HERE AT THE PETIT JEAN MOUNTAIN, AFTER YOU'VE TAKEN IN ALL THE SPECTACULAR SITES, YOU MAY WANT TO TAKE A SIDE TRIP TO THE MUSEUM OF AUTOMOBILES THAT WAS FOUNDED BY WINTHROP ROCKEFELLER IN 1964.

INSIDE THE MUSEUM YOU CAN CHECK OUT ROCKEFELLER'S 1961 CADILLAC IN WHICH HE MADE THE TRIP TO ARKANSAS IN 1953.

THERE'S ALSO HIS 1967 CADILLAC AND HIS 1914 POPCORN WAGON.

BUT THIS IS JUST FOR STARTERS.

>> WE HAVE A PACKARD THAT MAY WEST OWNED.

WE HAVE A RANCHERO THAT ELVIS OWNED.

WE HAVE A CONTINENTAL THAT KENNEDY OWNED, AND WE HAVE TO CARS THAT WERE MADE IN LITTLE ROCK.

THERE WAS ONLY TWO LEFT IN EXISTENCE AND WE HAVE BOTH OF THEM .

>> THE CLIMBER MOTOR CORPORATION IN LITTLE ROCK WAS IN BUSINESS ONLYFIVE YEARS FROM 1919 TO 1924 AND DURING THAT TIME ONLY 200 CARS WERE BUILT .

FIRST TIME VISITORS TO THE MUSEUM OF AUTOMOBILES ARE QUITE SIMPLY AMAZED.

>> OH YEAH, YOU HEAR GASPS THROUGH THE DOOR WHEN THEY COME IN.

THAT MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD AND WE DO ROTATE THE CARS OUT OCCASIONALLY.

SOMEBODY WILL DONATE ONE AND WE WILL BRING IT IN AND LIKE THE OLD BILL AIR BACK HERE, THAT WAS DONATED.

WE PUT IT IN A COUPLE WEEKS AGO AND THERE IS THAT HUDSON TRUCK THAT I'VE NEVER EVEN SEEN A HUDSON TRUCK .

>> IF A PERSON WERE TO COME BACK TWO YEARS LATER THEY MIGHT SEE SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

>> THEY WILL SEE SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

MOST OF THE CARS THAT ARE DONATED, WE KEEP THEM UP HERE BECAUSE PEOPLE THAT DONATE THEM, THEY LIKE TO SEE IF THEY ARE STILL HERE.

>> FIRST OF ALL, THE FACILITY IS AWESOME IN COMBINATION WITH A LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE AND THE COLLECTION IS WONDERFUL AS WELL.

I'M A CAR BUFF FOR MANY YEARS AND I'VE ACCLIMATED A NUMBER OF THEM.

I HAVE A COUPLE A MODELS AND I'M INTERESTED IN THEM BUT I NOTICE THEY HAD THE CAR OF MY YOUTH OVER HERE, THIS 54 CHEVROLET WHICH I DROVE ACROSS THE UNITED STATES ONE TIME SO I WAS INTERESTED IN IT AS WELL AND SOME OF THE OLDER CARS,THE ONES BACK IN THE TEENS OR EARLIER , THERE INTERESTING TO LOOK AT AND ANYONE THAT HAS ANY INTEREST IN CARS, THEY COULD SPEND HALF A DAY HERE EASILY AND EVEN MORE IF THEY WANTED TO TO LOOK AT ALL THE VARIOUS CARS AND CARS OF THE ERA WHEN THE BIG CARS WERE PRODUCED, WHEN ONLY RICHPEOPLE COULD AFFORD PACKARD'S AND SO FORTH.

THEY GOT A LOT OF BEAUTIFUL CARS .

>> WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THAT PINK PACKARD THAT BELONGED TO MAE WEST?

>> I DIDN'T NOTICE IT WAS MAY WEST, I TOLD MY WIFE I KNOW IT BELONGED TO A FEMALE BUT I NOSHE HAD A MIRROR IN THE BACK FOR DOING MAKEUP.

SO THAT CERTAINLY WOULD EXPLAIN THE CAR.

I SAW THE MOVIES OF MAE WEST, IT WAS VERY INTERESTING.

I LIKE THE LINK INTO.

THEY HAD A 48 LINCOLN, I BELIEVE.

VERY INTERESTING CAR.

SO THAT BROUGHT BACK MEMORIES AND I KNOW I WAS A TEENAGER IN THE 50S.

>> GOOD TIME TO BE A TEENAGER.>> IT REALLY WAS.

IT WAS A PIECE OF AMERICANA THAT WHEN THE CARS WORKING AND I WENT DOWN TO THE FORD PLACE TO LOOK AT A 55 TIA BYRD, THE FIRST ONE THAT CAME OUT AND I WAS JUST TALKING AND THE SALESMAN SHOWED ME ASIDE AND HE SAID SON, GET OUT OF THE WAY.

I WAS SO ENTHRALLED WITH IT AND ISTILL AM TODAY, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL CAR .

>> WHAT IS AMAZING TO SEE IS THE SIMPLICITY OF THE ENGINES BACKTHEN .

>> THAT'S RIGHT, I USED HAVE OLD PICKUP AND I COULD LIFT UP THE GOOD AND CRAWL OUT IN THE HOOD AND START WORKING ON IT.

NOWADAYS, YOU CAN'T EVEN SEE THE HOOD TO SEE THE MOTOR.

[LAUGHTER] THEY ARE VERY SIMPLE I'M SURPRISED HOW SOME OF THEM WERE SO CHEAP BUT OTHERS COULD GET EXPENSIVE FOR BACK IN THAT AGE .

WE'RE NOT TALKING LIKE TODAY.

[MUSIC] I ADVISE OTHERS TO COME IN HERE BECAUSE IT'S WELL WORTH YOUR TIME.IT'S GOING TO TAKE A COUPLE HOURS PROBABLY TO GET THROUGH IT.

[MUSIC] >>.

[MUSIC] WELL, WE FINALLY SPOTTED SIX, HE'S BEEN HANGING OUT IN ALPENA.

HE'S THE CREATION OF ANCIENT CARVER KAY JACKSON.

>> MY HUSBAND DECIDED HE WANTED TO TRY IT FIRST AND HE DID.

AND I WANTED TO TRY IT AND HE DIDN'T WANT ME TO AT FIRST OF COURSE BUT IT ENDED UP WHERE I STARTED, I LOVED IT, I'VE BEEN CARVING EVER SINCE.

I JUST LOVE WHAT I DO.

[MUSIC] >> KAY JACKSON DOES INDEED LOVE WHAT SHE DOES AND SHE'S A NATURAL AT IT.

IN TURN DRIVE FOR CHAINSAW CARVING THAT ONE HER THE WORLD CAN BE ENTITLE IN 2006 .

>> WHEN YOU START LIKE THIS WITH A STOP, HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT CREATING?

>> IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE STUMP LOOKS LIKE.

IT HAS A SIGNIFICANT, UNIQUE LOOKING PIECE THAT I HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WOULD GO BEST IN THERE.

IF IT LOOKS LIKE AN EAGLE, I'LL MAKE AN EAGLE OR IF IT LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING DIFFERENT, THAT'S WHAT I WILL MAKE OUT OF THAT PIECE.

WHAT EVER IT REMINDS ME OF.

UM TIMESIT HAS A SHAPE OF ITS OWN AND SOMETIMES I HAVE TO COME OUT HERE AND MAKE WHAT I NEED TO MAKE , YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

[MUSIC] >> IS IT LIKE THERAPY MAYBE FOR YOU OR WORK OR KIND OF BOTH?

>> KIND OF BOTH.

I LOVE WHAT I DO AND YOU KNOW, IT'S TOUGH SOMETIMES.

SOMETIMES I HAVE CHALLENGING PROJECTS BUT I LOVE WHAT I DO.

I'VE ALWAYS LOVED IT AND I ALWAYS WILL.

>> WHAT'S AMAZING TO ME IS HOW WITH A CHAINSAW AND YOU ARE ABLE TO CAR SOMETHING WHICH LOOKS LIKE YOU CARVED IT WITH A KNIFE .

>> A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY THAT.

WHY COULDN'T YOU MAKE IT REALLY LOOK EASY?

BUT I'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR 25 YEARS AND IT GETS EASIER EVERY DAY.

SO YOU'RE NATURALLY GOING TO GETFASTER EVERY DAY THAT YOU DO THE JOB, WHATEVER YOUR JOB IS .

>> SO SASQUATCH OUT HERE, BIGFOOT.

WHAT LED TO CREATING HIM?

>> EVERYBODY LOVES BIGFOOT, EVERYBODY LOVES SASQUATCH SO I FIGURED WHY NOT?

IT'S A GOOD THING TO MAKE, PEOPLE LOVE HIM, THEY TAKE PICTURES EVERY DAY.

IT'S A GOOD THING, I LIKEHIM, THAT'S ALL .

>> YOU PROBABLY SELL A LOT OF THOSE STUMPS.

>> I DO.

THAT'S, YEAH.

ALL THE TIME I'M MAKING THAT AND IT GOES VERY QUICK AND PEOPLE LOVE IT.

THEY MAKE GREAT GIFTS FOR THE BABYSITTERS AT HOME WHEN I'M ON VACATION OR MOM AND DAD.

IT MAKES GREAT GIFTS FOR OTHER PEOPLE.

THEY LOVE THEM FOR THEMSELVES AS WELL.

>> YOU ARE PROBABLY ONE OF THE FEW WOMEN THAT DO THIS IN ARKANSAS?

>> YES, THAT'S VERY TRUE.

>>.

[MUSIC] A REALLY NEAT AND PICTURESQUE HIKING TRAIL THAT INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS OF CLARKSVILLE IS THE SPADRA CREEK NATURE TRAIL WHICH WAS DEDICATED TO THE ARKANSAS TRAIL SYSTEM BACK IN 1983.

THE TRAIL HEAD PARKING IS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40 OFF ROGERS STREET BEHIND MCDONALD'S.

THE LEFT SIDE OF THE TRAIL WHICH CROSSES THE IRON BRIDGE AND IS PAVED AND UP ATTHE UNIVERSITY OF THE OZARKS .

THE EAST SIDE OF THE TRAIL OR THE SCOUT TRAIL AS IT'S CALLED IS THE ORIGINAL SECTION OF THIS TRAIL AND IT FOLLOWS THE CREEK BED FOR HALF A MILE OR SO AND IT'S ACTUALLY THE MOST SCENIC PART OF THE ENTIRETRAIL.

I BROUGHT MY ROD AND REEL ALONG TO CATCH A FEW SMALL AMOUNTS .

THE THING THAT MAKES THIS PORTION OF THE SPADRA CREEK NATURE TRAIL SO UNIQUE IS THAT IT LOOKS RUGGED ENOUGH TO BE LOCATED SOMEWHERE DEEP IN THE OZARK MOUNTAINS, AND YES, IT'S RIGHT SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE OF CLARKSDALE.

[MUSIC] THE TRAIL MEANDERS FOR QUITE ALWAYS BESIDE THE CREEK DURING WHICH YOU CAN TAKE IN ALL OF WHAT NATURE HAS TO OFFER, INCLUDING A FEW GOOD SPOTS TO THROW A LINE IN.

AFTER CROSSING A COUPLE WOODEN FOOTBRIDGES, YOU WILL COME TO A NICE, PEACEFUL SETTING OVERLOOKING SPADRA CREEK.

IT'S HERE WHERE WE FOUND FALLON "SKIPPER" GRAY SKIPPING ROCKS AND TAKING A DIP IN THE DEEP POOL.

BY THE WAY, THEY DON'T CALL HIM SKIPPER FOR NOTHING.

>> I HAVE BEEN COMING HERE FOR FOUR OR FIVE YEARS.

FUN TIMES, GOOD CAMPING, GOOD SKIPPING ROCKS.

IT'S A GOOD TIME>> YOUR ROCK SKIPPING REALLY IMPRESSED US .

WHAT'S THE TOP YOU HAVE, 42?

42 SKIPS .

WOW.

THAT'S COOL.

THIS IS A NICE SWIMMING AREA HERE.

>> SKIPTOLD US THE FISHING HERE IS GREAT TOO AND WE DID SPOT AN ENTIRE SCHOOL OF FISH, BUT THAT WAS ABOUT IT .

SPOT, NOT CATCH.

OH WELL.

THE HIKE AND THE SCENERY MADE UP FOR ALL OF IT.

>>.

[MUSIC] ALONG FORT SMITH'S HISTORIC DISTRICT IS A BUILDING THAT HAS WITHSTOOD TIME, THE WRECKING BALL AND EVEN A TORNADO.

IT'S NOW THE FORT SMITH VISITOR CENTER BUT WHAT IT WAS BEFORE IS QUITE THE STORY.

IT WAS ORIGINALLY NAMED THE RIVERFRONT HOTEL AND THEN LADY BY THE NAME OF LAURA ZIEGLER CAME ALONG AND CHANGED THE PLACE INTO, WELL, LET'S JUST SAY CATERING TO A DIFFERENT CLIENTELE.

CAROLYN JOYCE NOW PORTRAYS MISS LAURA AT MISS LAURA'S SOCIAL CLUB .

>> LAURA ZIEGLER, NICE TO MEET YOU.

>> I'M NOT HERE FOR THE ORIGINAL HOSPITALITY, JUST FOR THE ARCHITECTURAL AND HISTORICAL REVIEW.

>> I UNDERSTAND.

>> YOU BOUGHT THIS WAY BACK WHEN FOR WHAT, $3000?

>> I BORROWED THE $3000 AND BUILT IT IN 1903.

>> SINCE THEN, IT'S BEEN THROUGH A FEW TURMOILS.

>> IT HAS.

IT WENT THROUGH A BLOOD, WENT THROUGH A FIRE, WE HAD SEVERAL, AND THEN THE TORNADOES IN 96 BUT IT'S ALL BACK TOGETHER AND OPEN EVERY DAY FOR TOURISTS.

>> WHAT DO PEOPLE TELL YOU WHEN THEY COME IN HERE?

ARE THEY SURPRISED AT THE DECOR?

>> THEY'RE NOT SURPRISED, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE EXPECTING BUTTHEY LOVE IT HERE.

THEY COME IN, THEY TAKE THE TOUR .

THEY ALWAYS ENJOY.

>> IT REMINDS ME WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE WHEN AUDREY PARKER WAS HERE.

THE RICH HISTORY OF ARKANSAS AND OKLAHOMA INDIAN TERRITORY WITH THE CHOCTAW INDIANS, IT'S INTERESTING TO ME.

I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING BETTER THAN THIS TO GO TO FOR HISTORY AND YOU CAN LEARN EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS AREA.

>> IT'S DEFINITELY A ONE-OF-A-KIND BUILDING.

>> DEFINITELY.

>> THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE HOUSE IS UNIQUE .

SIMPLE PLANT BOARD, YET AN ELEGANT EXAMPLE OF BAROQUE VICTORIAN.

THE FURNISHINGS ARE ALSO VICTORIAN AND ALL IN ALL, PRETTY MUCH THE SAME AS WHEN MISS LAURA OWNED IT.

>> I JUST IMAGINE WHAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE BACK THEN, THE AIR TOOLS THAT THEY HAD, WHAT THEY LEFT BEHIND WAS REALLYNEAT .

THE BUILDING, PRETTY COOL TO SEE.

BUT IT WAS SOMETHING WE WANTED TO COME SEE.

IT WAS JUST THE HISTORY.

>> WASN'T YOUR IDEA OR YOUR HUSBAND'S IDEA?

>> IT WAS MY MOTHER-IN-LAW, THEY SAID YOU GOT TO GO SEE IT.

>> TELL US ABOUT THE STAIRCASE.

>> THE STAIRCASE IS ORIGINAL.

MOST OF THE WOOD IN THE HOUSE AS WELL, ALL ORIGINAL.

WE HAVE ONE OF THEORIGINAL STAINED GLASS WINDOWS , THAT THE FRETWORK AND THERE'S THREE AREAS WHERE IT HAS WORK WHICH IS REALLY NICE AND ALL ORIGINAL.

UPSTAIRS WE HAVE TWO OF THE ORIGINAL PIECES OF FURNITURE.

THEY AREDINING TABLES .

THE GIRLS DINING TABLE WAS DOWNSTAIRS AT THAT TIME BUT IT'S A ROLLTOP THERE.

>> I LIKE THE PIANO, IT HAS TO THE ATMOSPHERE.

>> YES, IT'S A PLAYER PIANO.

>> SO PAY A VISIT FOR YOURSELF TO MISS LAURA'S SOCIAL CLUB OR IF YOU PREFER, THE UNIQUE FORT SMITH VISITOR CENTER.

BUT DON'T EXPECT ANY, SHALL WE SAY, ORIGINAL HOSPITALITY.

[MUSIC] THE LAST TIME WE WERE ON THE FORT SQUARE IN POCAHONTAS WE FEATURED THE OLDEST BARBERSHOP IN THE STATE OR RATHER THE COUNTRY.

WE ARE BACK, THIS TIME TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE OLDEST DRUGSTORE IN THE STATE.

FUTRELL PHARMACY.

THERE HAS BEEN A DRUGSTORE AT THE CORNER OF BETTIS STREET AND BROADWAY AT THE TOWNSQUARE IN POCAHONTAS SINCE1854, MAKING IT ARKANSAS'S OLDEST .

YOU AS A TEENAGER WORKED BEHIND THIS SODA FOUNTAIN AND YOU WERE ONLY WHAT?

14?

>> I'M A SECOND-GENERATION PHARMACIST.

I GREW UP HERE SO I HAVE A LOT OF MEMORIES OF ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE LATE 60S ON FORWARD.

>> HOW WAS IT TO WORK AT A SODA FOUNTAIN LIKE THIS?

>> WE GOT BUSY AT TIMES, REALLY BUSY.

WE HAD PEOPLE THAT WORKED AROUND THE DOWNTOWN AREA WHEN BUSINESSES WERE THERE BEFORE BIG-BOX PLACES CAME IN .

THEY COME HAVE SANDWICHES FOR LUNCH, THINGS LIKE THAT.

MILKSHAKES, OLD-FASHIONED ICE CREAM PHOTOS.

>> THAT'S WHAT MAKES THIS PHARMACY SO UNIQUE IS THAT YOU STILL MAINTAIN THAT OLD FASHIONED FLAVOR, IF YOU WILL.

NO STYLE JUMP.

>> CHARM IS ONE OF THE FEW THINGS WE HAVE GOING FOR US HEREAND I WANTED TO KEEP THAT NOSEDOWN CHARM .

WE DON'T MAKE ANYTHING OFF OF IT BUT IT SURE LEAVES A GOOD TASTE IN PEOPLE'S MOUTHS THAT DO REMEMBER THE GOOD OLD DAYS OF CURBSIDE SERVICE.

>> STORING AN OLD SODA FOUNTAINBACK TO ITS HEYDAY IS NO SIMPLE TASK .

>> IT'S AN UNDERTAKING.

I HAD A WONDERFUL BUILDER IN JANSSEN AND HE BASICALLY, I HELPED HIM AND THE OTHER WORKERS AND WE STRIPPED ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE ORIGINAL QUARTER DOORS.

AND THEY WERE BEAUTIFUL, WE JUST STAINED THEM AND THE ICEBOX HARDWARE THAT'S ON THERE NOW, YOU CAN'T FIND IT.

YOUCAN'T GET ONLINE .

AND IF YOU COULD, YOU PROBABLY COULDN'T AFFORD IT.

BUT WE DECIDED TO KEEP THAT.

THIS WAS, WE KIND OF RESTORED IT BACK TO PROBABLY WHAT IT WOULD HAVE LOOKED LIKE IN TODAY'S SOCIETY FROM 1932 THE LAST TIME.

>> AND THOSE MIRRORS ARE SOMETHING ELSE TOO.

THAT WAS THE WAY THEY WERE.

>> THAT WAS IN THE ART DECO ERA.

BLUE MIRRORS WERE POPULAR AND WE HUNG THOSE, ALL THE METAL THAT'S ON THE BACK BAR.

>> OLD TIME PHARMACY ITEMS AND MEDICATIONS OF YESTERYEAR ARE DISPLAYED IN A PRESERVED ACTION OF THE STORES SHELF SPA.

>> WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN POCAHONTAS?>> TO ME, I COULDN'T GIVE IT UP.IT'S PART OF MY UPBRINGING, SOMETHING I DIDN'T WANT TO LOSE.WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT COME THROUGH HERE FROM UP NORTH, COMING THROUGH DOWNTOWN.

IT JUST BRINGS BACK MEMORIES TO THEM, A LOT OF JOY TO THEM .

TO ME, EVEN IF YOU DON'T MAKE MONEY AT IT, JUST TO BE ABLE TO, FOR THEM TO BRING THEIR GRANDCHILDREN HERE IS SOMETHING.

THIS IS THE WAY I REMEMBER IT.

THAT'S WORTH A LOT.

>> THE NEXT TIME YOU HAPPEN TO BE IN POCAHONTAS STOP IN AT FUTRELL PHARMACY AND HAVE YOU ONE OF THESE.

OH YEAH.

THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

YES SIR.

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