Described as wild and beautiful creatures, the horses of Shannon County, Missouri are just that. The off spring of work horses abandoned by desperate Ozark farmers during the depression, they have survived and flourished on the Federal Lands around the Current and Jack’s Fork Rivers. Once seen as a problem to be disposed of, they are now a protected part of the National Park. And they pose a question about tame-ness.
Everyone who knows me, knows I am fascinated with Ozark Giraffe style homes. I’ve made note of a few that have fallen to the progress of time in the past few weeks. Here’s a bonus episode with my tribute to the peculiar little houses that dot the Ozarks!
There’s a renewed interest in Fort Smith, Arkansas’ famous Hamgin’ Judge, Isaac Parker. He wasn’t just the “Law West of Fort Smith.” Before his time as a dispenser of frontier justice, he was a Congressman with a progressive streak. Learn ore about his fascinating life before his tenure at Court!
Within the Realm 