THE HISTORIC MOUNTAIN VIEW SWINGING BRIDGE BUILT IN 1914 ON SYLAMORE CREEK, FOR DECADES IT HAS KIND OF BEEN BATTERED UP YOU MIGHT SAY THROUGH FLOODS AND WHATNOT BUT IT STILL STANDS AS A PRETTY GOOD TESTAMENT TO LIFE IN EARLY AMERICA.

IN 1914, THE FIRST ROADS THROUGH THE OZARK NATIONAL FOREST WAS KNOWN AS THE BIG LACKS SYLAMORE ROAD.

CONSTRUCTION OF THE SWINGING BRIDGE OR SYLAMORE CREEK WAS PART OF THAT ROAD.

IT WAS AN ESSENTIAL PATHWAY FOR HORSEBACK WRITERS, TRAFFIC, LOGGING TRUCKS AND OTHER VEHICLES.

THE STEEL CABLES FOR THE BRIDGE WEIGHED 4100 POUNDS AND WAS BROUGHT TO THE AREA BY RAIL.

IT WAS THEN CALLED TO THE BRIDGE SITE BY HORSE-DRAWN WAGON.

THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, THE BRIDGE SERVED AS A FAVORITE MEETING PLACE FOR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS, PICNICS AND REUNIONS, EVEN BAPTISMAL.

NOT TO MENTION BEING A GREAT WEDDING AND FISHING HOLE.

>> FOR THE DARING AT HEART, THIS BRIDGE ALSO SERVED AS A SUMMER RIGHT OF PASSAGE TO THOSE WHO WOULD JUMP OFF IT OR THE NEARBY BLOCKS, RESULTING IN AN OCCASIONAL INJURY.

SO DON'T GET ANY IDEAS.

IN 1982 AFTER A HARD AND FAST RAINFALL OF 19 INCHES, THE BRIDGE WAS WASHED AWAY EXCEPT FOR THE CONCRETE ANCHORS SET IN 1914 AND THE ORIGINAL STEEL CABLE.

BECAUSE OF ITS HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE, THE BRIDGE WAS RESTORED IN 1985.

SINCE BRIDGES LIKE THIS ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN, THE MOUNTAIN VIEW SWINGING BRIDGE IS SORT OF A TOURIST ATTRACTION WITH FOLKS COMING FROM ALL OVER TO EITHER WALK OR DRIVE ACROSS AND ENJOY THAT BOUNCE AND SWAY.

DURING THE BRIDGE DEDICATION IN 1914, WORKERS WERE ENCOURAGED BY THE PROJECT SUPERINTENDENT TO BRING THEIR FAMILIES AND HAVE THEIR PICTURE TAKEN ON THE BRIDGE.THE ONLY KNOWN SURVIVING PHOTO TAKEN THEN WAS OF THE PETE ENGLE FAMILY.

IF A FEW HOURS ISN'T ENOUGH TO TAKE IN THE BEAUTIFUL SETTING AROUND THIS BRIDGE, YOU CAN TRY OUT A CAMPSITE OR ACCURATE ANGLERS.

IF YOU ARE LIKE ME, I NEEDED THE EXTRA TIME TO TRY AND CATCH SOMETHING.

>> YES, IT'S NOT EVERY DAY YOU CAN FEAST YOUR EYES ON A CHUNK OF ROCK FROM OUTER SPACE BUT HERE AT THE ARKANSAS CENTER FOR SPACE AND PLANETARY SCIENCES AT THE U OF A YOU CAN DO SO.

WOW.

KNOWN AS THE PARAGOULD METEORITE, IN 1930 IT HIT THE TOWN OF PARAGOULD INTO THE HISTORY AND SCIENCE BOOKS.

AT 4:08 ON THE MORNING OF 1930, A GOOD-SIZED METEOR CAME STREAKING DOWN FROM THE NIGHT SKY, BREAKING UP INTO TWO OR THREE PIECES.

THE LARGER PIECE AT MORE THAN 800 POUNDS AT THE TIME WAS THE LARGEST METEORITE EVER TO BE SEEN IN ITS DISSENT AND RECOVERED.

>> I REMEMBER STORIES AND I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO TALK TO AN UNCLE WHEN HE WAS 92 JUST A COUPLE YEARS AGO.

AND HE REINFORCED THE STORIES I'VE HEARD ALL MY LIFE ABOUT THIS AMAZING THING THAT DROPPED BACK IN WHAT WAS IT, 1930.

AND MY GRANDFATHER'S HOME, IT WAS THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.

EVERYBODY WAS SLEEPING AND MY GREAT-GRANDMOTHER WAS LIVING WITH HIM AT THE TIME AND SHE HEARD WHAT SHE THOUGHT WAS A STORM , A SEVERE STORM APPROACHING SO SHE WOKE MY GRANDFATHER UP AND HAD HIM GO OUTSIDE AND CHECK ON THINGS.

WHEN HE CAME BACK IN, HE SAID IT'S CLEAR, THERE ARE STARSALL OVER THE PLACE, THERE'S NOTHING GOING ON.

BY MORNING, EVERYBODY BEGAN TO GET TOGETHER, MAYBE NOT AS EASILY AS US WITH OUR PHONES AND INTERNET THEY STARTED COMPARING NOTES .

CATTLE WERE MISSING THAT HAD ESCAPED AND RUN OFF AND PEOPLE THOUGHT THE END OF THE WORLD WAS COMING OR A PLANE CRASH AREA AND THE ODDS OF A PLANE IN THE NIGHT FALLING IN THE 1930S WASN'T VERY HIGH BUT THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND GRANDPA WAS HELPING A NEIGHBOR, THEIR LAND BUT IT AGAINST EACH OTHER AND THEY FOUND A TRENCH OUT PLACE WHERE SOMETHING HAD JUST SPROUTED UP AND THEY FOUND THE SMALLER OF THE TWO METEORITES.

AND IT WAS PROBABLY A MONTH LATER ACCORDING TO THE STORY THAT THEY LOCATED THE OTHER, LARGER PIECE THAT BASICALLY TOOK TEAMS AND MEN WORKING A GOOD WHILE TO PALAU.

IT WAS ABOUT 800 POUNDS AND IT WAS BECAUSE THEY WERE CHECKING FOR TOWERS OR WHATEVER AND FOUND A SUPERSIZED HOLE IN THE GROUND THAT DIDN'T BELONG THERE.

>> THE IMPACT LOCATION WAS ON THE FLETCHER FARM SOUTHWEST OF PARAGOULD NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF INCH.

>> IN 1930, THIS IS WHERE THAT ROCK FROM OUTER SPACE CAME DOWN.

MY GOODNESS.

THAT'S WHAT I HEAR.

A LOT OF STORIES.

AND RIGHT HERE IT WOULD CREATE I GUESS A NINE FOOT DEEP HOLE OR THEREABOUTS AND THE ACCOUNT IS THAT PLATES SCATTERED EVERYWHERE FOR 100 R YARDS.

>> IT WAS FINE WHEN THEY GOT IT OUT.

>> AFTER DECADES OF EROSION AND BECOMING OVERGROWN, THE IMPACT SITE DOESN'T EVEN LOOK LIKE AN 820 POUND METEORITE SLAMMED INTO IT, RESEMBLING AT MOST A MEDIUM-SIZED DITCH.

BUT WHAT IS IMPRESSIVE IS A HUGE ROCK FROM OUTER SPACE THAT REMAINS ON DISPLAY AT THE ARKANSAS CENTER FOR SPACE AND PLANETARYSCIENCES AT THE U OF A IN FAYETTEVILLE WHICH IS NOW THE SECOND LARGEST METEORITE OBSERVED AND RECOVERED , BEING BEAT OUT BY THE SIKHOTE-ALIN METEORITE WHICH FELL IN RUSSIA IN 1947, THE LARGEST PIECE WEIGHING 3800 POUNDS.

>>.

[MUSIC] SAN FRANCISCO HAS ITS GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE BUT THE TOWN OF BEAVER IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS HAS ITS LITTLE GOLDEN GREAT GATE BRIDGE.

YOU WILL FIND OUT FOR YOURSELF WHEN YOU VISIT HERE THAT IT'S THE BRIDGE TO NOSTALGIA.

BEAVER ARKANSAS PRIDES ITSELF ON BEING A COMMUNITY OF GOOD NEIGHBORS AND THAT IT IS.

THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THIS LITTLE TOWN THAT ONCE YOU GET HERE, YOU REALLY DON'T WANT TO LEAVE WHICH IS WHAT HAPPENED WHEN BILLY JOE WESTON'S FAMILY CAME HERE IN 1945 AND BEGAN OPERATING THE GENERAL STORE UNTIL THE 1970S .

>> BILLY JOE, TELL US ABOUT YOUR FIRST NIGHT HERE COMING TO BEAVER.

>> WE CAME IN FROM WICHITA KANSAS.

IT WAS LATE.

MY DAD DIDN'T HAVE THE KEY TO THE STORE.

NO WAY TO GET IT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE FOLKS SPLITTING THE WATER SO HE SET THE MATTRESSES DOWN ON THE PORCH AND WE SPENT THE NIGHT ON THE PORCH AND THE NEXT DAY WAS MY BIRTHDAY.

>> YOU WERE HOW OLD?

>> FIVE.

>> FIVE YEARS OLD.

>> FIVE YEARS OLD WHEN WE MOVED HERE.IT WAS TOTALLY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT I WAS USED TO.

BUT IT WAS FUN.

I ENJOYED IT.

>> FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THERE WAS A LOT MORE HERE IN BEAVER BACK IN THOSE DAYS.

>> WELL, IN BEAVER, YEAH, THEY HAD THE PEOPLE.

THE TRAINS RAN AND ALL THAT STUFF BUT THE TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY, IT WAS A BIGGER TOWN THAN EUREKA SPRINGS.

IT WAS JUST A LITTLE COMMUNITY ACROSS THE TRAIN BRIDGE.

THERE WAS 27 STORES AND CARRY NATION EVEN DID IT.

>> THE FAMOUS SALOON SMASHER BUSTED UP AT LEAST ONE OF THE TOWN SALOONS.

THE FOUNDER OF BEAVER IS CONSIDERED TO BE WILSON'S CHOIR BEAVER WHO CAME TO THIS AREA FROM TENNESSEE IN THE EARLY 1850S.

THE CABIN SQUIRE BEAVER LIVED IN WAS MOVED THREE TIMES, EVENTUALLY BEING PLACED WHERE THE BEAVER CAMPGROUND IS TODAY.

AFTER BEING TORN DOWN IN 1963, AND INFORMATIONAL SIDE NOW TELL THE STORY OF SQUIRE BEAVER'S CABIN.

THE LITTLE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE WAS BUILT IN 1949 TO REPLACE THE CONCRETE ONETHAT WASHED AWAY IN A FLOOD IN 1943 .

>> IT CAME FROM LOUISIANA.

THEY WERE GOING TO PUT IT UP DOWN THERE AND THEY PASSED A LAW THEY COULDN'T PUT IN A ONE LANE BRIDGE SO SOME OF THE PEOPLE AROUND HERE WENT AND GOT THE MONEY TOGETHER AND BOUGHT THE BRIDGE AND THEY SENT SOMEBODY UP HERE TO HELP PUT IT TOGETHER AND LOCAL MEN, SOME OF THEM HAD WORKED ONTHE ORIGINAL ONE , HELPED PUT IT TOGETHER.

AND WE HAD A WAY TO TOWN.

>> IT'S BEEN ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS LANDMARKS IN THE STATE.

>> YES, AMEN TO THAT.

>> THE 1901 POST OFFICE AND TRADING POST WAS BUILT WITH LIMESTONE FROM A LOCAL QUARRY.

>> AT THE TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY, THEY HAD A LITTLE ROCK QUARRY HERE AND PART OF KANSAS CITY AND ST.LOUIS DOWNTOWN, THEY CALLED IT BEAVER STONE .

>> LIMESTONE.

>> AND ITS LIMESTONE.

THEN THAT WAS WHEN BEAVER WAS BIGGER THAN EUREKA AND IT WENT COMPLETELY WHEN THE LIMESTONE WENT AND THEN WE LOST THE RAILROAD IN 1960 WHICH THE LIFE OF IT WAS THE STRAWBERRY SPECIAL THAT RAN THROUGH IN MIDNIGHT AND PICKED UP STRAWBERRIES IN ARKANSAS AND PICKED UP THE OTHER TRAIN AND THEY HAD A FLOOD AND THEY RAN OFF THE TRESTLE THAT IT WAS A DOUBLE-DECKER TRUCK AND IT RAN OFF IN THE CREEK.

SO RIGHT AFTER THAT, THAT WAS ABOUT THE END OF IT.

AND THERE WAS NO MONEY IN IT ANYMORE, NOBODY SHIPPED RATE IN TRUCKS SO THAT RUINED THE CHOO-CHOO TRAIN UNTIL A GENTLEMAN CAME IN HERE AND WAS GOING TO MAKE A TOUR THROUGH THERE AND HE COULDN'T GET ENOUGH MONEY SO HE SOLD ALL THE STUFF TO A GUY THAT TOOK IT TO BRANSON AND WILL OPEN ONE UP DOWN THERE.

SO BEAVERS COMMENTED ON KIND OF LIKE EUREKA COMES AND GOES, JUST NOT AS BIG.

WE LIKE TO BE QUIET AND NOT RATTLE THE BOAT SO BAD.

>> MANAGING THE BEAVER TRADING POST NOW IS WHITNEY'S.

>> I GREW UP IN EUREKA SPRINGS.

I'M ACTUALLY GENERATION FROM EUREKA SPRINGS AND I MOVED AWAY FOR ABOUT A DECADE AND I'VE LIVED IN SOME CITIES HERE THERE AND EVERYWHERE AND I MOVED BACK TO EUREKA TWO YEARS AGO.

AND THEN FROM THERE I CAME OUT TO BEAVER AND I WAS MOWING THE YARD NEXT DOOR AT MY CABIN AND I SAW THE OWNER OF THE BUILDING AND JOKINGLY TOLD HIM WE WERE GOING TO SELL OUR OLD RV AND HE SAID YOU WANT A JOB?

OKAY, SO HERE I AM NOW AND BEAVER IS I THINK POPULATION 99?

THAT MIGHT BE A STRETCH AREA BUT IT'S BEEN INTERESTING AND YOU KNOW, BEFORE THIS YEAR I REALLY DIDN'T KNOW A LOT ABOUT THE HISTORY.

A LITTLE BIT, THE RAILROAD, STUFF LIKE THAT BUT BEAVER THE DATES EUREKA BY 40 YEARS AND HAS A REALLY INTERESTING HISTORY AND SOME OF THE OLD-TIMERS WILL COME IN AND TELL ME STORIES AND I'VE LEARNED A LOT.

IT'S A FUNNY LITTLE TOWN TO LIVE IN IT'S REALLY QUITE , REALLY QUAINT AND NOW WHEN I GO INTO EUREKASPRINGS IT FEELS LIKE THIS GIANT CITY TO ME .

IT'S LIKE, THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HERE, WHAT AM I GOING TO DO, WHERE AM I GOING TO PARK IT'S THE SMALLEST COUNT I'VE EVER LIVED IN BY FAR BUT IT'S REALLY LOVELY AND THE WHOLE COMMUNITY GETS ALONG.

EVERYBODY HANGS OUT.

AFTERWARDS I GO DOWN TO THE LAKE AND THEY ARE SITTING THERE TELLING STORIES AND IT'S BEEN REALLY GREAT.

I'M SUPER HAPPY TO BE OUT HERE, HAPPY TO GET TO KNOW THE LOCALS.

>> SO GET TO KNOW THE LOCALS FOR YOURSELF.

STAY ON WHILE AT THE CAMPGROUND OR IN AND WHO KNOWS?

YOU TOO MAY WANT TO JOIN THIS COMMUNITY OF GOOD NEIGHBORS IN BEAVER, ARKANSAS.

>>.

[MUSIC] NORTH OF EUREKA SPRINGS ALONG HIGHWAY 23, YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED SOMETHING UNUSUAL.

SOMETHING RATHER UNIQUE.

SCULPTURE, ARTWORK, THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF THE FANTASYLAND HERE.

MOST OF US ONLY DREAM ABOUT LIVING OUR FANTASY LIFE BUT JD AND KATHY HARRIS ARE INDEED LIVING THERE FANTASY.

>> FIRST I WAS IMPRESSED ON THE OUTSIDE.

COMING HERE ON THE INSIDE OF THE PLACE IT'S LIKE, WOW.

IT'S EVERY WOMAN'S DREAM YOU HAVE A FANTASY HOME LIKE THIS >> I'M TRULY LIVING IN FANTASYLAND .

WE JUST WANTED IT TO FEEL LIKE WE WERE ON VACATION SO WE JUST KIND OF STUCK WITH OUR THEME OF THIS BEING OUR ISLAND AND WE WANTED EVERYTHING AROUND US TO MAKE US FEEL LIKE WE WERE ON VACATION AND WE CAN DREAM IT UP AND HE CAN BUILD IT.

>> AND BUILD IT JD DID.

THEIR ENTIRE PROPERTY LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF A FAIRYTALE.

THIS ARCHITECTURAL FEET, ACCORDING TO J.D.

WAS ACCOMPLISHED PRIMARILY WITH TWO BASIC MATERIALS.

>> THERE TWO BY FOURS AND ONE BY 12.

WE HAVE IT DOWN TO WHERE THEY WERE ACTUALLY COST PROHIBITIVE FOR PEOPLE TO BUILD A HOUSE AND ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE NOWADAYS, WHEN THE BUDGET IS NOT THERE.

SO YOU CAN BUILD THESE HOUSES BASICALLY ON A SHOESTRING BUDGET.

AND IT MAKES IT LOOK COOL AND BE STYLISH TOO.

WE'VE HAD A WHOLE SEVEN FOOT OF SNOW AND THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD SNOW LOAD ON THE FLATTEST PART OF THIS ROOF.IT'S WHERE IT ALL COMES DOWN AND BUBBLES UP IN ONE SPOT AND I'VE ACTUALLY MEASURED IT AT SEVEN FOOT.

I WAS KIND OF PROUD OF THAT.

>> YOU HAVE STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS AND ARCHITECTS DOING THIS.

>> I LOVE IT, ESPECIALLY HERE AND YOU WANT TO HAVE THEM RECOGNIZE WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND DO IT IN A FUN WAY THAT KIND OF BRINGS A SMILE TO THEIR FACE.

THEY DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE DOING IT BUT ACTUALLY WHAT YOU SHOW THEM, IT'S A SIMPLE PROCESS.

JUST COMMON SENSE THINGS BASICALLY.

I COULD SHOW JUST ABOUT ANYBODY HOW TO DO THESE IN A FEW HOURS .

IF THEY GOT ANY KIND OF BUILDING EXPERIENCE AT ALL, THEN THEY CAN BUILD ONE OF THESE BUILDINGS PRETTY EASILY.

>> COME ON NOW J.D..

IF THAT WERE THE CASE, WE'D SEE THIS TYPE OF ARCHITECTURE ALL OVER THE PLACE.

NO, IN THIS CASE IT'S ALL YOU, MAN.

DURING SOME OF THIS CONSTRUCTION, KATHY, YOU SAID THERE WERE TIMES YOU DIDN'T EVEN WANT TO LOOK AT YOUR HUSBAND FOR FEAR OF WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN.

>> EXACTLY.

AFTER THE EPISODE ON THE ROOF PUTTING THE NAIL THROUGH HIS HAND , WHEN HE WAS STANDING ON THESE THIN BOARDS AND HANGING UPSIDE DOWN WITH THE NAIL GUN OR SCREW GUN, I COULDN'T WATCH.

I JUST LISTENED TO MAKE SURE I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING.

>> WE MIGHT ADD THAT J.D.

DOES NOT USE BLUEPRINTS.ALL HIS SCOPING AND CONSTRUCTION CREATIVITY IS IMPRINTED IN HIS MIND WHICH HE THEN JUST LETS OUT LIKE A TRUE ARTIST.

>> MY FAVORITE, OTHER THAN YOUR HOUSEIS THAT BARN, THAT'S SOMETHING .

>> THAT'S DEFINITELY A ONE-OF-A-KIND BARN.

>> IT IS AND IT'S JUST GOING TO GET BETTER AND BETTER.

WERE GOING TO PUT SOME PRETTY ELABORATE THINGS ON THE OUTSIDE AND THE FRONT AND DECORATED UP TO WHERE IT'S A FOCAL POINT AND A GOOD PLACE TO LOOK AT TO.

>> MY OTHER FAVORITE, THE NATIVE AMERICAN WEATHERVANE.

[MUSIC] >> JUST DOWN THE ROAD FROM SEARCY OFF HIGHWAY 36 IS THE OLDEST DOCUMENTED CHURCH BUILDING IN THE STATE.

THE SMYRNA CHURCH.

CONSTRUCTION BEGAN IN 1856.

IT HAPPENS TO BE ONE OF ONLY FIVE ANTEBELLUM CHURCHES STILL STANDING IN THE STATE.

IT'S OLD COUNTRY CHURCHES LIKE THIS THAT HOMES AND MOVIES ARE MADE OF AND WHEN IT'S THE OLDEST CHURCH BUILDING IN ARKANSAS, WELL, THAT MAKES IT EVEN EXTRA SPECIAL.

[MUSIC] >> IN 1856 THEY STARTED CUTTING THE TREES TO HAVE A FOUNDATION FOR THE CHURCH THEY WERE GOING TO BUILD AND IN THE PROCESS THEY CUT A RATHER LARGE TREE, ABOUT 18 INCHES, 24 INCHES ACROSS WHICH, WHEN THEY BUILT THE CHURCH, IT WAS PUT ON TOP OF THIS STUMP.

>> WHEN RESTORATION BEGAN ON THE SMYRNA CHURCH, THE BUILDING WAS FIRST RAISED TO REINFORCE THE SUBSTRUCTURE AND THAT'S WHEN THE STUMP WAS DISCOVERED.

>> WE PRESERVED THE STUMP AND A FEW MONTHS LATER WE WERE ABLE TO CONTACT DOCTOR STALEY FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FAYETTEVILLE AND HE IS WELL RENOWNED.

HE WAS ABLE TO TELL US THAT TREE WAS ACTUALLY CUT IN LATE MARCH, APRIL OR EARLY MAY 1856.

AND OF COURSE AT THAT TIME YOU LET LONG'S JUROR OVER THE SUMMER AND SO THEY ACTUALLY WOULD HAVE STARTED CONSTRUCTION UNTIL THE FALL OF 1856.

>> QUITE A MOVING AND EMOTIONAL EVENT TOOK PLACE ON ONE PARTICULAR SUNDAY MORNING DURING CHURCH SERVICE FOLLOWING THE CIVIL WAR.

>> AT THE END OF THE CIVIL WAR, JACOB ARMSTRONG, THE ARMSTRONG FAMILY THAT ATTENDED THIS CHURCH, THEY WERE HAVING A MEETING.

SUNDAY MORNING SERVICE WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THE SON WHO HAD BEEN AWAY AT THE WAR FOR THE DURATION COMES DOWN WHAT IS NOW HIGHWAY 36 IN SEARCY , THE ROAD TO THE CHURCH AND ONE OF THE FAMILY PARISHIONERS SAID BROTHER ARMSTRONG WAS LEADING THE PRAYER AT THAT TIME BUT ANYWAY, THE JOY OF SEEING HIM COME HOME AFTER BEING AWAY AT THE WAR FOR FOUR YEARS, YOU CAN JUST PICKER THE JUBILATION AT THE CONGREGATION.

THE CHURCH TURNED OUT EARLY THAT DAY AND IT WAS AN EXCITING DAY IN CHURCH HISTORY.

>> NOT TO MENTION ALSO THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, I IMAGIN ALL DAY SINGING AND DINNER ON THE GROUNDS.

>> THEY HAD DINNER ON THE GROUNDS, ALL DAY SINGING.

CHURCH WAS A COMMUNITY GATHERING .SO WHITE COUNTY HAS A LONG TRADITION OF ALL DAY SINGING, DINNER ON THE GROUND WITH BEAUTIFUL TREES HERE ON THE LEFT.

YOU CAN JUST PICTURE PEOPLE HAVING A DAY OF FELLOWSHIP SO THE BUILDING REMAINS A TESTIMONY TO THAT.

>> ALTHOUGH SERVICES ARE NO LONGER HELD HERE, THE SMYRNA CHURCH BUILDING IS AVAILABLE FOR WEDDINGS BY CONTACTING SEARCY PARKS AND RECREATION.

SO GET A FEEL FOR SOME OF THAT OLD TIME RELIGION AT THE SMYRNA CHURCH JUST OUTSIDE OF SEARCY 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".