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Vashon Borich-Leach presents her award-winning art piece, inspired by Dennis Gallemore’s story, The Awful Tower, during StateoftheOzarks Writers Artists Night, June 21, 2019. Photography by John Michael Judah. The Awful Tower by Dennis Gallemore “I’m sorry, Emma; we just don’t have the money.” Jake Simmons turned away from his wife of forty years, tears threatening…
“Raw Head” or “Demon-Hog” by Lance Estep, 1988, charcoal Tales of Hogscald Holler by Lance Estep Adjoining Hogscald Holler is Durham Mill Hollow. This hollow has a large cave with walls — according to multiple sources — covered by petroglyphs carved by the Ancient Ones: the Ozark Bluff Dwellers who came before the Osage, Quapaw…
Hwy 23 road sign from 1962 Hogscald Holler BY LANCE ESTEP WITH JOSHUA HESTON During the fall of 2014, Lance Estep, a member of the Arkansas Archaeological Society and student at Missouri State University, was given the opportunity to conduct an independent study of Hogscald Holler near Eureka Springs for his Advanced Methods in Archaeology…
Goin’ to the County Fair by Dale Grubaugh Summertime. It’s time for the county fair. Growin up in rural Crawford County Missouri, one of things we youngin’s looked forward to was fair time. Fair time meant the city kinfolk would come a’visitin’ and we’d all be havin lots and lots of fun. It began as…
Elias Tucker Goes to War… Well, Sorta BY DALE GRUBAUGH On the bank of Wilson’s Creek the battle lines had been drawn. We advanced a few feet, then upon command, we retreated a few. Moments later we were ordered to advance back to our previous position only to be pushed back to where we had…
Magic of the Hillfolk Herbalism BY STEPHEN J. MEEK There’s magic in the plants of these Ozark hills. Third-generation herbalist Lisa Pluth notes plantain (Plantago major) has the power to heal a thorn in the flesh when used as a simple green bandage. Of the splinter she got, she says “After I put the plantain…
The Captain Taylor Farm BY JOSHUA HESTON Shortly after the War Between the States, a certain Captain Taylor settled on a massive tract of land (totaling around 1,000 acres) not far north of Ozark, Missouri. Unlike many poor dirt farmers of the era, Taylor was successful. Mighty successful. On the rolling Springfield Plain, southeast of…