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Squirrel & Dumplings
Squirrel and dumplings ranks high on my list of all-time-favorite wild game dinners. My mother and grandmother often prepared this delicious, filling meal when I
Discover the Cliff House Inn
(Photo courtesy of Ark. Parks & Tourism Dept.) The Cliff House Inn, six miles south of Jasper on Scenic Highway 7, has long been a
Fred’s Fish House in Batesville
If you get up around Batesville way and have a hankering for something really good to eat, let me recommend a visit to Fred’s Fish
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What Arkansans Love About Summer
Folks from other places often wonder how we can tolerate summer in Arkansas. It’s hot.It’s humid. Mosquitoes bite, and ticks and chiggers and other mean-and-nasties.
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Ouachita National Forest Squirrels
Ouachita National Forest (NF) covers almost 1.8 million acres in west-central Arkansas and southeast Oklahoma. It is the South’s oldest and largest national forest. When
“Hunting Arkansas” by Keith Sutton. It’s Back in Stock!
The University of Arkansas Press recently printed new copies of Keith’s “Hunting Arkansas” book, which we now have available through our DownHomeArkansas.net website. Subtitled “The
Jitterbuggin’ on the Buffalo River
The night was incredibly beautiful and serene. The full moon splashed a ribbon of silver across the mirrored surface of the Buffalo River. The sky
“Hunting Arkansas” by Keith Sutton. It’s Back in Stock!
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Rush: An Arkansas Ghost Town
Have you ever thought about visiting a ghost town in Arkansas? There are several, including Rush, a once-thriving mining community now located within the Buffalo
Everton’s Donald J. Trump Fire Station
If you happen to visit Everton after reading our story about the corn cob pipe factory that once was there, you’ll probably run across another
Everton Corn Cob Pipe Factory
Theresa and I travel all over rural Arkansas looking for new stories to post on DownHomeArkansas.net. One of our most recent outings took us to
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Shrews: Hidden Tigers in our Backyards
In a rural backyard, the carnivore hunts. Its bite is poisonous. Its blood-colored teeth are needle sharp. It never sleeps. Day and night, it kills
Cypress Secrets
More than 500 years before Christopher Columbus came to America, a tiny bald cypress seedling sprouted in the mucky ground beside Bayou de View in
Oh, Possum!
If you could travel back thousands of years, you’d find yourself surrounded by bizarre and unfamiliar creatures: Alticamelus, the “high camel” of America with the
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