Author Archives: Roger

I was talking to the woman behind the counter in the gift shop/visitor center about this and that. A second woman walked out of a back room, sat down nearby, and said, “Is he bothering you?” I did a double-take … Continue reading →

The current population of Powhatan (pronounced “Pow-uh-TAN” and named after the father of Pocahontas) is 104, but from 1869 to 1963, it was the county seat of Lawrence County. Six (or maybe seven, I was never sure about one of … Continue reading →

The tag line for this park is “The most important town you never heard of.” That’s a reach. The town that existed here for about 15 years, beginning 1n 1815, was the first platted town in what is not Arkansas, … Continue reading →

This is one of the state parks on Crowley’s Ridge, a long, narrow ridge that cuts through the Arkansas Delta from the Missouri state line down to Helena. It’s a fairly large park, with two man-made lakes, a golf course, … Continue reading →

An Indian village stood on this site for about 500 years. Near the end of that time, Hernando de Soto and him met probably visited. Several of his men kept journals and described a village much like this one, and … Continue reading →