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dingus_prime t1_ix8t2gd wrote

Grew up going here at least 3 times a year. Montauk stole my heart long ago and will always be a little slice of heaven for me. Thanks for sharing this!

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jlenzen070 OP t1_ix8tfl5 wrote

No problem! I'm pretty much in the same situation. I've been coming here since before I can remember, and I still try to come whenever I get the chance.

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asirkman t1_ix9ka2g wrote

Wait, there’s a Montauk Missouri? Was it founded by people from Long Island?

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hankepanke t1_ixakr8n wrote

Yeah that blew my mind too. Apparently the village of Montauk, MO and the state park were named after the Montaukett tribe.

https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071627/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_dent.html

> Place name: Montauk

> Description: A village in the central part of Current Township; the second post office established in the county (1860). H.D. Kitchens was an early postmaster. Ephraim Bressie named it Montauk. Since 1927 it has been a state park. The large spring there is the head of Current River. One of the first mills in the county was built there by C.L. Stevenson in 1868. He sold to a Mrs. Hickman and her son in 1881. The locality has been known from the mill owners as Stevenson's Mill and Hickman's Mill, but the name Montauk has always been the official name for the village which was the first county seat. The name is an Indian name of uncertain meaning, according to Hodge. He states that it is the name given a tribe formerly from Long Island and related to the Indians of Massachusetts and Connecticut. Gannett says that it is a corruption of the Indian "minnawtawkit," meaning "island place," or "in the island country." By another authority said to mean "spirit" or "spirit tree." Montauk was first called Bressie's Spring, for Mr. Ephraim Bressie who came to the region in 1830 from Tennessee. (Postal Guide; HIST. DENT, pp. 567, 597; Holbrook; Hodge, p. 934; Gannett, p. 212; J. McDonald)

> Source: O'Brien, Anna. "Place Names Of Five Central Southern Counties of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1939.

Apparently Ephraim Bressie chose the name. Unclear on whether any Montaukett were there, but apparently a Trail of Tears route went through Dent County, MO around the same time Montauk, MO was founded, so it’s possible. If no Montaukett were there maybe it was the member of another tribe or Ephraim Bressie’s way of honoring them and preserving their name.

https://www.salemmo.com/dent/about/index.php

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KingaDuhNorf t1_ix9klz7 wrote

yea this confused me lol took me a second to register it was NY ....ive seen ponds/marshland at camp hero and theyre not pretty lol

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NekulturneHovado t1_ix8upen wrote

I knew I saw it somewhere! It was on r/HydroHomies (posted by the same guy, btw)

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Aussenseiter_Ich t1_ix9btx9 wrote

The light playing in/on the water is amazing.

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ChansonPerdue t1_ix8uxox wrote

Was passing through and took a sinilar photo just a week ago

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Theobald_4 t1_ixbrxx1 wrote

I haven’t been back to Montauk since the pandemic. Love this spot. Also the damn and the beautiful campgrounds. A gem tucked away in Missouri.

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It_Is_Wednesday t1_ixbhjoe wrote

You do not recognize the bodies in the water

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Alexa_Octopus t1_ixbuv0c wrote

Thanks for this. I love Montauk. It is always so peaceful, and is just gorgeous.

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kimberlocks t1_ixbxvnl wrote

I feel like if I dunked my head in that water it would cure my mental Illness

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Revolutionary_Long31 t1_ixc051h wrote

Missouri has some incredible sites! Can confirm as it's my homestate. I'm glad Reddit is getting to share some of it's glory!

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LSimcina t1_ixdnjjn wrote

Absolutely beautiful

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