The Story of the Sultana: A museum in Marion tells the story of the deadliest maritime disaster in U.S. history The Sultana, a side-wheel steamboat, traversed upstream on the Mississippi River in the early morning hours of April 27, 1865, bound for what was later considered the worst maritime disaster in U.S. history. …
On Fertile Ground: A Small Town in the Arkansas Delta Continues to be Reborn Most of the small farming communities in the Delta of eastern Arkansas are now ghost towns – mere memories of what once was – and subjects for the despairing blues music that came from the area. But nestled among…
Andrew McNeece’s documentary film “Undammed: A Buffalo River Adventure” opens with aerial shots of the Buffalo River obscured beneath clouds and fog. As the camera dips lower, though, the mist clears and the majestic river is seen winding through the lush forests and hills of the Ozark Mountains. The 50-minute film celebrates the Buffalo…
Though First Called by the Hogs, Visitors Always Fall in Love with Downtown Fayetteville Viewed in the past mainly as the destination to see the University of Arkansas Razorbacks football games, Fayetteville is undergoing a culture resurgence that offers many more incentives for visitors to travel to the northwest corner of the state. …
Whether Local or National, Dan Waymack and Crew Put Their Hearts Into TV Ad Spots Dan Waymack and his team can say more in 30 seconds than most people can say in a day. Waymack, the owner of Little Rock video production company Waymack and Crew, has been shooting catchy television advertisements for…
A Small Shop in Leslie May Have the Best Bread in the State Other than using an electric mixer and a cooler, the workers at Serenity Farm Bread in Leslie could make their sourdough bread with no power. It’s fitting the company is in a rural northern Arkansas town that was a popular…
Connected by Craft: ‘Back to Basics’ at the Arkansas Craft School There’s a return to the basics of craftsmanship at the Arkansas Craft School on the corner of South Peabody and Arkansas 66 in Mountain View. Instructors there teach students how to hammer and hone knives, craft leather, turn wood to make pens and…
Break Maiden: The Peerless Pocahontas Pony Called ‘Wonder Horse’ While Oaklawn jockeys raced on their horses in Hot Springs, Roy Rogers rode off into the sunset on Trigger and Festus limped after the steeds in Gunsmoke, thousands of children galloped in their own homes half a century ago. The Wonder Horse, a popular…
Hijacked! The Inside Story of One of the Most Bizarre Hijackings in U.S. History It began as an ordinary flight when pilot Harold Johnson, of Walnut Ridge, boarded Southern Airways Flight 49 in Memphis on Nov. 10, 1972. It ended 30 hours later after three hijackers took over the plane, demanded $10 million,…
The Science of the Scare: Amid the Terrors of the Pandemic, the Frights of the Night Return In the frightening time when the COVID-19 pandemic runs rampant, U.S. Capitol protestors run amok and politicians run their mouths, the owners of haunted houses and terror parks want to scare us even more this Halloween season. …
