May 24 at 11 am @ the Beard and Lady Inn located in Chester, Arkansas.
No charge for event! We want everybody who is interested to be able to attend.
Speakers:
Dr. Brooks Blevins @11:00am
Kaitlyn McConnell @1:00pm
Dr. Buck Foster@2:00pm
Community lunch (pay if you can, donations accepted) will be served around noon.
"What's in a Name? The Why and Where of the Ozarks," presented by Dr. Blevins.
Arkansas has two highland regions, the Ozarks and Ouachitas. In the 19th century it had only one. In "What's in a Name?" Brooks Blevins will explore the creation of the word "Ozarks" and explain how the Arkansas highlands—once known only as the Ozark Mountains—were divided in two by geologists and geographers.
Brooks Blevins is the Noel Boyd Professor of Ozarks Studies at Missouri State University. He is the author or editor of more than a dozen books and host of the podcast "The Old Ozarks," which launches on "The Ozark Podcast" platform in May 2025.
Book talk and signing with Dr. Foster on his new book, So Great Was the Slaughter: The End of Market Hunting, the Rise of the Sportsman, and the Birth of the Conservationist Movement in Arkansas, 1800-1925.
So Great Was the Slaughter reveals the untold story of Arkansas conservation pioneers who saved the state’s game and fish populations.
Dr. Foster earned his Ph.D. at Mississippi State University. His specialties are in nineteenth-century Southern and Arkansas history, and his research interests include early hunting, fishing, and conservation in Arkansas. In February 2025, the University of Alabama Press will release his monograph, So Great Was the Slaughter: The End of Market Hunting, the Rise of the Sportsman, and the Birth of the Conservationist Movement in Arkansas, 1800-1925
Kaitlyn McConnell is the founder of Ozarks Alive. She is a seventh-generation Ozarker, journalist, and history enthusiast. She grew up in Marshfield, Missouri, and began chronicling the Ozarks when she was 17 years old.
Kaitlyn will be sharing about her passion, Ozarks Alive.
She describes Ozarks Alive as historical preservation in the present. Her goal is to document the way life is now so it’s better understood in the future.
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