#rolla

[unteriors]

State Route E, Rolla, Missouri.

[brandoncaruso]

Dusk + rain + Corolla = 🤎🤎🤎

[tinyweevil]

I love ocs. Eveybody knows their lore 💖

[harriswalz4usabybr]

Speech Governor Tim Walz Gave at Missouri S&T in Rolla, MO!

~BR~

[rebeccathenaturalist]

Hi, folks! I'm teaching a couple of great free nature classes later this week while I'm in Missouri!

This Thursday I'll be at the Rolla Public Library for a beginner friendly introduction to mushroom foraging and identification. While I will have a few slides with some great species for newcomers to look for, a lot of the class will be based in skills and tools to help you identify any mushroom you come across.

And then Saturday you can join me at the Audubon Trails Nature Center for a lichen walk! We'll look for these awesome little composite beings, learn more about what they are, and check out some of the other natural wonders along the way, too. The weather looks like it'll be sunny and warmer than today, but wear good closed-toed footwear to stay safe on the trail.

[10oclockdot]

Here's a fascinating short piece on a forgotten person from my hometown.

Inez C. Parker: Rolla's Poet Laureate

By Ryan Reed     Inez C. Parker circa 1902 Inez Corene Parker was an African-American writer from Rolla, Missouri whose verse was wi

"Parker’s first professionally published poem was “Hope” which appeared in a Chicago literary journal circa 1898.  The publication of the poem was the result of a contest held by the journal.  Over forty individuals, all of whom were white, submitted entries.  After the publication of “Hope”, Parker was contacted by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and asked write verses for publication.  In 1899, five of Parker’s poems were published in the newspaper. "

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"After 1910, mentions of Parker and her writings in national publication virtually vanish.  In 1910, she is listed in the federal census as living with her mother and earning money through elocution recitals. By 1920, she is still living with her mother at Fourth and Cedar Streets.  At the time, Harold Griggs was boarding with the Parkers.  Within a few years, Griggs and Parker were married.  Harold worked as a janitor and Inez is continually listed as doing “house work” after their marriage.  After the death of her mother in 1929, the Griggs continued to live at Forth and Cedar Street until the death of Inez on December 20, 1950."

I jog past that spot from time to time. There's no plaque. I never knew.

[deadmotelsusa]

This Howard Johnson Motor Lodge opened in 1968 and survived until 2003. After it closed, it went through multiple name changes and low-budget chains until it eventually became abandoned in 2015. Located in Rolla, Missouri.

[fairest]

Henri Gervex's 1878 painting Rolla was based on a poem by De Musset. It was rejected by the jury of the Salon de Paris for immorality, since it features suggestive metaphors in a scene from the poem, with a naked prostitute shown after having sex with her client, but the controversy helped Gervex's career.