It is pretty cool that I ran into this video. I ran into Dr. Morrow during breakfast at a motel cafe in 1999 somewhere between little rock Arkansas and Memphis TN. She gave me one of her cards in case I ever wanted to learn more and possibly go out on a dig. I have always regretted not calling her. archeology and especially early American archeology has always intrigued me. She was a very sweet person and the interaction still stands out in my memory after 24 years.
I'm from Walnut Ridge Arkansas. My family owned Riceland Rice years ago. It was common for us to find indian skeletal remains when plowing the fields for planting, along with other artifacts, and local native Americans were called in to re-bury skeletons and decide if they wanted to donate the other items to Arkansas State University in Jonesboro. Arrowheads were plenty around there obviously.
@@cheezypizzaguy Hey there Aaron. Nice to meet you, in a sense. I lived north of Walnut Ridge, off of 34, and there was a country store owned by the Ragsdale family. Jim and Wanda Lee Vaughn were my aunt and uncle. Jim grew up with Loretta Lynn. Anyway, you would make a left at the country store and cross the train tracks, and the first house on the right side belonged to my aunt Samantha and uncle Lee Rice. Further down the road on the left was my house. Danner. Jim & Wanda Lee lived a bit further down the road on the right. my uncle Jim was a english professor at Arkansas state in Jonesboro.
Wow, small world. Played football against y’all in ‘99. Been working DoD in SoCal for 12 years now. Visited WR last year and what’s up with the Beatles band crap? Is the mayor responsible for this?! WR and Hoxie have more historical significance than the Beatles passing through town.
I cant remeber them folks' name, but they lived right there at Athelstan, and he lived in a little shack on the corner of their yard. I guess he kinda worked for them, cause i'd see him mowin their yard. I seen him walkin to Osceola. He'd be dressed in that old way, with a big ol top hat. This was in the 80s. It took me up until bout a year ago to realize what he was, a Native American. I figure he really was he last native american in mississippi county. Yall should send somebody out there to interview them(tan brick house just east of smith's store) I bet they have some pictures.
not sure if this will get a response, but could we get more details on these sites. The only one in detail I could find is the Sloan Dalton site. All i could find on the Atlatl knoll was an obscure reference in an academic paper. I could not find anything about Jarrod (Jared?) site on lists of Middle Mississipian sites as well. As for the one on the Black River, I couldn't find anything about it either.
