05/12/2018
Ozarks history through a realistic lens
A new piece on Ozarks history and MSU's Ozarks history guy. https://blogs.missouristate.edu/mindseye/ozarks-history-through-a-realistic-lens/
Brooks Blevins captures the true essence of the Ozarks.
Missouri State University's one-of-a-kind Ozarks Studies Program provides students the opportunity to study the history, geography, and culture of one of North America's most fascinating regions.
02/12/2018
Journal most valuable part of Schoolcroft's search for lead in the Ozarks
A week late, but considering it's a 200-year-old story . . . https://www.news-leader.com/story/sports/outdoors/2018/11/24/journal-most-valuable-part-schoolcrofts-search-lead-ozarks/2078667002/
Henry Schoolcraft's journal provides a valuable look at the Ozarks' natural resources in the past.
26/11/2018
Ozarks at Large for Monday, November 26, 2018
Check out today's "Ozarks at Large" on Fayetteville's KUAF. Three NW Arkansas stories: history museum in Rogers, a lost 70-year-old film, and reducing pollution in the Illinois River watershed. http://www.kuaf.com/post/ozarks-large-monday-november-26-2018#stream/0
On today's show, we hear how the Rogers Historical Museum is nearing completion with its expansion project. Also, researchers at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark
15/11/2018
The Scots in St. Louis Speaker Series: Dr. Brooks Blevins - The Scottish St. Andrew Society of Greater St. Louis
Weather permitting, MSU's Brooks Blevins will be in St. Louis tomorrow evening discussing the Scots-Irish in Ozarks history. https://www.stlstandrews.com/events/the-scots-in-st-louis-speaker-series-dr-brooks-blevins/
11/15/2018 @ 6:30 pm-8:00 pm - Our inaugural speaker will be Dr. Brooks Blevins of Missouri State University. Dr. Blevins is the Noel Boyd Professor of Ozarks Studies, widely considered the foremost expert on the history of the Ozark region. Dr. Blevins's most recent book is A History of the Ozarks,...
15/11/2018
OzarksWatch Magazine
Just arrived from the printer. Hope you all enjoy the latest issue.
12/11/2018
Hell and Gone
A new podcast about an unsolved crime in the Arkansas Ozarks. https://www.hellandgonepodcast.com/
Hell And Gone is a present-tense true crime podcast that plunges viewers into a cold-case investigation of the 2004 Arkansas murder of Rebekah Gould. Catherine Townsend, writer and investigator, moves to Mountain View, Arkansas to investigate who killed 22-year old Rebekah Gould 14 years ago. Unlike...
07/11/2018
My Ozarks Episode 1
The My Ozarks Documentary Film Series, from Current River country. https://www.ozarkvitality.com/ep1
My Ozarks is a collection of short, intimate portraits of real people, places and experiences in the Ozarks. Our goal is to increase interest in the Ozarks and help generate economic opportunities for artisans and entrepreneurs across the region, helping rural artists and innovators earn a living wi...
06/11/2018
Looking for that perfect spring course? How about this one instead?
05/11/2018
TCS Ozark History and Cultures
Where was this class when we were in middle school? Check out Kevin Parentin's Ozark History and Cultures class at The College School in Webster Groves. https://tcsozarks.org/
Matters of Root-Grubbing, Fishing, Canning, Wood-Working, and More...
04/11/2018
71st Annual Ozark Folk Festival - Eureka Springs, Arkansas: The Extraordinary Escape
The 71st Ozark Folk Festival is coming up next weekend in Eureka Springs. https://www.eurekasprings.org/folk/
November 7th – 10th 2018 Eureka Springs, Arkansas Celebrate America’s longest continuously running annual folk festival in America! With the …
02/11/2018
Ozarks Podcast Gaining Momentum on iTunes
More proof that we're living in the age of the Ozarks. https://www.ozarksfirst.com/news/ozarks-podcast-gaining-momentum-on-itunes/1555837681
SPRINGFIELD -- A podcast featuring the Ozarks is rising in popularity on several websites, including Apple iTunes.
02/11/2018
Bicentennial of First Ozarks Wilderness Scientific Expedition
Schoolcraft in the Ozarks. http://www.kuaf.com/post/bicentennial-first-ozarks-wilderness-scientific-expedition
Early American anthropologist, geographer and geologist, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft was among the first Anglo-Americans to explore and document the Ozark
01/11/2018
Review: In ‘Boy Erased,’ a Young Man Struggles With Faith and Sexuality
New movie based on the memoir of the same title by Garrard Conley, who went to high school and college in the Ozarks of north central Arkansas. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/31/movies/boy-erased-review.html
Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe star in a true story about a discredited (but still practiced) “treatment” for homosexuality.
30/10/2018
Uncovering the Unknown History of the Ozarks: The Springfield Jewish Community
A good time to revisit this KSMU story from five years ago. http://www.ksmu.org/post/uncovering-unknown-history-ozarks-springfield-jewish-community
http://ozarkspub.vo.llnwd.net/o37/KSMU/audio/mp3/uncovering-unknown-history-ozarks-springfield-jewish-community_68531.mp3 Springfield’s Jewish community
28/10/2018
Williams Baptist University Department of History and Political Science
Join us at WBU on Oct. 29 at 7:30 p.m. for "The War That Refused to End: Reconstruction in Northern Arkansas" by Dr. Brooks Blevins, Noel Boyd Professor of Ozarks Studies at Missouri State University and prize-winning author/editor of nine books. (Sponsored by the WBU History Department, the Division of Arts and Sciences, and the Coe Scholars Program.)
26/10/2018
Author Nita Gould will be signing copies of her new book, REMEMBERING ELLA, at the Boone County Library in Harrison, Ark., on Saturday, November 10, from 1:00 to 4:00.
25/10/2018
Getting to Know the Real Ozarks Part Two
Second part of an interview posted last week. http://www.kbia.org/post/getting-know-real-ozarks-part-two#stream/0
Whether it’s the hillbilly stereotype or the backwoods myth, it’s a fact that there’s plenty of misunderstandings about the Ozarks and Ozarkers. Last week
25/10/2018
Ozarks Mysteries
Friday’s episode features and #interview with #author Steve Yates about his #book The Legend of the #albinofarm. #horror #suspense #ozarks #ozarksmysteries #picoftheday #halloween #instagood
23/10/2018
Story of North Springfield & Frisco Railroad
Should be interesting -- tonight. http://www.historiccstreet.com/upcoming-events/2018/10/23/story-of-north-springfield-amp-frisco-railroad
Historic Firehouse No 2 101 East Commercial St A free presentation by Richard Crabtree presenting images and historical information on the origins of North Springfield and its relationship to the Frisco Railroad and impacts on Commercial Street, Midtown and Woodland Heights. A Jefferson Avenue
19/10/2018
Getting to know the real Ozarks - News - Missouri State University
Toward a real Ozarks history. https://news.missouristate.edu/2018/10/16/ozarks-history-2/?utm_source=portal&utm_campaign=universitycommunications&utm_medium=news
MSU professor works on a comprehensive history of the region.
17/10/2018
MSU's one-of-a-kind Intro to Ozarks Studies is back on the schedule for Spring '19 -- and it's now online. Inquiries? Contact Dr. Blevins: https://history.missouristate.edu/brblevins.aspx
09/10/2018
Our Missouri - The State Historical Society of Missouri
In anticipation of her Center for Missouri Studies Fall Lecture this Saturday, here's a podcast of Caroline Fraser discussing her Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder. https://shsmo.org/our-missouri/?utm_source=The+State+Historical+Society+of+Missouri&utm_campaign=b7ac3acd06-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_OUR_MO_LAUNCH_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_259f4d5723-b7ac3acd06-131792549&mc_cid=b7ac3acd06&mc_eid=1591ff5672
Welcome to Our Missouri, a podcast about the people, places, culture, and history of the 114 counties and independent city of St. Louis that comprise the great state of Missouri. Each episode focuses on a topic related to the state ranging from publications about Missouri’s history to current proj...
09/10/2018
Black walnut harvest underway across the Ozarks
That time of year again. https://www.ky3.com/content/news/Black-walnut-harvest-underway-across-the-Ozarks--494955311.html
People at the hulling station in Hurley say this time of year, in a way, money grows on trees.
09/10/2018
'Fox & Friends' tours 'Hard Work U' campus at College of the Ozarks
More publicity for the College of the Ozarks. https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/education/2018/10/04/fox-friends-college-ozarks-hark-work-u/1509623002/
Pete Hegseth, co-host of Fox & Friends Weekend, was on the Point Lookout campus Tuesday and Wednesday.
08/10/2018
Fans of 'Ozark' may like Angela Mitchell's dark stories set in southern Missouri
For readers of Ozarks gothic. https://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/books-and-literature/reviews/fans-of-ozark-may-like-angela-mitchell-s-dark-stories/article_87972c4c-7374-57a9-95ee-4be27dce1dc0.html
The seven stories of Angela Mitchell’s debut collection, “Unnatural Habitats & Other Stories,” are set in the Ozarks along the Missouri/Arkansas border. From this vantage point, Mitchell’s characters look toward
07/10/2018
Study links decline in Ozarks lizard population to fire suppression
Collared lizards -- sometimes called "boomers" by old-timers in the Ozarks. https://phys.org/news/2018-10-links-decline-ozarks-lizard-population.html
Eastern collared lizards, once plentiful in the Ozark Mountains, are now listed as a "species of greatest conservation need." What does their decline say about habitat degradation in the Ozarks?
07/10/2018
Mountain Feds | University of Arkansas Press
Mountain Feds. https://www.uapress.com/product/mountain-feds/
This is the fascinating story of the farmers and hill people from northern Arkansas, where slavery was not a big part of the local economy, who opposed the state’s secession from the Union.
01/10/2018
Fall Lecture and Annual Meeting - The State Historical Society of Missouri
Last day to register for the State Historical Society lecture/luncheon with Laura Ingalls Wilder biographer Caroline Fraser. https://shsmo.org/thecenter/lecture/
Register now for the Center for Missouri Studies Fall Lecture and Luncheon on October 13. Acclaimed author Caroline Fraser will present a program based on her 2018 Pulitzer Prize–winning biography, Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder.
01/10/2018
Brooks Blevins to talk about book describing ‘Old Ozarks’ Thursday, Oct. 4, at Historium | Ozark County Times
Where better to talk about the history of the Ozarks than the Ozark County Historium? MSU's Brooks Blevins will discuss his new book there Thursday morning. http://www.ozarkcountytimes.com/news-local-news-local-events/brooks-blevins-talk-about-book-describing-%E2%80%98old-ozarks%E2%80%99-thursday-oct-4
Brooks Blevins to talk about book describing ‘Old Ozarks’ Thursday, Oct. 4, at Historium Wed, 09/26/2018 - 4:28pm admin The Ozark County Historium will host author/historian/professor Brooks Blevins at 10 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 4, as he introduces his newest book, A History of the Ozarks Volume 1: ...
27/09/2018
A new 'Shepherd of the Hills' musical might get a chance on Broadway
The trail nobody knows how old to the Great White Way. https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/local/ozarks/2018/09/26/shepherd-hills-musical-broadway-stage-reading/1409016002/
There are "no guarantees" that "Shepherd the Musical" will get a big-time theater premiere, but its creators say they feel hopeful.
21/09/2018
Ozarks Symposium
Join us today in West Plains. https://ozarksymposium.wp.missouristate.edu/
20/09/2018
Missouri: An Ozarks Native Crosses the Show Me State | Religion & Politics
Crossing wide Missouri. https://religionandpolitics.org/2018/09/18/missouri-an-ozarks-native-crosses-the-show-me-state/
An Ozarks Native Crosses the Show Me State.
18/09/2018
Learn About the Old Ozarks, Panama Canal and Gardening this Week at the Library
Schoolcraft in the Old Ozarks tonight at the Library Center in Springfield. https://thelibrary.org/blogs/article.cfm?aid=5387&lid=63
Library News Learn About the Old Ozarks, Panama Canal and Gardening this Week at the Library Published September 17, 2018 Many of us living in the Ozarks have a romantic fascination with the region and how its history influences us today.Author Brooks Blevins, the Noel Boyd Professor of Ozarks Studi...
16/09/2018
Ozarks Symposium
The Ozarks Studies Symposium at West Plains is coming up. https://ozarksymposium.wp.missouristate.edu/
12th Annual Ozarks Studies Symposium September 20-22, 2018 Theme: Social Architecture and Foundations of the Ozarks Entrance to the symposium is free and pre-registration is not required. Those who attend will be invited to register on site when they arrive.
14/09/2018
Schoolcraft in the Old Ozarks
The bicentennial approaches. Come on out Tuesday evening and learn about Schoolcraft and the Ozarks he visited in 1818-19. https://thelibrary.org/programs/program.cfm?id=442382635593&lc=c
It was almost 200 years ago that young New Yorker Henry Rowe Schoolcraft and a companion named Levi Pettibone launched their memorable journey into the wild and mostly unsettled region that we today call the Ozarks. Brooks Blevins, Noel Boyd Professor of Ozarks Studies at Missouri State University,....
14/09/2018
Living History - Shiloh Museum still evolving at 50
Good article. Great museum. https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2018/sep/02/living-history-20180902-1/
The Shiloh Museum started without a home, a name, a curator or a mission. All it had in 1965 was a collection of Native American artifacts the city of Springdale purchased from Guy Howard, a former Springdale city attorney, mayor and judge, for $15,000 -- although that was a tidy sum equal to about....
12/09/2018
SOTO FEST ’18
The State of the Ozarks Festival this Saturday in Hollister, MO. http://stateoftheozarks.net/showcase/soto-fest-18/
This fall, State of the Ozarks will showcase a festival celebrating the hardworking people of the Ozarks hills that we call home.
06/09/2018
Mountain Feds | University of Arkansas Press
Here's a new book about Ozarkers who wanted nothing to do with the Civil War. They found themselves in the middle of it, nonetheless. https://www.uapress.com/product/mountain-feds/
This is the fascinating story of the farmers and hill people from northern Arkansas, where slavery was not a big part of the local economy, who opposed the state’s secession from the Union.
04/09/2018
Brooks Blevins: A History of the Ozarks – Central Arkansas Library System
If you're in Little Rock tomorrow at dinnertime -- which, of course, was lunchtime in the Old Ozarks -- come on out. https://cals.org/event/brooks-blevins-a-history-of-the-ozarks/
Brooks Blevins will discuss his book A History of the Ozarks, Volume 1: The Old Ozarks, the first in a trilogy on the history of the region that includes most of the southern half of Missouri, much of northern Arkansas, and some of northeastern Oklahoma and southeastern Kansas.
30/08/2018
Fall festivals in the Ozarks, large and small
Something for everyone. https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/local/ozarks/2018/08/29/fall-festivals-ozarks-large-and-small/1105319002/
If you love festivals, this is your time.
27/08/2018
” A Survey and Analysis of Sound-Making Artifacts from Bluff Shelter Sites in the Ozark Plateau Region of the Central United States “, James A. Rees, Jr., Archaeologist, Tuesday, August 28, Boone Co. Library, 5:30 p.m.
If you're a student in Dr. Blevins's Ozarks Literature course, go to class Tuesday evening. If not, you're encouraged to attend Jim Rees's presentation in Harrison, AR. http://bnrpartners.org/?tribe_events=bluff-shelters-of-the-arkansas-ozarks-dr-jamie-brandon-archaeologist-tuesday-august-28-boone-co-library-530-p-m
Jim Rees is a member of the Arkansas Archeological Society. He holds a MA in anthropology from the University of Arkansas, a MSE degree in history, and BM and BME degrees in music from Ouachita…
21/08/2018
Schedule
Mark your calendars for the upcoming Ozarks Studies Symposium in West Plains, September 20-22. https://ozarksymposium.wp.missouristate.edu/Schedule.htm
12th Annual Ozarks Studies Symposium September 20-22, 2018 Theme: Social Architecture and Foundations of the Ozarks Entrance to the symposium is free and pre-registration is not required. Those who attend will be invited to register on site when they arrive.
20/08/2018
Missouri State professor publishes A History of the Ozarks, the first of a trilogy
It reads better in a flower garden. http://www.ky3.com/content/news/Missouri-State-professor-publishes-A-History-of-the-Ozarks-the-first-of-a-trilogy.html
A Missouri State Professor published a history book on the Ozarks over the summer and now he's starting off his school year with a new book to teach students from.
17/08/2018
Review: ‘Ozark’ Season 2
Two weeks until the second season of the seamy regional underbelly of "Ozark". https://variety.com/2018/tv/reviews/ozark-season-2-review-1202903403/
In its first season, “Ozark” looked like an aspirant to “Breaking Bad’s” status as a near-universally-admired drama about a charismatic, talented antihero, with one crucial difference. Its pr…
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