Antique History of the Ozarks Handwritten Book by Eunice Pennington
Eunice Pennington was a native of the Ozarks about which she wrote. For thirty years she was closely associated with the public as a schoolteacher, freelance writer and regional librarian. For the last 13 years she worked as regional librarian for the Current River Regional Library System which consists of Carter, Reynolds, Ripley, and Oregon Counties in South Central Missouri Ozarks.

The region she served was in a deprived area of the Ozarks and she worked constantly to help improve the economy there and preserve the culture of the Ozark people. She is the author of 5 currently in print books about the Ozarks. She has written literally hundreds of articles about the Ozark people and their achievements. She has served on many editorial advisory boards, and as consultant for various agencies. She has worked constantly for better educational facilities, the conservation of natural resources and on preservation of the Ozark Culture.

Mrs. Pennington was born at Fremont, Mo. on Feb. 16, 1923 to Charles Albert and Hattie (Pritchard) Randolph and grew up on the Peck Ranch. She attended Fremont High School, Southeast Mo. State College and Arizona State College. She received her BSE Degree at Arkansas State College in Jonesboro and her Master of Library Science Degree at George Peabody College in Nashville, Tennessee.

On August 29, 1942 she was married to Daniel Douglas Pennington, who is a veteran of World War II and now a Carter County farmer. They are the parents of two grown children. Albert Joe Pennington of the home and Mary Anna (Pennington) McDowell.

Mrs. Pennington belonged to the Missouri State Historical Society, the Carter County Historical Society, the National Ozarks Scenic Riverways Historical Society, the Carter County Historical Society. She is a member of the Missouri Library Association, Friends of the Library and the Ozark Community Council. She has served as past Chairman of Carter County Save the Children Federation, Historian for the Fremont Post of the American Legion Auliliary and Secretary for the Carter County Extension Association. She has received numerous awards, including a Lifetime Honorary Membership in the National Eugene Field Poetry Society. Famous for her book: Ozark National Scenic Riverways. This may be a one of a kind.
All pages are typewritten. Approximately 120 pages. Tapebound paperback. Cover has some wear as shown. Some of the inside written pages have faded a bit, but are still readable.