We are staying at the Bull Shoals White River state park. Our campsite backs up to the White River. We walked down to the river which was about 25 feet away and it was 20 degrees cooler. Wish that would carry up to the travel trailer. This July week it is almost 100 degrees.
Since it is so hot - we decided to explore the area. We went by the high school, found where I used to live - saw a unique sign (below) - and then drove to the small community of Norfork.
We stopped at the Jacob Wolf House. The oldest public structure in Arkansas. In 1826, when Wolf was elected as a representative to the general assembly of Arkansas Territories, he successfully presented legislation to move the county courthouse to Liberty (now called Norfork) and even donated land for the construction of the courthouse. The courthouse building, constructed in 1829, became known as the Jacob Wolf House. It is a massive pine log building and free to tour.
It was beer thirty and stopped for really yummy beer at the Norfork Brewing Company. Recommend this stop if you are in the area.
We continued on the Calico Rock - population 1.545. I entered a cotton fabric garment contest here sponsored by a fabric store in 1974. I won first place and $10! Not much to see. But we shopped at an antique store and bought a fun wine carafe.
Put Mark in an old bootleggers jail…
Crossing a very old bridge gave me a small thought of … nope… we found the old jail. The small cement hut, served as the city jail from the 1920s to the 1950s. On any given Saturday night, up to 20 people were jailed inside the small, dank space. This is the only building you can walk inside in the old ghost town portion of Calico Rock. Do it. It’s an eerie thing.
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