Become a Passenger on the Journey
Call for Photographs and Footage
Do you have a box of old photographs or film footage in the attic that might contain images of your family members on or near the White River? If so, I’d like to include them in the Archive described on this site. Please email be at chris@chrisengholm.com to arrange for scanning of your images. Lunch is on me.
Call for Interviews
If you’re on the list below, please consider supporting this project by sharing your insights for inclusion in the Ballad Hunter book project (with full credit given). Contact me by email if you can help.
Oral/Visual history buff
Members of historical societies
(see town and city list below)
Ozark geologist
River biologist
Arborist
Environmental historian
Corps of Engineers official
Fish and Game official
Musicologist
Ozark crafts expert
Civil War expert
Fishing guide(s)
Environmentalist(s) and groups
Photographic historian
Film historian
Folklorist(s)
Archeologist(s)
Native American cultural historian
Osage culture represenative
Cherokee culture representative
Delta history expert
Literary artist(s) of region
Fine artist(s) of region
Folks whose families lived on the White River before the dams
Towns and Cities of Historical Interest
Bull Shoals
Cotter
Buffalo City
Norfolk
Calico Rock
Mountain View
Batesville
Searles
Georgetown
Claredon
St Charles
West Fork
Winslow
Sulphur City
Fayetteville
Pettigrew
Monte Ne
Pea Ridge
Eureka Springs
Branson, MO
Tecumseh, MO
De Valls Bluff
Arkansas Post
Do you have a good fish story from the White River Valley? Please contact me to share it here! Imagine the story behind this incredible shot of an alligator gar challenging the experts, published in Arkansas Fishing by Keith Sutton.
Do you have a good fish story from the White River Valley? Please contact me to share it here! Imagine the story behind this incredible shot of an alligator gar challenging the experts, published in Arkansas Fishing by Keith Sutton.
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| Though this is a thrilling shot, the ultimate story of the alligator gar is a sad one, as dams and other impacts drove the species to near extinction thirty years after this photo was taken. |
