<p>In honor of Mother's Day, here is the song my brother Ben Orton wrote and sung for our mother Marion Orton for her 80th birthday. She was friends with Joy Markham and Evangeline Archer, and walked and rode horses on Markham Hill for over 40 years.</p>

In honor of Mother's Day, here is the song my brother Ben Orton wrote and sung for our mother Marion Orton for her 80th birthday. She was friends with Joy Markham and Evangeline Archer, and walked and rode horses on Markham Hill for over 40 years.

"Your Mother" by musician Ben Orton

<p>Listen to stories about historic Markham Hill in the middle of Fayetteville, Arkansas. Markham Hill originally contained over 300 acres of intact, urban forest and natural areas, several Pratt family-built structures, at least two Native American sites, and has a history of cultural importance to the area, including a boys &amp; girls camp from the 1920s-1940s, hippies and students living in the abandoned camp cabins from the 1950s-2000s, over 40 years of University of Arkansas runners on the trails, wildlife studies, horseback riding, bird walks, etc. However, developers have bought almost half of the mountain so far and have started deforesting and developing it. Friends of Markham Hill is a grass roots effort to try to save Markham Hill from deforestation and development. But we need help spreading the word and using public pressure to protect this land. This podcast contains over 80 'Weekly Markham Hill Moments of History' that were initially posted on Facebook, sent to the Fayetteville City Council, and aired on Fayetteville's KPSQ 97.3 FM Community Radio. So far, the developers and Big Money are winning. They have started deforesting. Please share this podcast and help spread the word. Thank you so much. Let's save Markham Hill!</p>

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Listen to stories about historic Markham Hill in the middle of Fayetteville, Arkansas. Markham Hill originally contained over 300 acres of intact, urban forest and natural areas, several Pratt family-built structures, at least two Native American sites, and has a history of cultural importance to the area, including a boys & girls camp from the 1920s-1940s, hippies and students living in the abandoned camp cabins from the 1950s-2000s, over 40 years of University of Arkansas runners on the trails, wildlife studies, horseback riding, bird walks, etc. However, developers have bought almost half of the mountain so far and have started deforesting and developing it. Friends of Markham Hill is a grass roots effort to try to save Markham Hill from deforestation and development. But we need help spreading the word and using public pressure to protect this land. This podcast contains over 80 'Weekly Markham Hill Moments of History' that were initially posted on Facebook, sent to the Fayetteville City Council, and aired on Fayetteville's KPSQ 97.3 FM Community Radio. So far, the developers and Big Money are winning. They have started deforesting. Please share this podcast and help spread the word. Thank you so much. Let's save Markham Hill!

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