Missouri State University Ozarks Studies

24/05/2019

‘Hipbillies’ is a homesteading mythbuster set in the Ozarks - Arkansas Times

Nice review of this new book. https://arktimes.com/entertainment/2019/05/23/hipbillies-is-a-homesteading-mythbuster-set-in-the-ozarks?fbclid=IwAR1RuKgGv3-iwdtriso14oaCeWuVW7PGfVsyEJaknX4bdDFpZvWhXrnURYk

Land in the Ozarks at that time was relatively inexpensive, but even the most well-intended homesteaders could run into snags born of inexperience. Take, for example, Cindy Davidson and a group from Little Rock, who inadvertently purchased a parcel of land with no road access whatsoever.

15/05/2019

Histories of the Buffalo National River - Shiloh Museum of Ozark History

What better way to kick off summer vacation -- besides actually visiting the Buffalo? So, what better way to kick off summer vacation sans sunscreen? https://shilohmuseum.org/museum-events/histories-of-the-buffalo-national-river/

Friday, May 17, 2019 8:30 am – 5:30 pm Free. Preregistration is not required, but seating is limited. Sessions will be held at the Shiloh Meeting Hall, one block north of the museum’s main campus. The physical address is 121 W. Huntsville Avenue; the parking lot is accessible from Price Avenue. ...

02/05/2019

Bill Geist on a vacation wonderland

Looking for a lighter take on the Lake of the Ozarks to balance the one by Netflix? Something tells us this could be it. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bill-geist-lake-of-the-ozarks/

In his new book, "Lake of the Ozarks: My Surreal Summers in a Vanishing America," the humorist shares memories of his youth working at a modest Missouri resort

24/04/2019

Ozark Highlands Radio

Once again, you'll like this one -- second part of the 1975 video we shared a couple of days ago.

Clip 2 of 2 from the 1975 Arkansas Folk Festival featuring Ramona Jones, "Aunt Ollie" Gilbert, Jimmy Driftwood, and lots of friendly hippies in the Craft Village and downtown Mountain View.❤ #OzarkHighlandsTheater #RamonaJones #AuntOllieGilbert #JimmyDriftwood #OzarkLegacy #Oldtime #RootsMusic

22/04/2019

Ozark Highlands Radio

Grandpa Jones and Jimmy Driftwood at the Ozark Folk Center forty-four years ago. You'll like this.

"Well, as I've said before, that's what these buildings were built for... To not only preserve, but to keep alive the old things our forefathers did in the past." ❤J.Driftwood

Clip 1 of 2 from the 1975 Arkansas Folk Festival in Mountain View featuring Grandpa Jones and Jimmy Driftwood at the Ozark Folk Center. Stay tuned this week for more "Mountain View Gitaway". #OzarkHighlandsTheater #GrandpaJones #JimmyDriftwood #OzarkLegacy #Oldtime #RootsMusic

07/04/2019

Salem’s Ozark rock masonry heritage

The Ozarks rock house. http://www.thesalemnewsonline.com/article_4c2e4108-555b-11e9-bf07-a79ba156958e.html

If the people of the Ozarks are to be best defined by a single totem it would have to be the Ozark rock masonry architecture left across their native landscape.

05/04/2019

At A Cousin's Funeral, Memories And Stories Evoke Gratitude

More Marideth -- good for what ails you. https://www.ksmu.org/post/cousins-funeral-memories-and-stories-evoke-gratitude?fbclid=IwAR1JQLLHmmMoGRTT2GDmF2ekkLlQuPF9huf5wzu9a-c-SSaL7qa65zWo0cM#stream/0

In this segmet of These Ozarks Hills, storyteller and Ozarks native Marideth Sisco is on her way back from a cousin's funeral, where she was reminded of

02/04/2019

Ozark Foothills FilmFest Home

Ozark Foothills FilmFest Home

For 18 years, the Ozark Foothills FilmFest has defied all odds. Through the years, attendees from outside the immediate community have been startled, and sometimes amazed, that an event showcasing and celebrating independent film has thrived in our small rural community. And funders, including the N...

28/03/2019

Ozark Highlands Radio

This weekend on Ozark Highlands Radio, neo-folk family troubadours The Honey Dewdrops recorded live at the Ozark Folk Center State Park in Mountain View, Arkansas. Also, interviews with this talented husband & wife duo. Mark Jones offers an archival recording of Ozark original Bobby Hayes performing the traditional song “Pretty Polly.” Old time and Ozark fiddle aesthete Roy Pilgrim profiles the legendary Ozark fiddler Max Collins.

For information on where to tune in...
http://www.ozarkhighlandsradio.com

28/03/2019

University of Arkansas Press

Now available! The Guestroom Novelist: A Donald Harington Miscellany, edited by Brian Walter.

The Guestroom Novelist gathers a career-spanning and eclectic selection of nonfiction by the Arkansawyer novelist Donald Harington that reveals how a life of devastating losses and disappointments inspired what the Boston Globe called the “quirkiest, most original body of work in contemporary US letters.”

25% off when you order online! https://www.uapress.com/product/the-guestroom-novelist/

26/03/2019

This evening at the Boone County Library in Harrison, Ark. Something tells us the biologist wasn't asked to sign off on the flyer, but it should be a good program nonetheless.

26/03/2019

With A Smoothie A Day, Students In The Rural Ozarks See Malnutrition Decline

The newest "Sense of Community" piece from KSMU. https://www.ksmu.org/post/smoothie-day-students-rural-ozarks-see-malnutrition-decline?fbclid=IwAR2qKeh5ZuZP4qfvIHFD9NDImYLKSXbHgVUzBkzTctcRvg3INEy2Ac30KHo#stream/0

Every day at school, Kenzie Warren, a sophomore at West Plains High School, sets her backpack down at one of the six rows of rectangular tables that line

25/03/2019

Rural Schools Meet Personal Needs, One Slow-Cooker Or Bike At A Time

Catch KSMU's spring "Sense of Community" series. https://www.ksmu.org/post/rural-schools-meet-personal-needs-one-slow-cooker-or-bike-time?fbclid=IwAR3KSC3vmIyr1qgkA5rQ1JLkyrq23297r-OqCcQfZnpEluJLOCvZI2zFTC4

At the end of a long hallway in the West Plains High School’s career center building, there’s a room with racks of clothing and shelves of canned meat and

25/03/2019

University of Arkansas Press

Farmland Shrinks in Northwest Arkansas - Jared Phillips, author of Hipbillies, on KUAF 91.3 Public Radio

https://www.kuaf.com/post/farmland-shrinks-northwest-arkansas

21/03/2019

Ozarks at Large for Tuesday, March 19, 2019

The Gibson family of white-oak basket makers and other Ozarks stories on "Ozarks at Large". https://www.kuaf.com/post/ozarks-large-tuesday-march-19-2019#stream/0

This week, we continue a Spring Break tradition with a listen to stories from our archive pertaining to the idea of family. On today's show, we hear how

19/03/2019

Tuesday: Ozarks Cuisine Takes Center Stage At Bulrush, Set To Open This Spring

The opening of St. Louis's Ozarks cuisine restaurant draws near. https://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/tuesday-ozarks-cuisine-takes-center-stage-bulrush-set-open-spring?fbclid=IwAR03wrj1Scbqq3BeLJALZI2e2PQ-0fa0Jagv5xujSHw1apaxXKR1GOnIRn8#stream/0

Including Missouri, Arkansas and Oklahoma, the Ozarks is a geographic region known for its mountainous topography, forests and tourism. The region also has

17/03/2019

History Blog Keeps the Ozarks Alive at First Meetup

The first of many Ozarks Alive meetups. We'll try to keep you posted from here on out. https://www.ozarksfirst.com/news/history-blog-keeps-the-ozarks-alive-at-first-meetup/1855070666

History is a big fascination here in the Ozarks -- and the blog Ozarks Alive held its first meetup today.

16/03/2019

University of Arkansas Press

Now available! Hipbillies: Deep Revolution in the Arkansas Ozarks by Jared M. Phillips

“Hipbillies boldly challenges common stereotypes of the back to the landers who relocated to the Ozarks in the 1970s as clueless, deadbeat dropouts who never fit in with their local neighbors and failed miserably to establish sustainable communities and live ‘naturally.’ Instead, Jared Phillips persuasively argues that the back to the landers arrived with serious commitments to their ideals and, despite their setbacks and struggles, ultimately left their mark on the region’s arts and crafts communities, solar energy advancements, organic farming and farmers’ markets, environmental activism, and other legacies that can be seen in the Ozarks today. This is a fascinating read and an important contribution to recent Ozarks history.”
—Blake Perkins

25% off when you order online! https://www.uapress.com/product/hipbillies/

12/03/2019

Hipbillies

Spring's right around the corner -- and so is the release of this book. https://www.uapress.com/product/hipbillies/

Deep Revolution in the Arkansas Ozarks Jared M. Phillips With a Foreword by Crescent Dragonwagon 218 pages, 6 × 9, 9 images, index April 2019   Available In: Paper: $20.96 $27.95 (978…

08/03/2019

National Enquirer attraction to open in Branson, Pigeon Forge

There are an unlimited number of connections and similarities between Appalachia and the Ozarks, not least of which are the twin sisters of hillbilly tourism, Pigeon Forge and Branson. Something new in common: https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/local/ozarks/2019/03/06/national-enquirer-branson-pigeon-forge-attraction-opening/3069442002/?fbclid=IwAR08aPsF7l51ud5CDNZ86ionVgmBiRlVMqSZQQU_kKwq-u1oxc9cl4cxZB8

National Enquirer is set to open an interactive family attraction for Pigeon Forge in May and this summer for Branson.

07/03/2019

Brooklyn Folk Festival

Jalopy Records is proud to announce “Going Down to ‘Leven Point,” the first studio album from The Ozark Highballers, coming out on April 5th, 2019. The album’s release is scheduled to coincide with their headlining performance Sat. April 6th at the Brooklyn Folk Festival.

The Ozark Highballers is a string band from the Ozark Mountains of Western Arkansas, composed of Roy Pilgrim (fiddle), Aviva Steigmeyer (guitar), Clarke Buehling (banjo) and Seth Shumate (harmonica).

The album features 22 all new recordings by the band, along with extensive liner notes and historic photographs documenting the origins of the music.

Hear some exciting tracks and Pre-Order!
http://ozarkhighballers.bandcamp.com/album/going-down-to-leven-point

04/03/2019

'We Have Met The Ozarks, And It Is Us'

Always good to hear from Marideth Sisco, sage of the Ozarks. https://www.ksmu.org/post/we-have-met-ozarks-and-it-us

This is Marideth Sisco for These Ozarks Hills. In this week of wacky weather I was looking really hard for a metaphor and maybe a song to describe the

03/03/2019

Arkansas’s Oldest Public Structure Receives Upgrades - Only In Arkansas

The Wolf House becomes more visitor friendly. https://onlyinark.com/places-and-travel/arkansass-oldest-public-structure-receives-upgrades/?fbclid=IwAR3PmS_ag-Lnj_qNOWwwkuUjUtKws1q3L30CYTbYKXTVBaltJyE9J3J383Q

What is known now as the Jacob Wolf House was the first courthouse to Izard County, a bustling center of trade due to its location on the White River.

01/03/2019

Territorial Arkansas Living History Fest | Arkansas.com

Tomorrow marks the 200th anniversary of Pres. Monroe's signing the Arkansas Territory into existence. Davidsonville Historic State Park near Pocahontas will celebrate the occasion with a living history fest. https://www.arkansas.com/events/territorial-arkansas-living-history-fest

The past becomes the present at Davidsonville Historic State Park as we celebrate 200 years of Arkansas Territory. Come explore the town as it would have been during a hey-day market week and explore the pattern of

28/02/2019

New UA Press Book Collects Two Centuries of Ozark Literature

New UA Press Book Collects Two Centuries of Ozark Literature

Phillip Douglas Howerton, editor of the anthology, will sign books at Fayetteville Public Library and other venues.

25/02/2019

Perspective | Meet the men living deep in the Ozarks, away from the fray

The age-old fascination with the marginal Ozarks. https://www.washingtonpost.com/photography/2019/02/22/meet-men-living-deep-ozarks-away-fray/?utm_term=.bbee9041cedc

Matthew Genitempo's photographic life took him into the Piney Woods of Texas and led him to the hills of the Ozark range, where he chronicled a remote way of life.

25/02/2019

Rogers Historical Museum

Don't miss your opportunity to see Still on the Hill's "Cane Hill Show". Saturday March 2nd. The Concert is free! Go to Eventbrite.com to reserve your seats, space is limited and going fast!

21/02/2019

Ozark Mill Starts it's Move Back Home

Quite an undertaking. https://www.ozarksfirst.com/news/ozark-mill-on-the-move-back-home/1797448068

OZARK, Mo. -- It's round two of a restoration project for a piece of Ozark history.   

21/02/2019

The Scots in St. Louis Speaker Series - Dr. Brooks Blevins

If you're in the St. Louis area next Wednesday evening, come on out to catch Dr. Blevins's talk on the Scots-Irish in the Ozarks. It's free but the Scottish St. Andrew Society of Greater St. Louis asks that you register. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-scots-in-st-louis-speaker-series-dr-brooks-blevins-tickets-51362750369

Did you know that the first governor of Missouri, Alexander McNair, was Scottish? Or that a national Scottish fraternity, the Order of Scottish Clans, was established in St. Louis? If you love history and Scottish culture, the Scottish St. Andrew Society of Greater St. Louis is proud to bring you a....

20/02/2019

Ozarks Tonight: Smallin Cave

A little more Schoolcraft . . . https://www.ozarksfirst.com/news/ozarks-tonight-smallin-cave/1794990864

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Archaeologist Eric Fuller joins John Adams to talk about a historical event that took place in the Ozarks 200 years ago.   

19/02/2019

Ozarks Genealogical Society

Ozarks Genealogical Society

Wednesday February 20, 2019 - 10:00 am in the The Library Center auditorium
“Who were the Settlers of the Old Ozarks?”
Brooks Blevins will give a presentation titled “Who Were the Settlers of the Old Ozarks?” Using his new book, A History of the Ozarks, Volume 1: The Old Ozarks, as the launching point, Blevins will discuss settlement patterns in different parts of the Ozark region. Among the topics covered will be the ethnic and national origins of those who immigrated to the area between the 1790s and the beginning of the Civil War and the social institutions and lifeways they brought with them. He is the Noel Boyd Professor of Ozarks Studies at Missouri State University. He is a seventh-generation Ozarker and the author or editor of eight books. Books by Brooks Blevins will be available to purchase.

08/02/2019

Anthology of Ozarks literature explores culture

A nice article on Phil Howerton's new anthology of Ozarks literature. https://www.westplainsdailyquill.net/features/article_a01da4d4-2991-11e9-b376-8b1405f03b4c.html

“The Ozarks were never as isolated as it’s been presented,” asserts Missouri State University-West Plains English Professor Phillip Howerton, leaning forward as though divulging a long-kept secret.

01/02/2019

'Deep Revolution in the Arkansas Ozarks:' Phillips Discusses New Book on 'Hipbillies'

Listen to Jared Phillips discuss the impact of back-to-the-landers in the Arkansas Ozarks. https://news.uark.edu/articles/46062/-deep-revolution-in-the-arkansas-ozarks-phillips-discusses-new-book-on-hipbillies-?fbclid=IwAR23ycILqgy1F7xBUJdGe3hV1x9SiJTcMahW-C1ynZVdh_YJD32sT7tj0g0

The latest edition of Short Talks From the Hill, a podcast from the U of A, features Jared Phillips, an instructor of international studies in the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences.

30/01/2019

Appalachian Reckoning: A Region Responds to Hillbilly Elegy | West Virginia University Press

New rebuttal to "Hillbilly Elegy". https://wvupressonline.com/node/774

With hundreds of thousands of copies sold, a Ron Howard movie in the works, and the rise of its author as a media personality, J. D. Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis has defined Appalachia for much of the nation. What about Hillbilly Elegy accounts for this explo...

25/01/2019

The Literature of the Ozarks | University of Arkansas Press

Terrific new book edited by Dr. Phil Howerton of MSU-West Plains. Should be on the shelf of anyone interested in the Ozarks. https://www.uapress.com/product/the-literature-of-the-ozarks/

The job of regional literature is twofold: to explore and confront the culture from within, and to help define that culture for outsiders. Taken together, the two centuries of Ozarks literature collected in this ambitious anthology do just that. The fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama presented i...

23/01/2019

Mary Jo Wynn — pioneer of women's sports at Missouri State — dies

An Ozarks native and pioneer in women's athletics. https://www.news-leader.com/story/sports/college/msu/2019/01/22/mary-jo-wynn-pioneer-womens-sports-missouri-state-dies/2584606002/?fbclid=IwAR21Dk-_ViPLxVzq8Kk-JE6NGFc2UCoHoJpVwJ-9Jjz3zV6Y1QktB7MS7eg

Mary Jo Wynn, who died Tuesday at age 87, was the first woman to be named a Missouri Sports Legend by the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame.

19/01/2019

Astronaut who grew up in Ozarks to be inducted into NASA's Hall of Fame

https://www.ky3.com/content/news/Astronaut-who-grew-up-in-Ozarks-to-be-inducted-into-NASAs-Hall-of-Fame-504514232.html

Dr. Janet Kavandi, born in Springfield, raised in Cassville and Carthage, schooled at Missouri Southern and Missouri S&T, will be inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame on April 6th, completing a life-long dream that's seen her to soar to amazing heights.