Archives for Ozarks Roots
A World Tour of Treasures
Saunders Museum is home to a local sharp-shooting legend’s legacy and items collected from around the world City-owned Saunders Museum in Berryville, Ark., is a double tribute. First, it is…
Still Playing in the Park
The state’s oldest community band still performs in El Dorado Springs, Mo. El Dorado Springs, Mo., came to be because Joshua Hightower was taking his wife Carmelia to Eureka Springs,…
Honoring the Fallen
A group of women joined together to give Confederate soldiers a final resting place Have you ever gotten in your car with your best pal and decided to drive until…
150 Years of History in One Place
The Stagecoach Museum has served as a field hospital during the Civil War and a hotel/restaurant More than 150 years ago, William Walton McDonald built two 16-foot by 16-foot log…
Fighting, Preserving, Conserving
Pea Ridge National Military Park is made up of 4,300 acres This story begins when Kerry Jones’ grandfather brought his seventh generation Arkansan and 5-year-old grandson to the Pea Ridge…
A Czar of Missouri History
Ozarks native shares a unique look at Missouri through lectures and writings With 19 books to his credit, Ross Malone is one of Missouri’s finest historians. Not just a writer,…
A Street with a History
Dickson Street: An entertaining street with a long history in Fayetteville, Ark. If you have been around Fayetteville or in Northwest Arkansas for even 10 minutes, you have probably heard…
Money Does Grow on Trees
Ty Bewley said Poor Boy Tree Services started by “accident” 30 years ago Ty Bewley describes himself as the “C child,” one whose parents did not go to college, financially…
The Heart of a Community
The White County, Ark., Courthouse is the oldest courthouse still used as seat of government in the state White County’s Historical Courthouse located in the heart of downtown Searcy, Ark.,…
Stories of the Past
The Berry Cemetery is the oldest cemetery in Greene County, Mo. A young Moses Berry sat on the steps of his family’s ancestral Ozarks home, built by his great-grandfather, William…