-1830s. The first
home was built in the future Osceola in the winter of 1835.Osceola was
laid out in 1841. It was named for Osceola, chief of the Seminole tribe. |
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 Osceola
Cheese Company (HOME OF OVER 250 VARIETIES OF CHEESE)
was established in 1944 in downtown Osceola and was then called Riverview
Cheese. In 1946 there was a new building built on the north side
of the river to help facilitate the growth of the business. It continued
to grow, and at that time there were 15 trucks on the road 24 hours
a day collecting milk from more than 1,000 dairy farms across Missouri.
In the mid-1960s there was talk of Truman Lake, and many other changes
were occurring in the area. The cheese company started making plans
to move up the hill.
In 1968, when Truman Lake started to develop, they relocated up to
the present location on Highway 13 and changed the name from Riverview
Cheese to Osceola Cheese Company and became a retail outlet.
In 1987 the company expanded again and Ewe's in the Country gift shop
was established.
They have continually grown and expanded by making exterior and interior
changes to help facilitate all the tourism since the big Branson boom.
They are always adding a new flavor of cheese and snack items.
Osceola Cheese now has over 250 varieties of cheese, most of which
can be sampled. The cheeses range from mild cheddar cheese, chocolate
cheese, to their hottest, “the ghost pepper cheese.”
They also smoke their cheeses in real hickory and applewood smoked flavors
to enhance the original flavor of the cheeses.
In addition to their wonderful cheeses, they have several varieties
of snack sticks, summer sausage, and real beef jerky, plus a full line
of Vidalia Onion dressings, meat marinades, steak sauces, hot sauces,
jams, jellies, honey, and old-fashion pure sorghum.
Lee and Karen Duquette sampled a lot of cheeses, and bought a lot
of cheese and other stuff too. |
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Travel to St Joseph / and Osceola Cheese Shop (this page)
