Welsh Ponies for Sale near Lake Lotawana, MO

About Lake Lotawana, MO

Lake Lotawana was conceived, purchased, built and developed by Milton Thompson, owner of nearby Highland Farms, the world's largest Hereford cattle breeding farm at that time (1927). He had previously developed nearby Lake Tapawingo, a lake community with retreats for wealthy Kansas City businessmen. It was created as an exclusive community only for “full-blooded” caucasians which wasn’t removed from the deeds until 2018. Permission for the new lake was requested November 7, 1927 and surveying was completed June 13, 1928. The dam was completed in the fall of 1929 just before the stock market crash that ushered in the Great Depression.