IF YOU LOVE DAFFODILS AND JUNKWILLS AND HISTORIC ANTEBELLUM HOMES, LET ME TELL YOU, THE PLACE YOU NEED TO GO IS THE ANNUAL CAMDEN DAFFODIL FESTIVAL .

>> WE ARE HERE AT DANIEL GARDENS WHERE IT ALL STARTED OUT BACK IN 1993.

>> THAT'S RIGHT CHUCK, IT'S OUR 28 YEAR OF THE DAFFODIL FESTIVAL, ROXANNE DANIEL HAD A GREAT IDEA MANY YEARS AGO TO HELP RAISE FUNDS FOR OUR COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND IT'S GROWN AND GROWN FROM THERE SO NOW WE HAVE MULTIPLE GARDENS TO VISIT.

WE HAVE MULTIPLE ANTEBELLUM AND HISTORIC HOMES TO TOUR AND THEN WE HAVE A HUGE DOWNTOWN FESTIVAL WHICH INCLUDES EVERYTHING FROM ANTIQUE CAR SHOWS THE GREAT AMERICAN STEAK COOKOFFS TO ARTS CONTESTS, CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES AND SO ON AND SO FORTH FROM THERE.

THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY.

>> THIS PARTICULAR GARDEN IS A JAPANESE JAPANESE GARDEN SCENE AND IT'S EIGHT ACRES I UNDERSTAND?>> THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.

>> IF ONLY DAFFODILS WERE IN BLOOM THERE WOULD BE OVER 1 MILLION.

>> MAYBE MORE THAN THAT.

IT'S UNBELIEVABLE WHEN YOU JUST LOOK OUT THERE NOW AND SEE HOW MANY HAVE ALREADY BLOOMED AND HOW MANY ARE STILL BLOOMING UNJUSTLY UNDER UNBELIEVABLE AMOUNTS OF VARIETY AVAILABLE TO ENJOY.

>> I'M A NATIVE OF MAGNOLIA BUT I MOVED FROM SAN ANTONIO TEXAS SO MY FRIEND DEBBIE DECIDED TO WRITE UP HERE AND SEE THE DAFFODILS TODAY AND THEY'RE REALLY QUITE BEAUTIFUL AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED .

>> YOU'RE PERFECTLY DRESSED FOR IT, YOU'VE GOT YOUR DAFFODIL OUTFIT ON.

>> DAFFODILS ARE MY FAVORITE FLOWERS IN THE WHOLE WORLD.

MY BIRTHDAY IS NEXT WEEK AND THEY'VE ALWAYS BLOOMED ON MY BIRTHDAY SO I HOPE THEY HANG ON.

>>.

[MUSIC] HAVE DAFFODILS AND WERE BOTH FROM SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS SO WE WERE SO EXCITED TO GET OUT HERE AND SEE IT.

WE TRIED TO MAKE IT THE YEARS BUT SOMETHING ALWAYS CAME UP.

WE'RE THRILLED AND OF COURSE WE HAVE OUR GREEN BAND.

WE CAN GET EVERYTHING.

WE GET THE MEALS, THE CONTOURS, THE DAFFODIL TOURS, EVERYTHING.

EVEN THE STATE DINNER TOMORROW NIGHT.

>> HOW ABOUT THAT?

>> WE ARE TO GO PINK TO BE HERE.

>> I'D SAY TICKLED YELLOW.

>> THERE YOU GO.

THE CAMDEN DAFFODIL FESTIVAL IS ONE OF SOUTH ARKANSAS'S LARGEST AND MOST BEAUTIFUL EVENT AND IF YOU'RE LIKE ME AND WANT THAT PERFECT CLOSE-UP OF THESE FLOWERS, YOU'VE GOT TO GET DOWN TO THEIR LEVEL.

I'M JUST GLAD THE TICS AND CHIGGERS WEREN'T ALL OUT YET.

ONE OF THE DAFFODIL TOUR STOPS IS AT THE GREAT HILL ESTATES TO PARTAKE IN THE VERY POPULAR "DINING WITH THE DAFFODILS".

[ FIDDLE PLAYING] ALSO QUITE POPULAR ARE THE TOURS OF CAMDEN HISTORIC ANTEBELLUM HOMES.

THE CAMDEN DAFFODIL FESTIVAL IS HELD THE SECOND WEEKEND OF EVERY MARCH.

[FIDDLE PLAYING] >>.

[MUSIC] THE TOWN SQUARE OF POCAHONTAS DURING THE LATE 1800S LOOKS LIKE FOLKS WERE A LITTLE MORE DARING BACK THEN JUDGING BY THE TIGHTROPE WALKERS.

ACROSS FROM THE COURTHOUSE, AND 1890S TOWARD THE SANITARY BARBERSHOP OPEN ITS DOORS FOR BUSINESS.

TODAY IT'S NOT ONLY ARKANSAS'S OLDEST CONTINUOUSLY OPERATING COMMERCIAL BARBERSHOP, BUT IT MAY VERY WELL BE THE NATIONS OLDEST.

>> COME ON IN, JOHN.

HAVE A SEAT.

HOW ARE YOU TODAY?

>> DAVID LANGSTON HAS BEEN BARBERING SINCE 1968.

>> BACK THEN IN THOSE YEARS WHEN WE WERE STARTING OUT, BARBERS WILL USE A STRAIGHT RAZOR.

>> SURE, THAT'S WHAT BARBERS DID TO BEARDS.

THEY FOUND IT WAS DONE ALMOST 5000 YEARS AGO AND BARBARA COLLEGE TOLD US THAT IT WAS A NOBLE PROFESSION BACK THEN SO EVERYONE WILL DRAW THEIR OWN CONCLUSIONS BUT I'VE ALWAYS BEEN GRATEFUL I TOOK IT UP, I REALLY AM.

YOU MEET A LOT OF PEOPLE AND YOU CUT YOUR HAIR AND YOU GET TO KNOW THEM.

ALL TYPES, ALL KINDS.

JUST TAKE IT OUT, THE POPULATION, SOONER OR LATER IF YOU LIVE IN A PLACE YOU WILL USUALLY MEET EVERYONE ATLEAST ONCE.

YOU GET TO KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE .

AND I'VE HAD FBI FOR CLIENTS AND THEY TOTALLY THEY GOT A LOT OF THEIR INFORMATION FROM BARBERS BECAUSE THEY SAY THEY'RE THE FIRST ONES TO KNOW.

THEY GETLEADS FROM , THEY USE THEM FOR WHO KNOWS WHAT.

>> WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS PLACE, BEING?

>> I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN MAINTAINED, KEPT OPEN THAT LONG AND I DON'T KNOW OF ANY PLACE IN THE UNITED STATES ASIDE FROM THE MILITARY ACADEMY THAT REMAINS A BARBERSHOP.

I'D LIKE TO SEE SOMEONE CHECK IT AND SEE.

IT MIGHT BE THE OLDEST IN THE UNITED STATES.

JUST DON'T KNOW.

>> AND BACK THEN, LIKE THIS ONE IN THE LATE 1800S, I GUESS YOU WENT IN AFTERTHE TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY , PEOPLE COULD COME IN AND HAVE A BATH.

>> THAT'S WHAT BOLD HISTORY OF THE BOOKS SAYS, THEY COME IN AND DO THE TOWN UP ON THE WEEKENDS SO I GUESS THEY WANTED TO GET THEIR HAIR CUT AND THEY HAD FACILITIES BACK THEN THAT THEY DID.

A LOT OF THIS, AS FAR AS BARBERING IT'S JUST ABOUT CUTTING HAIR NOW.

I HADN'T PERSONALLY GIVEN A SHAVE PROBABLY IN 15 YEARS.

AND THE STATE BARBER BOARD DIDN'T TELL US NOT TO BUT THEY KIND OF ADVISED AGAINST IT SO SOME TOOK IT, SO I'M SURE STATE.

PERSONALLY I DON'T KNOW OF ANYONE WHO DOES IT.

PEOPLE ASK SOMETIMES BUT I WOULDN'T WANT TO TEMPT IT NOW AFTER NOT BEING IN THERE, IT'S KIND OF LIKE RIDING A BICYCLE, IT DOES COME BACK EASILY BUT I DON'T MISS IT, THE SHAVING.

I DON'T MISS IT.

I DON'T KNOW WHY BUT THERE'S SOME TOUGH BEARDS OUT THERE.

>> OR IN HERE FOR THAT MATTER.

BUT SOMEHOW I THINK OLD JOHN DOESN'T WANT A STRAIGHT RAZOR ANYWHERE NEAR HIM.

>> I GUESS I'M NEXT.

>> YOUR NEXT, HOW TO SEE.

>> MY WIFE TOLD ME I'M LONG OVERDUE FOR A HAIRCUT.

>> OKAY.

>> LONG OVERDUE.

>> THE LAST TIME I SAT DOWN IN SOMEONE'S CHAIR I DIDN'T KNOW, I ENDED UP WITH A CREW CUT BUT AFTER OBSERVING DATED WITH A FEW CUSTOMERS, I HAD FULL CONFIDENCE THIS MAN COULD PROBABLY CUT HAIR WITH HIS EYES CLOSED.

>> I LIKE TO USE SCISSORS AND LETTERS.

PEOPLE LIKE THEIR HAIRCUT OVER CLIPPERS, YOU KNOW AND OLDER PEOPLE LIKE IT LIKE THIS.

THE YOUNGER ONES THESE DAYS, THEY WEAR THEIR HAIR HIGH.

IT'S A PRETTY POPULAR HAIRCUT.

AND YOU GET OLDER TOO.

>> SOME LIKE IT TIGHTER, AND I KNOW THAT KIDS LIKE A MARINE.

>> NO MARINE OR TOMAHAWK CUT FOR ME, JUST A REGULAR OLD CUT AND A BARBERSHOP THAT ANYTHING BUT REGULAR IN THIS DAY AND AGE.

IT MAKES YOU WONDER HOW MANY HAIRCUTS HAVE TAKEN PLACE HERE SINCE 1894.

>> ALL RIGHT.

I APPRECIATE YOU.

>> I LOOK RESPECTABLE AGAIN.

YES SIR.

>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

>> THANK YOU FOR YOURS.

>> YOU TO CHUCK.

[MUSIC] IT'S CALLED THE ARKANSAS OUTDOOR SCHOOL HERE AT THE FERNDALE 4-H CENTER AND FOR MANY SCHOOLKIDS THROUGHOUT MANY YEARS, IT'S BEEN AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO INVOLVED IN SOME ACTIVITY NEVER HAD A CHANCE TO DO BEFORE IN THEIR LIFETIME.

LOCATED IN A PEACEFUL SETTING AT THE FOOTHILLS OF THE OUACHITA MOUNTAINS WEST OF LITTLE ROCK, THE ARKANSAS OUTDOOR SCHOOL CAN BE SUMMED UP IN ONE WORD, FUN.

>> IT IS FUN, IT'S ONLY EXCITING WHEN STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO APPLY WHAT THEY ARE LEARNING IN THE CLASSROOM AND TO SEE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE IN A CLASSROOM TO LEARN, NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE IN THE WORLD WHETHER IT'S ON A SUNNY DAY HERE AT THE OUACHITA 4-H CENTER CENTER, THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING TO LEARN,A NEW SKILL TO PERFECT AND GROW.

IT'S VERY EXCITING FOR ALL OUR KIDS .

>> WELL, IT'S A FIRST TIME EXPERIENCE AND IS GOING PRETTY GOOD SO FAR.

THERE WAS A BAG OVER THERE I'VE BEEN TRYING TO CATCH BUT IT WASN'T WORKING OUT WELL.

IT WAS BETWEEN ME AND MY FRIEND KAYDEN AND SO IT'S PRETTY GOOD, IT'S GOING GOOD.>> A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN BEING IN SCHOOL ALL DAY.

>> YEAH.

A LOT BETTER THAN THAT.

>> THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE ARKANSAS OUTDOOR SCHOOL IS SIMPLE.

>> WE NOTICE MORE AND MORE KIDS ARE JUSTINSIDE, THEY DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THINGS LIKE GOFISHING, CANOEING, CLIMBING, THERE ARE THINGS LIKE PLAYING IN A CREEK , SCHOOL IS ALL ABOUT INTRODUCING KIDS TO NATURE , ABOUT CONNECTING KIDS EMOTIONALLY AND INTELLECTUALLY WHERE THEY UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE WHAT WE HAVE HERE.

>> IN FACT LISTENING TO SOME OF THE STAFF, THEY CHANGED THE LIVES OF SOME OF THESE KIDS.

>> WE ARE STORY AFTER STORY ABOUT KIDS THAT ARE MAYBE AFRAID OF BUGS OR AFRAID OF DIRT AND THEY COME OUT HERE AND AT FIRST I DON'T REALLY WANT TO DO ANYTHING BUT AS THEY'RE WATCHING, IT'S MAGICAL, THEY GET CAUGHT UP IN IT AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW THEY'RE PLAYING, ENJOYING AND LEARNING.

[KIDS SHOUTING] >> AND THERE WERE THOSE WHO THOUGHT SOMETHING BESIDES FISH.

>> YOU CAUGHT A TURTLE.

OH MY GOSH.

HE CAUGHT A TURTLE.

OH, POOR TURTLE.

POOR TURTLE IS IN THE WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME.

OH NO.

>> THE MOST CHALLENGING ACTIVITY OF THE DAY, PROBABLY THE ROCK WALL CLIMBING.

>> ALL RIGHT, YOU'RE GOING TO START HEADING UP.

>> TELL US ABOUT YOUR CLIENT HERETODAY .

>> IT WAS A LITTLE SCARY BECAUSE THEY ARE REAL ROCKS.

I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO SLIP BUT I KEPT ON GOING.

>> AND YOU MADE IT, ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP,CONGRATULATIONS .

IS THIS YOUR FIRST TIME DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS?

>> KNOW.

>> YOU'RE AN OLD PRO THEN.

ALMOST AN OLD PRO.

>> IS LIKE MY SECOND TIME GOING ON THE ROCK CLIENT.

>> YOU DID AN EXCELLENT JOB.

>> THANK YOU.

>> WHEN WHAT I WAS DOING BASICALLY IS LOOKING AT WHERE MY HANDS AND MY FEET WERE GOING AND I HAD TO LIKE MAKE SURE SO I DIDN'T FALL AND GO ALL THE WAY BACK DOWN SO I WAS JUST, LIKE GOING UP AND WHENEVER I GOT TO THE TOP, LIKE I LOOKED DOWN AND IT WAS REALLY SCARY AND WHENEVER I LOOKED DOWN, WHEN I WAS COMING DOWN, IT WASN'T SCARY AT ALL.

IT WAS FUN, IT WAS LIKE MOONWALKING.

>> IS THIS YOUR FIRST TIME DOING THIS?

>> I'VE DONE IT A COUPLE TIMES AGO.

>> I HAD A FEELING YOU MAY HAVE DONE IT BEFORE.

IT'S A LOT OF FUN THOUGH.

SO OUT OF ALL THIS YOU'VE DONE TODAY OUT HERE, IS THIS YOUR FAVORITE OR SOME OTHER PART?

>> EITHER THIS OR CANOEING.

>> ALWAYS THINK THE ROCK WALL IS GOING TO BE THEIR FAVORITE BECAUSE IT SOUNDS FUN BUT ONCE WE ACTUALLY GET OUT THROUGH THE OUTDOOR CENTER, IT'S THE ONE THAT IS THE MOST CHALLENGING AND SCARY FOR THEM.

ESPECIALLY TO PERSEVERE AND GO ONE ROT HIGHER THAN I THINK YOU CAN GO I THINK THEY ENJOY ARCHERY RIGHT NOW.

IT'S ONE OF THE NEW PROGRAMS HERE AND NOT SOMETHING THAT WE DO OFTEN AT THEIR HOUSE BUT ACTUALLY, AT SCHOOL WE STARTED IN ARCHERY PROGRAM BECAUSE WE CAME HERE AND EXPERIENCED IT SO WE STARTED IN ARCHERY PROGRAM WITH OUR AFTER SCHOOL.

>> START LOW, BRING HIGH.

BRING TO THE EAR, RELEASE AND IT SHOULD HIT THE TARGET.

>> OKAY, NOW.

GO AHEAD AND REACH OUT WITH THAT BOW HAND.

ALL THAT STRING BACK, FIRE WHEN READY.

>> YOU WANT TO BE HOLDING WITH YOUR RIGHTS, COMING BACK WITH YOUR LEFT.

>> HAVE YOU EVER SHOT WITH A BOW BEFORE?

>> KNOW.

>> WHAT DO YOU THINK MARK.

>> IT WAS REALLY FUN, I LIKE IT AND I LIKE THAT I KNEW HOW TO DO IT.

>> OF ALL THE THINGS YOU'VE DONE OUT HERE TODAY, WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE?

>> THIS.

>> THIS, YEAH?

>> HOW ABOUT BACK TO THE FISHING NOW?

>> HUNTER, SHOW US HOW IT'S DONE.>> THIS IS A WONDER FISHINGPOOL.

YOU PROBABLY DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE IT BUT YOU TAKE YOUR , YOU TAKE IT AND THIS IS THE PORTION, YOU HAVE TO GO LIKE THIS AND YOU GO OUT.

I'VE ALREADY CAUGHT A FISH, IT'S PRETTY BIG BUT I'M GOING TO TRY AGAIN TO GET ANOTHER ONE.

AND HOPE ONE OF THEM COMES UP.

AND I AM FISHING WITH HOT DOGS.

>> CATFISH LIKE HOTDOGS?

>> YEAH.

>> I GUESS THEY DO IF YOU GOT ONE ALREADY.

>> HE'S PLAYING WITH YOU THERE.

>> I THINK I MIGHT CATCH ANOTHER ONE.>> I THINK YOU MIGHT.

IF YOU TAKE YOUR HOT DOG PIECE, IF HE DIDN'T TAKE YOUR PIECE.

STILL ON THERE.

>> SO YOU GO FISHING A LOT HUNTER?

>> SOMETIMES.

I HAVEN'T BEEN IN A WHILE, LIKE THREE MONTHS.

>> I CAN SEE YOU'RE AN OLD PRO AT IT.

>> I JUST SEE IT RIGHT AROUND THIS.

>> THERE'S A BUNCH IN THERE.

>> I'M GOING TO SAY CLOSE TO 1000 .

>> 1000, LOUD.

>> 100.

>> THEY COME AND STOP THEM FROM A TRUCK.

>> THIS IS REALLY FUN, YOU ALL SHOULD COME HERE AND TRY THIS AGAIN.

TRY IT.

COME TO GLENDALE ARKANSAS AT THE 4-H CENTER.

>> YEAH HUNTER, GOOD IDEA.

WE WILL TRY THIS AGAIN SOMETIME AREA.

[MUSIC] THE PICKENS PLANTATION SOUTH OF DUMAS, IT WAS IN 1881 WHEN REUBEN PICKENS, SHOWN HERE WITH HIS GRANDDAUGHTER BELLAMY SETTLED IN WHAT WAS THEN WALLED LAKE.

PICKENS ESTABLISHED A MERCANTILE STORE WHICH FURTHER FUNCTIONED AS THE PLANTING COMMISSARY.

IT BURNED IN THE LATE 40S WHEN THE CURRENT BUILDING WAS BUILT AS A STORE AND POST OFFICE.

>> I WAS GROWING UP IN DUMAS, MY MOTHER SHOPPED HERE FOR ALL OF THE MEAT THAT WE ATE BECAUSE THE MEAT DEPARTMENT HERE AT THE PICKENS STORE WAS QUITE GOOD AND THE MEAT WAS ALWAYS FRESH AND SO I GREW UP ON MEAT FROM THE PICKENS STORE.

>> THE CURRENT RESTAURANT WAS ADDED INTO THE STORE IN 2005 FEATURING GOOD OLD COUNTRY COOKING AND HOMEMADE DESSERTS.

>> WE HAD A NEW SUBSTANCE TO KEEP THE STORE UP SO WE GOT OUR COOKING SO IT START UP OUT BEING HOTDOGS AND THEN WE STARTED EXPERIMENTING AND HERE WE ARE TODAY.

>> IT'S BEEN A TREMENDOUS HIT.

>> IT UP PRETTY GOOD, YOU HAVE GOOD DAYS AND BAD DAYS AS WITH ANYBODY.

HERE ONE DAY, MAYBE NOT THE NEXT BUT WE'VE ALWAYS DONE WELL.

>> YOUR CREATIONS, AS FAR AS THE RECIPES, ARE THEY?

>> KNOW, WE'VE HAD EVERYBODY'S INPUT AND WE TRY THIS AND TRY THAT.

MAYBE LOOK AT A COOKBOOK OR DO IT AROUND BUT IT WORKS, WE KEEP IT.

IF IT DOESN'T, TRY SOMETHING ELSE.

>> EVERY DAY YOU FEATURE SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

>> YES, EVERY DAY SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

>> OUR FAMILY MOVED FROM HAVANA ARKANSAS IN 1936 AND MOVED TO BOUCHER COUNTY AND A NUMBER OF YEARS LATER, I'M NOT SURE IF IT WAS IN 1938, ALONG IN THEIR THEY WORK FOR ARE A PICKENS AND IT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST SINGLE ROW OF COTTON PICKERS CAME ON THE MARKET.

MY DAD DROVE THE FIRST COTTON PICKER THAT ARE A PICKENS PURCHASED, AND INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER AND I REMEMBER HIM TELLING ME WHEN HE CAME DOWN THE STREET AND I'M SURE IT WAS THE STREET OUT OUT HERE IN THE FRONT, HE SAW THE HIGHLINE WIRES IN THAT BASKET ON THE PICKER, HE SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES AND THE PICKER TIP IT OVER IN THE FRONT AND THE DRUMS THE PAVEMENT.

SO THAT WAS A NEW EXPERIENCE FOR THEM AND THEY WORK TWO OR THREE YEARS FOR ARE A PICKENS AND LATER MOVED DOWN SOUTH TO KILLER ARKANSAS AND STARTED FARMING ON THEIR OWN.

FOR A TILLER COMPANY AND THEN LATER ON, THAT WAS IN EARLY 40S AND I WAS BORN IN 1947 OUT THERE WORKING FOR TILLER AND COMPANY SO WE'VE BEEN IN DUCHENNE COUNTY ALL MY LIFE AND THAT'S A FEW YEARS.

>> IT'S ASPECIAL THING FOR YOU EVERY TIME YOU COME HERE TO EAT .

>> VERY SPECIAL.

I RECOMMENDED TO EVERYONE AND THERE'S A LOT OF PLACES TO STAY HERE.

ESPECIALLY IN THE PAST, I THINK IT'S IMPROVED AND TECHNOLOGY HAS ADVANCED OVER THE YEARS BUT IT STARTED RIGHT HERE.

>> WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE FISH?

>> EVERYTHING'S RIGHT HERE.

COCONUT PIE IS ABSOLUTELY LUSCIOUS.

>> SO IF YOU'RE EVER IN THE DUMAS AREA, STOPPED IN AT PICKENS STORE AND RESTAURANT AND HAVE YOURSELF A GOOD LUNCH AND TO VIEW THIS EPISODE AGAIN OR ANY ONE OF OUR OTHERS, VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT AETN.ORG / EXPLORING ARKANSAS AND DON'T FORGET TO LIKE US ON OUR FACEBOOK FAN PAGE AND WILL SEE YOU THE NEXT TIME OR ANOTHER EXCITING ADVENTURE ON