At the end of the 19th century, the Courtois Hills in the Missouri Ozarks was host to an isolated society, who subsisted almost entirely on the resources of its rich forests.
It was this same valuable timber that drew the Missouri Lumber and Mining Company to the area, and sparked an enduring cultural and environmental struggle.
Truman State University Press Conflict in the ozarks: hill folk, industrialists, and government vie for missouri's courtois hills, paperback/david benac
