The wooded hills behind me were still shading the historic graveyard with the sunrise inching across the land. Soon the graves as well will be in the weakened warmth of the October sun.

The graveyard is in Femme Osage and is home to many of the original settlers of the small community. To the left of the graveyard stands the original, simple stone building used as a church. It was a very serene morning as the sun finally blanketed Femme Osage with it's welcomed warmth on that first day of frost in Missouri.