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Ha Ha Tonka State Park - Castle Ruins
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Perhaps the greatest man-made beauty sits high on a bluff overlooking Ha Ha Tonka Spring and the Lake of the Ozarks. High on the scenic bluff sits the ruin of a stone mansion that represents the most intriguing story associated with the park. Robert M. Snyder, a weathly Kansas City businessman, first visited the site in 1903 and was so impressed that he eventually purchased more than 5,000 acres. He envisioned a private retreat with a Europeanquite as elaborately as originally planned. Eventually, the property was leased for use as a hotel, until tragedy struck in 1942. The entire interior was gutted by fire when sparks from a chimney ignited the roof. The carriage house burned the same day and in 1976 the water tower was burned by vandals. Today only ruins remain of the castle. Critique request: photography / non-desktop wallpaper

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::DigiCamMan
11/05/07 6:22 PM GMT
A fine shot mucker. So this is where they make those little trucks.
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.SEFA
11/05/07 9:55 PM GMT
Very nice presentation of this place. I like the light play.
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::fogz
11/05/07 11:52 PM GMT
....well I have to say Randy that it looks like quite a boring building to me.... sorry! I am just spoilt by the old castles and ruins around the UK! ....but I will put on my rose coloured spectacles and say it is very beautiful just for you#!!! lol! and it does have a very colourful history I have to say! very interesting!!!
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::cynlee
11/06/07 3:12 AM GMT
The building is so white and it looks really stark against the darkened shadows. A nice play of light and shadow and a wonderful old ruin.
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You will be led to the knowledge of the internal things which are invisible to you, by the external things which you see before you. . . . Even so then, we can represent to ourselves in thought the Author of all that is, by contemplating and admiring the (visible) things which He has made, and ever brings into being. - Hermes
::Hottrockin
11/06/07 11:41 PM GMT
Lotsa thanks guys 'n' gals for checkin' out me owd castle ruins!!
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Why do the pictures come out square when the lens is round?? Picture Purrrfect .

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