http://shs.umsystem.edu/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_dent.html
Place name: Boss
Description: A village in eastern Osage Township. A post office since 1902. Named after Marion Nelson, who was “Boss” of the lumbering crews. (Postal Guide; Plat Book (1933); W.L. Nelson)
Source: O’Brien, Anna. “Place Names Of Five Central Southern Counties of Missouri.” M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1939.
http://shs.umsystem.edu/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_iron.html
Place name: Bixby
Description: A small town in Dent Township, with a post office since 1910. Named for William K. Bixby, official of the American Car and Foundry Company. David Cureton obtained a post office at Red Point (1887), so called because it was located on a hill of red clay. In February, 1906, it was moved to Bixby, two and a quarter miles east of Red Point. (Postal Guide; R.M. ATLAS (1939); W.H. Copeland; F.D. Cureton)
Source: Zimmer, Gertrude M. “Place Names Of Five Southeast Counties Of Missouri.” M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1944.
Place name: Buick
Description: A town in Dent Township, with a post office since 1921. Named from a Buick car, the first one brought into this part of the country. (Postal Guide; R.M. ATLAS (1939); W.H. Copeland)
Source: Zimmer, Gertrude M. “Place Names Of Five Southeast Counties Of Missouri.” M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1944.
Boss Man Hanks showed up in my forest (Rubi) just after I finished this post. No lie. He was riding a horse apparently, and is hidden in the photo by the interface. He’s very old! (2003)
I was there attempting to figure out if I wanted to sell a 4096 parcel next to the forest. An avatar offered me $5000 lindens for it today (*not* Boss Man Hanks). What does his appearance mean — one way or the other? He decided not to enter my land (green) and rode north instead, following the east border of the forest. He stayed in the woods.
Sunklands 