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Not as many pictures, but lots of good text and stories at the White River Valley Historical Society

For pictures click the "media" tab.

The Encyclopedia of Arkansas has a pretty good collection online at; https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/?s=white river

That's exactly what a floor plan was when I worked for a boat dealership.

I found the NPS designations. Current designation; National rivers and wild and scenic riverways preserve freeflowing streams and their immediate environment with at least one outstandingly remarkable natural, cultural, or recreational value. They must flow naturally without major alteration of the waterway by dams, diversion, or otherwise alteration. Besides protecting and enhancing rivers, these areas provide opportunities for outdoor activities like hiking, canoeing, and hunting. National scenic trails are generally long distance footpaths winding through areas of natural beauty. Possible Preserve designation; In 1974, Big Cypress and Big Thicket were authorized as the first national preserves. This category is established primarily for the protection of certain resources. Activities like hunting and fishing or the extraction of minerals and fuels may be permitted if they do not jeopardize the natural values. National reserves are similar to the preserves. Management may be transferred to local or state authorities. The first reserve, City of Rocks, was established in 1988. Pretty ambiguous. Obviously reserves can be transferred, but does that include the "similar" preserves? I searched the CFR several ways with nothing appropriate popping up, so it appears to be discretionary policy, leaving ample wiggle room for whomever is in charge at the moment.

There's been a fair amount of local buzz about the Buffalo recently. A group headed by the Walton boys and the governor's hubby is pushing to change the designation of the Buffalo River from a national river to a park preserve. Speculation on their motive(s) include the fact they recently bought a few thousand acres in the Kingston area, the unofficial 'gateway' to the river. If effective, the change would purportedly take river administration from the Park Service and give it to the state. Since it will literally take an act of congress to effect, it's not likely to happen in the near future, but will be interesting to watch it play out.

Never had a jet, but I'd have a couple wood blocks that fit the adjoining slots, and a slot-sized piece of steel I could beat thru from end to end. Tire tool, socket/extension, spark plug... Just a thought from a guy that carried a coat hanger and dykes to replace shear pins back when.

^^That. I created at least a dozen Frankentrout varieties at the farm in ~8 years, and that's small time. Only twice was it intentional to combine outstanding examples of perceived common lineage. Mostly it was simply what was available. Heck, I hauled some sow rainbows to a Neosho farm because my males were done and his weren't. It's aquaculture. I'm impressed with our SOTA genetic information technology. Problem is, it's 'new', and samples of pure strains from pre-commercialization no longer exist in many cases.

That's some serious boonage for a bullhead Ham, hat's off. I'm pretty sure I'm not that mad at them. 😉 I've been wondering about Conway, there must have been some point when it was really good there. Saw on the news somebody from Malvern got malaria from a mosquito from Malvern. Be safe!

Looks like it's Johnny on video accompanied by a live band and backup singers; https://www.johnnycashconcertexperience.com/

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Me too. For some reason they creep me out. Same as the ones with eyes on their chins. You just can't trust a fish with eyes on its' chin.

Not bad for a bluebird day like this.

I've played with it some. It's fun in the respect that it feels like you're having a conversation, and it always answers your questions. The answers aren't necessarily correct though. If you ask it to provide links to the source(s) it will do so, then you can verify both the source and the validity of the answer. If you have to do that, it's little different than a Google search though. It has potential, but it ain't there yet.

100 flatheads on live bait. He's slipping to the dark side... 🤤

Yeah, the few that have turned on me were the ones I trusted. Never gave the others a chance.

That's the color that hoof of yours will be if you don't take care of it.

They had great articles!

Welcome to the Old Farts Club. Recent inductee myself. Congrats to all you that scrimped and saved for your future, may your wildest dreams come true! I, on the other hand, never having any expectation of living to 40, burnt my candle on the other end (more fun than any 3 men deserve), and am resigned now to working till I can't. Lately I've lamented that a bit, realizing I could've done anything I wanted to. Then it came to me, that's exactly what I did.

That looks to be a Buckeye Bug-N-Bass, the "tassel" is supposed to be a fly that the open-mouthed lure is preparing to eat...

Here's last nights' dump... And here's the 200th successful Falcon 9 landing back in June;

From my experience, crepuscular is the important word, and Wikipedia nails that one as good as any; "In zoology, a crepuscular animal is one that is active primarily during the twilight period,[1] being matutinal, vespertine/vespertinal, or both. This is distinguished from diurnal and nocturnal behavior, where an animal is active during the hours of daylight and of darkness, respectively. Some crepuscular animals may also be active by moonlight or during an overcast day. Matutinal animals are active only before sunrise, and vespertine only after sunset." "A number of factors impact the time of day an animal is active. Predators hunt when their prey is available, and prey try to avoid the times when their principal predators are at large. The temperature may be too high at midday or too low at night.[2] Some creatures may adjust their activities depending on local competition." IOW, low light; foggy, overcast, dawn, dusk, stormy, moonlit. If you can combine that with an approaching/passing cold front you better have your nitro handy if you have a weak ticker.

SpaceX has been launching up to 60 Starlink satellites on a Falcon9 every couple weeks for some time, with over 4500 in orbit now, and thousands more in the works. Turns out reusable rockets changed the scale of orbital access in a big way.

Big Time.. I had the trout farm then, and they came out of the woodwork. They came by my place when they failed somewhere else and spent some dough to go home with a mess of big ones and a story to tell. That type was close to half my business then.

Yeah, on Thanksgiving, it's Alice's Restaurant in the morning and The Last Waltz at night, pretty reg'lar round here. I see it's free (with commercials) on Pluto On Demand right now; https://pluto.tv/en/on-demand/movies/5f88ed287f692c001a4e538f At the time, I was pretty tore up about the split, the band I was in covered a lot of their stuff. I fell to Levon's corner and figured Robertson was the sellout. I saw the rest of them (sans Richard) here in Arkansas back in ~'91 with the Cate Bros., right after Movin' to Japan at Countryland in Springdale, less than 200 people max. Great show. Long Live Garth!