Eddie Bruce

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Bill Bixby as “Mr. Eddie’s Father”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Courtship_of_Eddie’s_Father

Eddie wants a new mother. To that end, he cleverly manipulates his father’s relationships with women, sometimes even trying to set his father up to fall for women Eddie knows and likes first.

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Falls County, Texas (Bruceville-Eddy)

Bixby went on to star as David “Bruce” Banner in The Incredible Hulk (1977-1982).

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Another (unmerged) Eddy in IN near Oliver Lake

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Eddie Albert as Mr. Oliver Wendall Douglas

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Bossmo (creature)

Car approaches us with headlights on. The lights have been on since we first see it in Streetview, coming over the crest of the hill.

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The Bossmo Rock house first comes into clear view to the left.

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The blue truck that the Google Maps Streetview car has been following for several miles now readies to turn into the driveway of the rock house, causing the car in front of it to put on its brakes. At the same time, the headlights of the car in the opposite lane are switched off. One set of lights comes on (brakelights); the other goes off (headlights). It is at this point on the road that we will see the Bossmo creature. We can tell this because of the underground cable sign to the right, which acts as a landmark for the spot.

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We’ve passed the now unlighted car. Here we see the first visible evidence of the creature (right).

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The Streetview photo with the best view of “Bossmo”.

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Close-up.

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11:46am update:

However impossible it sounds, Hucka D. is indicating that the creature in question is an Oz Wheeler. Well… judge for yourself; compare with here:

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I suppose we’ll be hearing more about all this soon enough!

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11/1-2/15 Photos 02

I was also very pleased this day of hiking to learn how close Flattop is to the lower end of the ridge: proximity of two flat places, as it were.

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Ridge’s End, as I’ll call it, contains some interesting looking trees and plants…

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… perhaps centered by these 4 (locusts? persimmons?) with moss covered bottoms.

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Another interesting looking twinned tree of the area with a u shaped connection.

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A Ridge’s Edge pine tree’s branches spread horizontally in several directions.

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The 4 central trees again from the “front”.

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Moving back down to Flattop, which lies only about 20-30 feet below the top. It’s definitely a part of the same complex. Site of yet another toy happening in the future?? Could be.

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Flattop view:

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Taum Sauk’s cousin Railingston, his faithful dog Rrrrr, and his two ninja bodyguards occupy the top with me.

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Oh, and of course his precious railing is there as well. I see it as kind of like Linus’ blanket to him. He sits on it, looks out at the marvelous view, and sucks his thumb.

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11/1-2/15 Photos 01

The first pic in this post comes from Supersity over in Frank Park. There were a number of posts about this imaginary city-fort composed early on in the Frank and Herman Einstein blog, all from November and December 2012 as I’m now checking. Curious it hasn’t been mentioned here again since then. But anyway, now the 2 sets of rocks have a house polluting their top: no more possible Supersity re-creations or revelations. Compare with this earlier photo here. All we have are the legends of the place. The Sacred Hoop art work once adorning the top was a special site indeed.

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We now move back to the general Bigfoot area with shots coming from a ridge separating Bigfoot from Rediscovery. Today I found an easier way to the top from the main path into Bigfoot. Excellent! It’s a short but still tough climb of about 150 feet. I found this baseball on the ridge. Due to its height, I believe the only way it could have gotten up here is if someone brought it. Although there’s an old baseball field below, one would have to had been a Herman Munster to knock it this far. So there’s clear evidence of human involvement with the ridge in the past. But I’m not sure anyone comes up here any longer.

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Lots of nice rocks on the other side of the ridge from the old high school…

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…with 2 of the biggest, if not the biggest, being one I call Razor’s Edge which we see the sharp namesake top of below…

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… and another I call Flattop, which, in contrast to Razor’s Edge, has a nice flat top where one can sit and enjoy the view of the surrounding woods. Flattop is probably the most dramatic looking rock in the region, and is especially impressive coming up to it from below.

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Flattop’s flat top in autumn leaves.

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Bossmo 02>03

I’ll be redoing these soon but here’s what I have now…

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“Bixby Shuffle”

Will redo these later…

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“Bigfoot”

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November 1, 2015 · 1:31 pm

Bossmo 02

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Bossmo 02a

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Reference:

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Bossmo (01)

Hint: they point to the exact same objects in each case.

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See below for more on Foote. It’s already come up here in terms of the Mississippi location. LINK Foote also resonates with the name Bigfoot, as in “bigfooted” Actually there’s an earlier mention of Foote, MS here, and in that particular post a Foot in White Co, TN is discussed.

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Goodland, Goodwater, Boss-Bixby-Buick

http://shs.umsystem.edu/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_iron.html

Place name: Foote
Description: A post office from 1888-1902, near East End. Named for E.L. Foote, superintendant of the Sligo Furnace Company. It was the site of the first white ware pottery in Missouri and one of the earliest in the Mississippi Valley. Known as the Pool pottery, it was operated by potters from England. It had long since been obliterated, according to Wheeler, writing in 1896. (Postal Guide; Wheeler (1896) 178; W.H. Copeland)
Source: Zimmer, Gertrude M. “Place Names Of Five Southeast Counties Of Missouri.” M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1944.

Place name: East End
Description: At the eastern end of the Sligo and Eastern Railroad; hence the name. The railroad is no longer there. (E.E. Brand; B.F. Crocker; O.A. Crocker)
Source: Zimmer, Gertrude M. “Place Names Of Five Southeast Counties Of Missouri.” M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1944.

Place name: Good Water
Description: A post office since 1876 in Dent Township. Named from its good spring. (Postal Guide; Campbell’s ATLAS (1873); Campbell’s GAZETTEER (1874) 262; E.E. Brand; B.F. Crocker; O.A. Crocker)
Source: Zimmer, Gertrude M. “Place Names Of Five Southeast Counties Of Missouri.” M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1944.

Place name: Goodland
Description: A post office since 1886 in Dent Township. Named from the good land in the vicinity. (Postal Guide; E.E. Brand; B.F. Crocker; O.A. Crocker)
Source: Zimmer, Gertrude M. “Place Names Of Five Southeast Counties Of Missouri.” M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1944.

And one more…

Place name: Clones
Description: A post office from 1888-1892. Nothing could be learned about the origin of the name. (Postal Guide)
Source: Zimmer, Gertrude M. “Place Names Of Five Southeast Counties Of Missouri.” M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1944.

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Wild [Billy J. Thornberry]:

Well, you know I’m a clone of course, in that I am an actor playing [cloned] roles. Many of my wild, wild friends, hehe, worried that I was actually killed by Hater the Cow during the production. But of course that was a stunt double… er, stunt dummy I should say there.

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Clone/sv (all)

http://shs.umsystem.edu/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_reynolds.html

Place name: Clones
Description: A post office from 1893-1908 serving a sawmill camp in the northwestern part of Carroll Township; presumably a personal name.
Source: Hamlett, Mayme L. “Place Names Of Six Southeast Counties Of Missouri.” M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1938.

So Reynolds County has its own Clones, which could be the same as the one in Iron County just north of it? Who can tell sometimes with clones.

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Bossmo

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.

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Bigfoot Rivals

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Simpsons to the rescue!

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The wife and I visited the local Dollar Tree tonight. 4 out of 5 Simpsons purchased (minus Marge — soon!), and also what appears to be the arch-nemesis of Taum Sauk in the continuation of the Bigfoot art/toy/junk happening (“Afterfoot”?).

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a good guy?: batteries-not-included (bni)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeast_Missouri_Lead_District

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Bill Bixby as Hulk

Boss MO (= Boss Moss!):

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4.23 miles from both Buick and Bixby in neighboring Iron County. Not chance.

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Red Point, MO in approximate center of 3B Triangle (Boss-Bixby-Buick). Reinforced by color *green*.

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4/1/12

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“Bossmo”

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Collagesity still alive

I’ve about decided I can’t give up the kookiness of Collagesity over the winter months. I will still have a presence on Nautilus Island, most likely, but just 1 parcel instead of 2. But I’m going to explore more of the Punic Forest there before making a decision. At any rate, my Minoa land which has been for sale a lot of the past 2 months is now off the market.

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