Exploring Arkansas
Exploring Arkansas March 2017
Season 13 Episode 3 | 24m 57sVideo has Closed Captions
Historic Berryville, Shiloh Museum of Ozark History, White Cliffs Natural Area, Daisy Airg
Founded in 1850, Berryville has a lot to offer – a mural restoration project puts the focus back on the town's history and art – also, museums – one containing a historic gun collection second to none. Shiloh Museum of Ozark History takes its name from the pioneer community of Shiloh, which later became Springdale. Six historic buildings and special programs portray what life was like at that time
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Exploring Arkansas
Exploring Arkansas March 2017
Season 13 Episode 3 | 24m 57sVideo has Closed Captions
Founded in 1850, Berryville has a lot to offer – a mural restoration project puts the focus back on the town's history and art – also, museums – one containing a historic gun collection second to none. Shiloh Museum of Ozark History takes its name from the pioneer community of Shiloh, which later became Springdale. Six historic buildings and special programs portray what life was like at that time
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipTHERE IS A LOT TO HISTORIC BERRYVILLE, BONDED IN 1850.
AN ONGOING RESTORATION PROJECT CENTERED AROUND MURALS HAS BROUGHT THE TOWN'S HISTORY AND ART BACKINTO THE FOREFRONT , INCLUDING HIGHWAY 62, WHICH CUTS THROUGH THE CENTER OF TOWN.
>> THIS USED TO BE THE BUS STOP.
IT WAS BERRYVILLE GUN COMPANY AND THE BUS WOULD STOP HERE AND PEOPLE YOU KNOW, RODE THE BUS QUITE OFTEN IN THE 40S AND 50S AND THIS PARTICULAR MURAL, WE JUST TRIED TO PICK A DATE MID-50S.
I THINK WE PUT IT AT 1954 SO WE TRIED TO FIND PICTURES AND REFERENCE FROM THAT ERA.
AND AS FAR AS THE PEOPLE RIDING THE BUS, ALL OF THESE ARE LOCAL FOLKS.WHAT WE DID, WE BASICALLY RAFFLED OFF THE SEATS ON THE BUS WHICH PUT A LOT OF INTEREST.
PEOPLE WHO HAD RIDDEN THE BUS TOOK GREAT INTEREST AND WE OF COURSE HAD MORE PEOPLE IN THE RAFFLE THEN WE HAD SEATS ON THE BUS SO WHAT WE DID, WE JUST PUT THEM ALL IN A HAT AND DREW NAMES SO THESE ARE THE LUCKY ONES THAT GOT TO RIDE THE BUS BUT THEY ARE ALL LOCAL FOLKS.
>> IF I HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK HERE, THE FIRST THING I WANT TO THANK THE PEOPLE.
THIS IS A PROJECT THE PEOPLE PUT TOGETHER.
WE ARE INSTRUMENTS OF THE PEOPLE AND MARRIED RUST STARTED THE PROJECT AND IT BRINGS BACK SOME OF THE MURALS THAT WERE HERE.
SOME WERE CREATED BUT IT BRINGS BACK THE OLD TIME FEELING OF THE 40S OR 50S OR EVEN EARLIER TIMES AND GIVES PEOPLE A CHANCE TO GET OFF THE FREEWAY WITH CRAZY SPEED, EVERYTHING'S GOING SO FAST.
SLOW DOWN.
COME TO TOWN.
SHOP LIKE IN THE OLD DAYS, WALK AROUND, GET TO KNOW THE MERCHANTS.PEOPLE DO NOT REALIZE THE VALUE OF THE SMALL TOWNS.
AS THIS WORLD GROWS AND GETS BUSIER AND BUSIER, THIS IS THE HEART OF AMERICA.
THIS WILL MAKE AMERICA GREAT, BEING THE SMALL TOWN.
>> EURO ARTISTS ABBOTT AND RUST HAVE DONE WHAT ARE REFERRED TO AS BOTH SIDES OR THOSE LETTERING INDICATING WHAT BUSINESS USE TO BE THERE.
>> THIS IS SOMETHING WE STARTED, WE FELT LIKE THIS WAS DOABLE.
THIS WASN'T A GIANT PROJECT, WE CAN DO IT LITTLE BY LITTLE.
WITH THE INTENT OF ADDING INTEREST AND COLOR TO OUR TOWN AND INTRODUCING ART.
FOR THE MOST PART, WE'VE KEPT IT, WE LIKE THE IDEA OF THE NOSTALGIC MURALS, THE OLD SIGNS.
THEY KIND OF FIT IN WITH THE TOWN.
KIND OF KEPT A LITTLE BIT OF THE PAST AS WE GO INTO THE PRESENT AND PEOPLE REALLY LIKE IT.
IT HAS ADDED A LOT OF COLOR AND ONCE WE COMPLETE ONE, WE SIT BACK AND REST AND THEN WE GO ABOUT AND GATHER IDEAS FOR ANOTHER AND SEE IF WE CAN RAISE MONEY SO IT'S BEEN GREAT MARY NELL BILLINGS HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN ONE OF THE MURALS, WATERING FLOWERS ON THE TOWN SQUARE.
>> I THINK I HAVE SO MUCH TO OFFER.
PEOPLE DON'T KNOW, SOME LIKE TO WALK AROUND THE SQUARE BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF OLD TIME TOWN SQUARES LEFT AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT FASCINATES A LOT OF PEOPLE AND WE'RE PRETTY PROUD OF IT.
SO THIS JUST ADDS TO IT.
>> WE ARE LIKE ALL SMALL TOWNS.
OUR SQUARE KIND OF DETERIORATED OVER THE YEARS AND IT CHANGED FROM 50 YEARS AGO, IT WAS AN OUTDOOR MALL.
IF YOU CAME TO TOWN, PARK YOUR TRUCK ON THE SQUARE, YOU GOT YOUR HARDWARE, CLOSE AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT AND IT'S TRADITIONAL BUSINESSES MOVED OFF THE SQUARE INTO OTHER AREAS, THE SQUARE TOWN WENT DOWN.
IN THE LAST FEW YEARS WE'VE HAD A LOT OF ENTRIES FROM PEOPLE AND AS A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT GREW UP HERE.
THEY LOVE THE SQUARE AND THEY WANT TO SEE IT RESTORED AND BECOME HYBRID AND A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO AND TAKE THEIR FAMILIES.
THOUGH THEY STARTED THESE MURALS WHICH IS THE FIRST STEP AND THAT FOUNDED A LOT OF INTEREST AND THE CITY COMMITTED TO, I DON'T KNOW, PUTTING IN NEW SIDEWALKS.
WE JUST GOT STARTED ON THAT WITH THE BRICK LINER.
WE WANT TO TRY TO REPLACE ALL THE SIDEWALKS AND WERE DOING WORK ON THE SQUARE TO IMPROVE THE PARK AREA MAKE IT MORE USER-FRIENDLY.
BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
WE HAVE PRETTY MUCH 90 PERCENT OCCUPANCY ON THE SQUARE NOW FOR BUILDINGS AND WHERE GETTING UNIQUE BUSINESSES OUT THERE, GIFT SHOPS, RESTAURANTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT YOU KNOW, WHAT WE WANT IS A PLACE WHERE YOU WILL BRING YOUR FAMILY AND SPEND SOME TIME AND WE HAVE THE MUSEUMS, THE HISTORY AND THERE'S A LOT TO SEE UP THERE IF YOU TAKE YOUR TIME TO WALK AROUND.>> HIGHWAY 62 IS A DIFFERENT STORY.
IT CUTS THROUGH THE TOWN SQUARE BUT NOW, I GUESS IT TURNED INTO A BLESSING, BEING THE ONLY HIGHWAY THAT CONNECTS CANADA AND MEXICO AND PEOPLE TRAVEL ALONG THE HIGHWAY ROUTE.
>> WE DIDN'T HAVE A BYPASS, I ACTUALLY IN THE SUMMER OF 1969 WAS A FLAGMAN AS THEY WERE TEARING OUR TOWN SQUARE, BUILDING A ROAD THROUGH IT SO NOW, THE MAIN THING IS JUST TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO SLOW DOWN BUT EVERYBODY WHO COMES THROUGH HIGHWAY 62 SEES OUR TOWN.
THEY DON'T GO AROUND THE BYPASS AND WERE TRYING TO MAKE IT ATTRACTIVE PEOPLE WILL SEE IT AND LET'S CIRCLE AROUND AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON, THIS LOOKS INTERESTING.
>> INTERESTING OUR VERY BILLS MUSEUMS.
FIRST IN THE OLD 1880 COURTHOUSE AS THE CARROLL COUNTY HERITAGE CENTER WHERE YOU CAN EXPERIENCE A REPRODUCTION OF A PIONEER SCHOOLROOM TO A UNIQUE DISPLAY OF THE HISTORY OF ART WIRE AND QUITE THE HISTORY IT IS.
BEING CALLED THE WIRE THAT FENCE IN THE WEST.
AND SPEAKING OF THE WEST, AT SAUNDERS MUSEUM YOU WILL FIND ONE OF THE MOST EXTENSIVE COLLECTIONS IN THE WORLD.
900+ FIREARMS.
GUNS WAS USED BY THE FAMOUS AND INFAMOUS SUCH AS JESSE JAMES, BILLY THE KID, PONCHO VILLA, BELLE STARR AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, ANNIE OAKLEY.
AND MY FAVORITE, A BEAR TRAP THAT WAS MADE BY NONE OTHER THEN DANIEL BOONE HIMSELF.
SO THE NEXT TIME YOU HAPPEN TO BE ZOOMING THROUGH BERRYVILLE ALONG HIGHWAY 62, DON'T.
INSTEAD, STOP FOR A WHILE AND TAKE A LOOK AROUND.
YOU WILL FIND IT PRETTY INTERESTING.
[MUSIC] SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE OF SPRINGDALE IS THE SHILO MUSEUM OF THE OZARK HISTORY.
OUTSIDE BUILDINGS ALONG WITH THE MAIN BUILDING PORTRAY THE HARSH LIFESTYLE OF THE SETTLERS WHO CAME HERE AND THERE CONTRIBUTIONS WHICH LED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A RICH CULTURAL HERITAGE.
>> THE SHILOH MUSEUM IS NAMED THAT BECAUSE THE LAND WE ARE ON, THE PROPERTIES HERE WAS ONCE THE COMMUNITY KNOWN AS SHILOH AND THE SHILOH WAS THE ORIGINAL NAME BEFORE IT BECAME SPRINGDALE SO THAT PART OF WHY THE MUSEUM IS SHILOH AND WHY WE'RE ON THIS PARTICULAR LAND.
THESE BUILDINGS ARE WHAT WE CALL THE SEARCY HOUSE WAS BUILT HERE IN 1871 AND IT EXPANDED SO IT'S ORIGINS WERE SLIGHT, THE MUSEUM BUILDINGS IS ORIGINAL TO THE SITE AS WELL BUT THESE OTHER BUILDINGS, WE HAVE FIVE OTHER BUILDINGS THAT WERE BROUGHT ONTO THE SITE AREA THIS WAS THE DIVISION OF THE FORMER DIRECTOR BOB BESOM WHO SAW IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR VISITORS TO NOT ONLY UNDERSTAND THE GROUND AND NATIVE TREES AND PLANTS BUT THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE OZARKS.
SO BRINGING THESE BUILDINGS HERE SEEMED LIKE A NATURAL.
>> EIGHT ENTERING IN 1850S LOG CABIN, SCHOOLCHILDREN ARE TRANSPORTED 160 YEARS BACK IN TIME.
INSIDE, THE LESSON IS ON DOING WITHOUT THE MODERN-DAY CONVENIENCES OF HOME.
>> WHATEVER I'M HERE AND I OPEN UP THE SHUTTERS, TO LEAD IN THE NATURAL SUNLIGHT.
OKAY?
AT NIGHT, I CLOSE THE SHUTTERS.
>> THE PROGRAM SHILOH MUSEUM OFFERS TO SCHOOLCHILDREN PROVIDE A REAL LIFE EXPERIENCE VERSUS A TEXTBOOK ACCOUNT.
>> RATHER THAN READING ABOUT IN ABOOK WHAT LIFE IS LIKE, THEY GET TO EXPERIENCE IT.
THEY CAN BE IN THE LONG CABIN, THEY CAN SEE AND FEEL AND SMELL WHAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE.
HAVING THE FIRE , THEY CAN FEEL THE WARMTH OR IF THEY ARE FURTHER FROM THE FIRE, THEY DON'T FEEL THE WARMTH WHICH IS AS MUCH OF A LEARNING EXPERIENCE AS ANYTHING THAT WE LIKE TO HAVE THAT ENGAGING ALL THE SENSES IN OUR PROGRAM.
>> I THINK IT'S REALLY COOL.
I LIKE THAT IT HAS A LOT OF ARKANSAS HISTORY AND I WASN'T SURE WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN I CAME IN.
WE CAME BY THE KIDS TO CHECK IT OUT AND I LIKE SEEING THE WAY THEY MADE THINGS BACK IN THE DAY.
WE HAVE CERTAIN THINGS SO FAST NOW, IT'S COOL TO SEE HOW THEY SPUN THE COTTON AND BUILT THEIR CABINS.
>> SHILOH MUSEUMS VOLUNTEER EDUCATORS ARE THE CORE OF THE GREAT SUCCESS OF THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS.
>> THE SCHOOL SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE IS JUST INDESCRIBABLE.
THERE'S NO FEELING THAT GOING HOME AFTER VOLUNTEERING AND KNOWING YOU CONTRIBUTED TO YOUR COMMUNITY AND KNOWING THAT YOU HELPED A BUNCH OF KIDS AND TAUGHT THEM THINGS.
A BUNCH OF KIDS WHO HAD TO SPEND EIGHT HOURS IN A CLASSROOM EVERY DAY AND NOW NOW THAT BEEN ABLE TO GET OUT AND LISTEN TO YOU AND KNOW YOUR NAME.
IT'S GIVEN ME A LOT OF JUST HAPPINESS IN MY LIFE.
THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE CHILDREN WHO COME UP TO ME AND GIVING ME HUGS AT THE END OF THE DAY, MULTIPLE KIDS HAVE CALLED ME MY MY FIRST NAME EVEN IF I ONLY TOLD HIM ONCE.
I LOOK BACK ON MY PUBLIC SCHOOL EXPERIENCE AND THE FIELD TRIPS I TOOK AND ALL OF THEM STAND OUT, I REMEMBER EVERYTHING.
ALL THE TEACHERS AND OUT AND ALL THE EXPERIENCES, I REMEMBER IT ALL AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT FOR THE KIDS IS TO COME IN HERE AND REMEMBER EVERYTHING.
IT'S BEEN INCREDIBLE.
I LIKE HAVING THE CHILDREN COME IN AND ASK ME QUESTIONS AND WHO AND OVER THE CLOSE THEY GET TO WEAR AND THE PRESENTATION THAT I'M GETTING.
IT'S REALLY AMAZING TO ME TO THINK ABOUT BEING IN A CLASSROOM AND BEING ABLE TO GO OUT TO A MUSEUM WHENEVER YOU WANT IT.
IT'S A REALLY INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE TO THINK IT'S A FIELD TRIP WHERE I'M THE TEACHER AND IT'S VERY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT I'M USED TO.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS, HOW LIFE WAS IN THE OZARKS IN THOSE DAYS?
>> IT'S A LOT DIFFERENT THAN IT IS TODAY, FOR SURE.
YOU HAD A LOT MORE WORK THROUGHOUT THE DAY JUST TO SURVIVE.
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A CHALLENGE BUT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN KIND OF FUN.
>> YOU WOULDN'T HAVE A CELL PHONE NOW.
>> I DON'T HAVE A CELL PHONE ANYWAY.
[LAUGHTER] >> WITH A NAME LIKE SHILOH MUSEUM OF OZARK HISTORY, IT'S ONLY FITTING THAT ONE WOULD EXPECT TO SEE QUITE A COLLECTION OF IMAGES OF EVERY DAY.
WHO MADE THE OZARKS WHAT THEY ARE TODAY AND SO, HOW ABOUT A HALF MILLION PHOTOGRAPHS OF OZARK LIFE WEST AND MARK.
[MUSIC] >>.
[MUSIC] >>.
[MUSIC] QUESTION?
WHERE DO YOU THINK WE ARE RIGHT NOW?
IN THE OZARKS?
OUACHITAS?
WE'RE AT MILLWOOD LAKE IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE STATE.
DON'T BELIEVE IT?
LET US SHOW YOU.
[MUSIC] MILLWOOD LAKE MAYBE KNOWN FOR HIS GREAT FISHING BUT THERE IS ANOTHER REASON FOR COMING HERE.
LIKE WITH HIS NATURAL AREA LOCATED AT THE OTHER END OF THE LAKE.
THE WHITE IN THE WHITE CLIFFS IS APPARENTLY ONE OF THE HIGHEST GRADE OF CHALK IN THE COUNTRY.
THIS TALK WOODLAND ALSO SUPPORTS UNIQUE PLANT LIFE AND FOR THESE REASONS, JUST 570 ACRE AREA IS PROTECTED UNDER THE ARKANSAS NATURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION.
>> THIS AREA WAS PURCHASED IN 1989.
ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS IS THAT OUTCOME BRING, IT'S 100 FEET TALL.
THE ANNONA CHALK PRODUCTION, IT'S GOT PLANTS AND NATURAL COMMUNITIES THAT ARE UNIQUE IN ARKANSAS THAT THE PLANTS THAT ARE FOUND HERE ARE TYPICALLY FOUND IN EDWARDS PLATEAU OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS OR YOU WILL SEE PLANTS THAT ARE LIMESTONE OR DOLOMITE LIKE IN THE OZARKS SO MANY OF THE PLANTS HERE ARE FOUND, THIS IS THE ONLY PLACE IN ARKANSAS THEY ARE FOUND IS ON WHITE CLIFFS NATURAL AREA OR LITTLE RIVER COUNTY BECAUSE OF THIS CHALKOUTCROP.
>> WE WERE OUT THERE ON THE WATER, YOU LOOK AROUND AND EVERYTHING HERE , IT'S FLAT BASICALLY EXCEPT THIS IS LIKE, IT JUTS OUT.
IT'S REALLY AMAZING.
>> IT IS.
THE POWER OF THE LITTLE RIVER THAT CARVED OUT THESE BLUFFS YEARS AGO WHICH IS NOW DAMMED UP AND PART OF THE LAKE MILLWOOD PROJECT ON THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS.
[MUSIC] >> THE BEST VIEWING ADVANTAGE OF THE 100 FOOT TALL WHITE CLIFFS IS FROM THE WATER BUT IF YOU ARE ABLE TO DO THAT, THERE IS A ONE AND THREE-QUARTER MILE TRAIL FROM THE PARKING AREA IT WILL LEAD YOU TO SEVERAL SCENIC OVERLOOKS OF THE CHALK BLUFF LINE.
WHITE CLIFFS NATURAL AREA IS ALSO OF HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE IN THAT IT WAS THE SITE OF THE LATE 1800S TO EARLY 1900S SETTLEMENT ALL THAT REMAINS IS THE FOUNDATION OF A CEMENT PLANT.
SO ENJOY THE OZARKS AND THE OUACHITAS ALL BLENDED INTO ONE AT WHITE CLIFFS NATURAL AREA ALONG MILLWOOD LAKE.
[MUSIC] >>.
[MUSIC] OF ALL THE INTERESTING AND UNIQUE ATTRACTIONS ALONG HISTORICAL DOWNTOWN ROGERS, WANT TO KNOW WHAT MY FAVORITE IS?
THE RENOWNED ARAGON MUSEUM.
YOU KNOW, RED RYDER FAME.
LET'S GO CHECK IT OUT.
[MUSIC] BASED ON THE POPULAR COMIC BOOK WESTERN HERO RED RYDER, THE BB GUN WAS FIRST INTRODUCED IN 1940.
IT'S NOW THE MOST POPULAR BB GUN IN THE WORLD, A SPECIAL DISPLAY OF RED RYDER BB GUN'S AT THE MUSEUM SHOWS THE PROGRESSION OF THIS FAMOUS GUN THROUGH THE YEARS.
BUT DAISY DIDN'T ALWAYS MAKE BB GUN NOR WAS CALLED DAISY.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THIS BUT IT ALL STARTED OUT WITH WINDMILLS.
>> HARD TO BELIEVE.
DAISY MANUFACTURING USED TO BE A WINDMILL, THE PLYMOUTH IRON WINDOW COMPANY WAS IN THE DETROIT AREA AND THEY MADE A PAINLESS WINDMILL THAT WAS POPULAR BECAUSE THE PLYMOUTH IRON WINDMILL COMPANY THAT WAITED THIS TIME.
THEY COULD ONLY MARKET WITHIN A SMALL AREA WAS IT WHEN THEY SHOT THE FIRST, THE GUN AND HE SAID BOY, THAT'S A DC.
>> THAT WOULD BE THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE WINDMILL PLANT, LOUIS CASS HOUGH WHO WAS HANDED THE FIRST LITTLE GUN MISTER HAMILTON MADE AS AN IDEA FOR THE WINDOW COMPANY TO ALSO MAKE AN ARAGON AND MISTER LOUIS CASS HOUGH FIRED IT, SHOT THROUGH A SINGLE AND YOU LIKE AND SO TODAY YOU MIGHT SAY THAT'S REALLY COOL.
BUT HE SAID BOY, IT'S A DAISY AND THAT MEANT IT WAS A VERY GOOD THING AND HE LIKED IT.
>> THE REST IS HISTORY.
>> THE REST IS HISTORY.
>> YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO GUESS WHAT FAMOUS PAIR OF EXPLORERS USED IN ARAGON.
>> I NEVER KNEW LEWIS AND CLARKE CARRIED AN AIR RIFLE.
>> AIR GUNS ARE A LOT OLDER THAN DAISY AND THE MUSEUM, WE HAVE EXAMPLES OF AIR GUNS FROM THE 1700S, 1800S AND IN 1803, LEWIS AND CLARKE TOOK AN AIR LIGHT RIFLE WITH THEM IN THEIR JOURNEY ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.
>> IT SHOT THE CALIBER LEAD BALL.
>> IT DID.
A LOT OF THESE ANTIQUE RIFLES ARE 35, 40, 50 CALIBER SHOT.
VERY POWERFUL.
[MUSIC] >> DURING WORLD WAR II, DAISY STOPPED MAKING BB GUN'S AND MADE OTHER THINGS FOR THE WAR EFFORT.
>> IN FACT, EVERY COMPANY THAT MADE A CONSUMER PRODUCT OUT OF FIELD, THEY COULDN'T GET ANYMORE STEEL THAT THEY COULD MAKE IN THEIR FACTORY PARTS FOR THE WAR EFFORT.
SO DAISY MADE SWITCHES AND BUSHINGS AND BARRELS AND SPARK PLUG RINGS WHICH WE ONLY BELIEVE WERE USED IN THE BOMBERS BUILT MILES FROM THE DAISY PLANT.
>> I GUESS ANYBODY THAT'S EITHER A FAN OR NOT A FAN OF BB GUN'S OR PISTOLS OR WHATEVER, THIS HAS BEEN A PART OF AMERICAN HISTORY FOR YEARS AND YEARS.
>> 130 YEARS DAISY HAS BEEN MAKING BB GUNS'S BUT WALKING THROUGH THE HISTORY HERE, NOT ONLY DO YOU LEARN ABOUT THE HISTORY OF DAISY BB GUNS BUT YOU LEARN ABOUT AMERICAN HISTORY.
AS PART IT IS PART OF AMERICA'S HERITAGE.
>> SPEAKING OF BEING A PART OF AMERICAN HISTORY, TO THIS DAY THERE'S A DAISY GOLF BALL OR TWO THAT ARE STILL ON THE MOVE.
IN 1971, APOLLO 14 ASTRONAUT ALAN SHEPARD AT ONE HE SAYS FOR MILES AND MILES.
IN 1987, DAISY MANUFACTURED THIS SNIPER RIFLE FOR THE NAVY SEALS.
AROUND THE CORNER OVER HERE IS THE FREE MODE DISPLAY, THAT CLASSIC 1983 MOVIE "A CHRISTMAS STORY" AND PEOPLE WHO NEVER HEARD OF THE RED RYDER GUN QUICKLY FOUND OUT WHAT WAS.
>> THE GUN CAME OUT IN 1940 AND THAT'S ABOUT WHEN THE MOVIE WAS SET BUT THE MOVIE WAS MADE IN 1983 SO DAISY WAS CHALLENGED TO MAKE A FEW RED WRITERS WITH A COMPASS AND SUNDIAL WHICH REALLY WASN'T HOW THE GUN WAS MADE.
AND MAKE THOSE FOR THE MOVIE.
OF COURSE, THE MOVIE BECAME A CULT CLASSIC AND THEY SHOW EVERY YEAR ON CHRISTMAS EVE FOR 24 HOURS.
[MUSIC] >> TALK ABOUT THIS SPECIAL EDITION RED RYDER.
>> IN THE DAISY MUSEUM GIFT SHOP WE HAVE A LOT OF LIMITED EDITION COLLECTIBLES BUT ONE THAT'S POPULAR THIS TIME OF YEAR IS THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF THE GUN THAT WAS USED IN THAT CLASSIC HOLIDAY MOVIE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> DON'T DO IT, YOU'LL SHOOT YOUR EYE OUT, KID.
THE NEXT TIME YOU ARE IN ROGERS, ROWS THROUGH THE DAISY ARAGON MUSEUM OR SOME OF THE OTHER ATTRACTIONS 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 WE WILL SEE YOU NEXT TIME FOR ANOTHER EXCITING ADVENTURE ON "EXPLORING ARKANSAS".
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