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Yearly Archives: 2019

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The Harold Bell Wright Era

#HillbillyHistory, #SOTOarchiveBy Josh HestonMarch 19, 20192 Comments

The Harold Bell Wright Era by J. Thomas with Joshua Heston To understand Branson today, we must harken back to the earlier days of an old-fashioned people and the early steps of those who walked the paths of these White River Hills. With around seven million visitors a year, Branson has become a center for…

Ozark Easter

#OzarkEditorial, #SOTOarchiveBy Josh HestonMarch 15, 2019Leave a comment

Ozark Easter by Dale Grubaugh Howdy folks! It’s Easter and this here is my story: Easter was always a big time at our house when I was a youngin’. All the city kinfolk would come for the weekend. There would be lots of food and fun. We kids would help color the boiled eggs and…

Smells Like Rain & Tastes Like Tears: Shepherd the Musical

#HillbillyBroadway, #HillbillyHistory, #SOTOarchiveBy Josh HestonMarch 15, 2019Leave a comment

PLATE 1. “Young Matt” (Caleb Odenthal) fights the Baldknobbers. Photo by Beckie Fairchild. Smells Like Rain & Tastes Like Tears: Shepherd the Musical by Joshua Heston with Caleb Brubaker “Do they think this is the end?” Dave Wallace wondered as he looked over an audience rising to their feet. The applause was long and lasting…

Eureka Springtime

#EurekaSpringsToday, #OzarksHistory, #SOTOarchiveBy Josh HestonMarch 12, 2019Leave a comment

PLATE 1. A Victorian mansion with neighborly — albeit rickety — bridge as seen on Eureka Spring’s West Mountain, framed by the Ozarks’ setting sun. A Eureka Springtime by Joshua Heston It is Thursday and I am on story assignment — this time at the Ozark Mountain UFO Conference. If there’s one thing I’ve learned…

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Search for Truth: UFO Conference

#ArcaneOzarks, #EurekaSpringsToday, #SOTOarchiveBy Josh HestonMarch 12, 20191 Comment

UFO Conference’s Search for Truth by Joshua Heston Eureka Springs, Arkansas. A cool April night. Across the valley, the outstretched arms of the “milk-jug” Jesus reaches my way from East Mountain. The castle hotel balcony upon which I am sitting is known for a lady in white who dissolves in green mist as she plummets…

Southern Missouri Arts Connection SMAC

Southern Missouri Arts Connection

#SOTOMember, #SOTOMemberJANBy Josh HestonMarch 7, 2019Leave a comment

Southern Missouri Arts Connection Southern Missouri Arts Connection (SMAC) is a grassroots non-profit based in the Branson / Hollister, Missouri communities. We are dedicated to connecting our community with art. SMAC understands the emotional and spiritual importance of art and human expression for children and adults alike. There is something inexpressibly important in being able…

Sweetest of Monsters

#HillbillyHistory, #OzarkFineArts, #SOTOarchiveBy Josh HestonMarch 5, 20192 Comments

PLATE 1. The Centaur Escapes. The Centaur Escapes displays an enraged centaur, half-man and half-horse — muscular back arched, fists clenched — against a troubled sky. From whom is he escaping? What cause is there of this angst? O’Neill, wisely, leaves that answer to the viewer — or, perhaps more personally, simply kept the answer…

The Roads to Bonniebrook

#OzarkFineArts, #OzarksHistory, #SOTOarchiveBy Josh HestonMarch 5, 20191 Comment

PLATE 1. Winding roads among the rocks and cedars lead to the Bonniebrook Estate five miles north of present-day Branson, Missouri. The Roads to Bonniebrook by Joshua Heston On an early morning in January, 1947, the little Ozark cove and cedar break with a tiny stream leading down to Bear Creek was bleak and barren.…

Shepherd of the Hills

#SOTOMember, #SOTOMemberFEBBy Josh HestonFebruary 28, 2019Leave a comment

Shepherd of the Hills Shepherd of the Hills Outdoor Drama and Adventure Park began way back in 1960 with the theatrical presentation of Harold Bell Wright’s Shepherd of the Hills. Since then, the Farmstead has become a pillar of Ozarks culture. Today, the Farm hosts multiple live shows, demonstrating craftsmen, restaurant and Adventure Park which…

Shades of Spring

#SOTOarchive, #SOTOfeature, #SOTONaturalHeritageBy Josh HestonFebruary 19, 20193 Comments

Shades of Spring by Joshua Heston Fleeting moments of astounding beauty. A landscape of browns and grays changed, seemingly overnight, into an artist’s palette of transcending color. The warm gust of a southern breeze. Duck fluff of white oaks, actually small blooms and tender new leaves, suddenly dapple the forest floor in tentative shade. And…

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