Arkansas
What the South Taught This Yankee
If he or she travels enough or lives long enough in the South, even a Yankee can start to catch on to some of the, ahem, particularities of Southern living
What Lies Beneath: The Origin of Reelfoot Lake
Tiptonville, Tennessee
The only natural lake in Tennessee, bird-loving Reelfoot Lake is evidence that massive topographical changes can happen nearly overnight
The Women Who Built Country Music: Part One
Hot Springs, AR; Scott County, VA; Nashville, TN
More than pretty faces and sweet Southern voices, these influential guitarists and hardworking performers showed the world of country music that women musicians could hold their own
True Grit: A Western Set in Arkansas
Fort Smith, Arkansas
Fight the bad guys, rescue the girl, right the wrongs, and tame the frontier—you don’t have to go any further than Arkansas to find a West wild enough for a blockbuster story
Will the Real Watermelon Capital of the World Please Stand Up?
Cordele, Georgia; Hope, Arkansas; Luling, Texas; Rush Springs, Oklahoma
From Georgia to Texas, Southern states celebrate watermelon goodness and greatness—who gets the title of Watermelon King?
They Called Them Feist: The Southern Breed of Dogs
Texarkana, Arkansas
Once the most common dog found in these parts, these short, energetic, scrappy canines have played a prominent role in the history and literature of the South
Arkansas Cotton in the Boll
Arkansas
A two-hundred-year-old love affair with cotton still reaps great rewards for the Natural State
Meet Me at Cotham’s
Scott, Arkansas
A hundred years old, built on piers out over a bayou, and one of former President Bill Clinton’s favorite places to meet and eat in his home state of Arkansas
16 of the South’s Most Beautiful Churches: Part One
Mobile, AL; Little Rock, AR; St. Augustine, FL; Macon, GA; Covington, KY; New Orleans, LA
Worshiping with marble and arches, stained glass and steeples, Southern believers state by state have a glorious heritage in ecclesiastical architecture
From Athens to Zephyr: All the Greek-Named Cities of the South (Part Four)
Corinth, Kentucky; Corinth, Mississippi; Corinth, Texas; Corinth, Arkansas
Like their Grecian namesake, the communities named Corinth in the American South often have a history of being first at something—or at least second or third
From Spring Peepers to the Hum of Mowers: The Song of Spring
Searcy, Arkansas
Spring’s music is the symphony, the classical build up, the opera of seasons
First Boys of Spring: How Spring Training Sprung Up in Hot Springs
Hot Springs, Arkansas
You may not know this, but roughly half of Baseball’s Hall of Famers did spring training at this little resort city in Arkansas
