Karen Duquette likes taking
pictures through the tinted window of their moving RV, to show the flavor
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Since this picture was taken
when the two RV Gypsies could not stop their RV, they do not know the
meaning or exact location of the statue shown below, but they think
it may have been as they drove through the town of Council Bluff. The
top of the photo is blue because their RV window is tinted and cannot
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NO! The road (exit ramp) the two RV Gypsies needed to travel on was
completely closed. They forced themselves not to panic, and 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!
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Below: The two RV Gypsies
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. |
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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.
The two RV Gypsies 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)
