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===The 1920s through the 1970s=== The 1920s saw the creation of [[Big Spring (Missouri)|Big Spring State Park]], but more importantly for the county the 1920s also saw the construction of the Cross-State Highway (now U.S. Route 60) and the construction of a permanent bridge across the Current River at Van Buren. The creation of the highway and the state park marked the beginnings of a tourist industry with Smalley's Tourist Camp and the Rose Cliff Hotel serving tourists in the Van Buren area for many years. The 1930s saw the construction of highway 103 from Van Buren to Big Spring, making access to the state park much easier. That decade also saw the construction of the Jefferson Highway (now State Route 21) in the eastern half of Carter County and which served the towns of Grandin, Hunter, and Ellsinore. The population of the county continued to drop throughout the 1920s and 1930s simply because there were very few jobs to be had. During the depression years, in an attempt to fight the loss of jobs as many as five [[Civil Conservation Corps]] camps were established in the county. Three of these were located in west Carter County near Van Buren and a fourth near Fremont. The fifth was located in east Carter County near Ellsinore. With the nation's entry into World War II in 1941, the county's population continued to fall as there was a much better chance of finding employment elsewhere. The 1940s also saw the election of a native Carter County resident to the U. S. Congress when [[A. S. J. Carnahan]] was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. The 1950s saw the town of Fremont devastated by an F4 tornado that was part of the [[May 1957 Central Plains tornado outbreak]]. This decade also saw talk of damming the Current River, something that the locals were against. With the closing of the 1950s, Carter County celebrated its centennial. In 1964 congress authorized the creation of the [[Ozark National Scenic Riverways]] and in 1972 Current River became a part of that Riverways system, giving a great boost the Carter County's tourism industry. From the 1970s onward the population of Carter County has steadily increased.<ref>West Carter County Genealogical Society, “History & Families of Carter County Missouri” Pages 8-10 (2006)</ref>
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