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🌿 Hidden gem hike alert! 🌿 We love exploring Missouri's conservation areas and this is a beautiful but lesser known spot hat should be on your bucket list! 🌿 A businessman named Lon Sanders once decided to built a resort in this lovely canyon along McKenzie creek. The resort project failed but the stone steps, pillars, and dams remain as historic signs. 🚂 Local legend also states the notorious Jesse James gang hid out here after the nearby Gads Hill Train Robbery. 😮 🌿 Today visitors can ex