Coolest.Thing.Ever

Missouri State University has begun an Ozarks Studies minor.

Why didn't something like exist when I was an undergrad?

Blogs about the Ozarks

I've set an alert for Google to email me whenever something about the Ozarks is posted each day. I read through the alerts, but a lot of the stories are just about events that happen in the Ozarks rather than really being about the Ozarks. Here are the links to the articles that are about the Ozarks region and history.

• This is an article about a cave in the Ozarks (although the blog it appears in may be eclectic).
• Ozarks History-- a blog by Vincent Anderson of Gassville, AR
• Seven Natural Wonders of Missouri
• ASU professor discusses life on Ozark cedar glades
• GreenAR by the Day

And, last but not least, a horror movie was set in the Ozarks. A review of Blood Forest explains:

The last remaining "Brave" of the Arkansas Cave Tribe, James Levi Wiley is caught in a race with destiny as Big Foot is rumored to be on the loose in the Ozark Mountains. A reporter from the United Kingdom, Virgil Williams, a drunk, is sent to Arkansas to get the scoop. As residents are mysteriously being killed, the town Sheriff is out to catch the killer as drama unfolds in the BLOOD FOREST.

Zen Cast?

Evidently a Zen cast is like a Pod cast...
Anyway, Shiloh Museum of Ozarks History produces regular Zen Casts on Ozarks history and culture.

Vance Randolph

Tribute to Vance Randolph in Bittersweet
Entry in Southern Literary Review

Still in print:
Pissing in the Snow
Ozarks Magic and Folklore
Ozarks Superstitions

Ozarks Country

The Ozarks, by virtue of being located where the midwest meets the south, host a blend of cultures and people not seen elsewhere. Through the years, much as been said about the Ozarks, but little has been collected online. My goal with this blog is to collect information on the internets and collect it here as a resource for myself, as I follow my own particular vision of Ozarks Studies.