An episode about the history of Marvel Cave, the Ozarks first show cave and attraction at the Silver Dollar City theme park. There's a handful of unexpected figures from history in this episode!

We finally get to the stories surrounding the legend of Yocum Coins and if they ever truly existed or not. We actually stay pretty on point with this episode

In this rather loose episode, we continue to lay out the historical context of the southern Missouri Ozarks before the creation of Yocum Coins. The main focus is the arrival and settlement of the Delaware tribe from the eastern United States as well as the commerce and economy of the region, which was primarily based around the fur trade. We also go on a bit of a rant about malt liquor and how cheap regional bars used to be

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We begin our series on the most enduring legend of the southern Missouri Ozarks, Yocum Coins. Now, this episode is more a prelude to the story of the Yocum's and the Yocum Coins, but we really felt like some historical context was needed. We talk Hernando de Soto, French explorers, haunted mountains and doodlebugs

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The story of a photographer in the rural Arkansas Ozarks and his fame decades after his death

The rise and fall of Picher, Oklahoma, with some chat, of course

The story of Joe Ellis, the first postmaster of Johnson, Arkansas and a select, incomplete history of Johnson. We also finally have legitimate, professional recording setups for each of us, but unfortunately, Daniel recorded without using the professional setup, so a bit of sound issues from him. Otherwise, we are golden

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We got a little behind because Gus is getting married next month and us here at WALTS went to his bachelor party. Because of this, we will give you a taste our Patreon before getting back to regular programming next week. Thanks!

This episode has a special theme song (the Patreon has a different theme) and features a lot of soda pop talk before telling the tale of the naming of two peculiarly named Northwest Arkansas places: Bug Scuffle & Hogeye

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This episode follows the overlooked bus driver's strike over wages in the Little Rock Metro area in the mid-1950's. We also learn a bit about the founding of Little Rock, North Little Rock and Cammack Village, as well as talk a little about Little Rock rap and a lot about the Arkansas & Missouri Railroad

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The story of the first women's professional basketball team, The All-American Red Heads, founded in the rural Missouri Ozarks. Also, a bit about the history of women's basketball

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