Corkery, Missouri

[1] The now extinct community is located on a ridge surrounded on three sides by an entrenched meander of the Niangua River which is about 300 feet below the ridgetop.

[2] The immediate area is known today as a resort destination for canoeing and camping, north of the popular recreational region of Bennett Springs.

[5] Corkery was once a thriving town and became the main crossroads for the region "because of the natural ford which people crossed by foot, horseback and wagon."

Construction began in 1918 on a high bridge on Jugtown Road out of Leadmine that would have crossed the Niangua River near here, at Low Gap.

The bridge was supposed to help renew the economy but was never finished; its tall piers remain, a topic of conversation for the hundreds of canoeists who pass by annually.