Tales of the Trail

Tales of the Trail

  For fans of the modern Western there are few tales that compete with True Grit. In Arkansas literary history, there are few authors who have engendered the public and enjoyed such critical acclaim as Charles Portis – John Grisham and Maya Angelou being notable...
On the Rise

On the Rise

It’s been over one hundred years since the Shipley family built the structure in downtown Fort Smith, Arkansas which was home to Shipley Baking Company for three generations, from 1921 to 1996. The facility continued under new ownership until 2006, closing permanently...
Her Brother’s Keeper

Her Brother’s Keeper

  “I thought, what would Billy do? It would be something somehow to help someone else,” she says. “That’s the avenue I’ve got to take to deal with it. I want someone else to get help, so they don’t have a sister who’s broken, or a family who’s broken.” ~ Lisa...
February Book Recommendations

February Book Recommendations

  Enjoy these four recommendations from our friends at Bookish, Fort Smith, Arkansas’s only independently owned bookstore. The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff Greeta’s husband disappeared. He walked out on her five years ago, but there is a rumor in her village...

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