Shiloh Museum of Ozark History Podcast

Episode 67 is available for download.(1:04:54 minutes, 22.3 MB, MP3)Joy Russell, president of the Madison County Genealogical and Historical Society, discusses the history of antebellum Madison County, Arkansas, and the changes that took place there as a result of the Civil War. Recorded October 21, 2009.

Episode 66 is available for download.(1:07:46 minutes, 23.5MB, MP3)Don Wells of Jasper, Georgia discusses the history of signal trees - curiously bent trees which may have been created by Indians as directional markers toward water, shelter, food. Wells is president of Mountain Stewards, an organization working to document the occurence of signal trees in the United States.

Bonus content!(12 pages, 776KB, PDF)Our newsletter from August 2009 features an article on the Berry-Braun Family of Springdale, a spotlight on one of our education volunteers, and information on our new staff members.

Episode 65 is available for download.(1:00:00 minutes, 20.8MB, MP3)Saddlemaker Doug Kidd takes on the persona of a leather craftsman from the 1800s as he discusses saddles from his personal collection. In real life, Kidd is the owner of Border States Leatherworks, and specializes in creating reproduction military leather goods.

Episode 64 is available for download.(9:42 minutes, 4.5MB, MP3)Jacqueline Froelich, news producer for our local NPR affiliate KUAF, interviews Denise Pellin, president of the Tontitown Historical Museum board of directors, and our outreach coordinator, Susan Young, who worked with the Tontitown Museum to put together the first-ever pictorial history of the founding of this historic Italian community in the Arkansas Ozarks. This story is a production for "Ozarks at Large," KUAF's news program focusing on the people, places, and events of the Ozark Mountains in Arkansas and Missouri.

Episode 63 is available for download.(48:28 minutes, 16.8MB, MP3)Independent researcher and bridge enthusiast Randall Houp of Booneville, Arkansas, discusses 36 historic bridges in Benton, Boone, Carroll, Madison, Newton, and Washington counties in the Arkansas Ozarks.

Episode 62 is available for download.(03:51 minutes, 17.1MB, MP4) Marching bands, riding clubs, and a pint-sized wagon pulled by ponies are featured in this home movie filmed by Earl Baron during the July 1947 Rodeo of the Ozarks parade in Springdale, Arkansas. Also seen in the movie is two-year-old Orvil Patterson of Springdale, who won a $5 cash prize from the Springdale Riding Club for being the youngest rider.

Episode 61 is available for download.(1:00:32 minutes, 20.9MB, MP3)University of Arkansas doctoral biology student Rod Wittenberg, accompanied by some slithery friends, discusses the fascinating world of Ozark snakes. Recorded June 17, 2009.

Episode 60 is available for download.(45:04 minutes, 15.5MB, MP3)Fayetteville musicians John Cook and Mic Walden relive the year they spent working at the Dogpatch theme park located in the Ozark Mountains near Harrison, Arkansas. Audience members share fond memories of trips to Dogpatch, which operated from 1968 until the early 1990s. Recorded June 6, 2009.

Episode 59 is available for download.(55:09 minutes, 19.0MB, MP3)Author Pat Carr reads selections from her book, The Death of a Confederate Colonel, published by the University of Arkansas Press. Set in Arkansas, the fictional, yet historically informed, stories offer a dramatic and compelling look at those left behind during the Civil War. Recorded May 20, 2009.

Bonus content!(8 pages, 776KB, PDF)Our newsletter from May 2009 features an article on Bridges in Northwest Arkansas, a spotlight on one of our volunteers and information on our Summer programs.

Episode 58 is available for download.(47:20 minutes, 60.1MB, MP4)Borrowing from Vance Randolph's book of the same title, Shiloh Museum outreach coordinator Susan Young shares examples of traditional Ozark folk speech. Recorded April 15, 2009.

Bonus content!(4 pages, 716KB, PDF)Our 2008 Annual Report featuring all our accomplishments for the past year.

Episode 57 is available for download.(8:30 minutes, 21.5MB, MP4)Shiloh Museum education coordinator Pody Gay leads the way through our newest exhibit, "Squeaky Clean," a history of hygiene in the Ozarks. Outhouse outtakes included! Squeaky Clean Opened February 2, 2009 and runs through January 16, 2010.

Episode 56 is available for download.(1:15:00 minutes, 25.7MB, MP4)Conservator and author Rick Parker of Gentry offers an interesting perspective of the hardships suffered by Ozarkers during the Civil War. Recorded March 18, 2009.