Stories

The 1986 film Hoosiers  is the token basketball underdog story. A disgruntled coach who pushes his team to compete at a high level and ultimately win the Indiana state championship. Of course, this film was based on the true story of the Milan Indians of Milan, Indiana who made quite the Cinderella run back in 1954. Why bring up the cinematic masterpiece that was Hoosiers ? Because down in the southeastern corner of Arkansas, a similar storyline was developing. In 1973, the

Down in Ashley County, where the Mississippi River Delta meets the southern timberlands, lies a dried up little town on the brink of despair. Fountain Hill, Arkansas is but a small speck on a roadmap, and most likely more of a pass-through than a destination for most traveling on highway 425. However, it wasn’t always this way. The town used to thrive with an active community scene including stores, churches, a bank, eating joints, and even its own school district. While the

We are back again with even more famous names from Arkansas’ small schools of yesteryear. As previously stated, the small communities across the state of Arkansas are full of talented people. Many famous individuals have come out of the rural towns that make up the Natural State with their talents being shaped by the influences of growing up in harder times. With the small communities around them, they were also shaped by the local school systems. Many of these individuals at