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Oregon County offers the pleasure of beautiful natural surroundings
while providing all the necessities of modern living! The county
school system consists of four excellent schools, each with twelve
grades and kindergarten, maintaining a good study curriculum plus
active sports programs.
Golf, tennis and swimming can
be enjoyed in a choice of public locations. A national bus line also
provides passenger service. Several social and civic organizations,
including 4-H, Little League and Scouting, offer rewarding activities, and
religious congregations of all major denominations welcome new members.
Burlington Northern Railroad
and a curtain factory are the largest
single employers in Thayer. There is also a lumber company, a large nursing
home, two feed mills and other employment opportunities. Residents, local
farmers and tourists find ample retail facilities in Thayer with three shopping
centers plus a good downtown shopping district.
Several sawmills and lumberyards form
an important part of the local economy. One of the largest wholesale
and retail lumberyards in all of south Missouri operates in Thayer.
Rediscover those pleasant old times in the friendly Southern
Missouri and Northern Arkansas area! An amicable truce has been
enacted here between Nature and Progress. Modern services and
growing industries have been established
without violating the basic natural order. Urban
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Agriculture is the leading
economic activity in
Oregon County, as it
is for the United States as a whole. There are large ranches as well as many
small farms, creating an ideal atmosphere for the retiree,
the beginner and the
specialized stock breeder as well as the big-time rancher. The main sources of
farm income for Oregon County are beef cattle and
dairy farming.
The beef industry is supported by
the land's outstanding ability to produce pasture and hay.
Largely composed
of moisture retaining clay subsoils, the area's soil is particularly
well suited to improved grasses. Lespedeza, ladino, red and sweet clovers, orchard
grass, tall fescue, timothy and redtop lead the list of pasture
grasses flourishing in local fields. The soil
is also ideal for
woodland.
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