Missouri State University Ozarks Studies

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.

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…