Milling Around Highway 60 in Missouri
Take the highway, #60 that is, from east to west in Missouri and you'll find 5 mills to visit that are a little ways off the beaten track.
Milling Around Highway 60 in Missouri
This year marks the 100th anniversary of Route 66, an iconic road, to be sure. While Route 66 shines, let's not forget what we might find off Highway 60, which is a well-traveled national highway that covers 2,655 miles -- from Brenda, Arizona, to Virginia Beach, Virginia. Here's an interesting ...
A Visit to See Johnson Mill in Arkansas
Continuing on with our quest to find more mills in the Ozarks for another book, we ventured to Arkansas. While there, we found Johnson Mill, located in Johnson (near Springdale), which is now a boutique motel with 52 units called Inn at the Mill. It sits on the corner of on a busy thoroughfare in ...
Danette House: The Journey to Becoming a Traditional Ozarks Storyteller
I first met Danette House a few years ago, when she appeared at the West Plains library, sat down in front of a small group of people, opened a book and started telling stories relating to the language of the Ozarks. My husband and I have read Vance Randolph’s books, and been entertained by his ...
A Visit to the Van Winkle Mill
When I put my list together of mills to visit in the Arkansas Ozarks, Van Winkle Mill definitely made it to the top. Online it looked interesting. Onsite, it offered a wowzah factor of almost 10 for me. The Van Winkle mill site is set in Hobbs State Park – Conservation Area, near Rogers. Hobbs is ...
Artist Juanita Herrell and the ‘End of Time’
In 2024, I had the honor of meeting Ava artist Juanita Herrell, who works in mosaic clay art. She came to my church and spoke to our women’s group about her art and the themes she incorporates – because it reflects her deep devotion to Christianity. At that time, she mentioned that she was working ...
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