Information Sheet

 

 

R         Roberts, J. T. Aubrey, editor.

949                  Ozark Mountainwood Express, 1981.

                                    One folder.

 

 

 

This is an issue of Ozark Mountainwood Express, a semiannual publication devoted to Ozark music, culture, and tourism.  The editor was J. T. Aubrey Roberts of Harrison, Arkansas.  Although unnumbered and undated, this issue contains calendars of events for 1981.

 

J. T. Aubrey Roberts was a musician, manager, and editor at Harrison in Boone County, Arkansas.  As head of Mountainwood Enterprises he edited The Ozark Mountainwood Express (cover title, also referred to inside as The Mountainwood Express), a semiannual publication.  The journal featured illustrated articles on Ozark music, culture, and tourism, centered around Harrison and nearby Branson in Taney County, Missouri.

 

This 48-page publication in magazine format featured the Plummer Family musical group of Branson on the cover and in the lead article.  Other articles concerned mountain dulcimer maker Arthur West of Mountain View, Arkansas, one-armed fiddler Leonard Smith, the Schupbach Gui­tar factory, Bob-O-Links Country Hoe-Down in Branson, country singer Lucinda Rae, Lake Dar­danelle near Russellville, Arkansas, the Ozark Folk Center at Mountain View Arkansas, Mark Oehler’s Omega Pottery at Reeds Spring, Missouri, log cabins, Dawt Mill in Ozark County, Mis­souri, Truitt’s Cave near Lanagan in McDonald County, Missouri, and Lowes Ozark Mountain Music Show in Stone County, Missouri.  There are also many advertisements for area resorts, tourist attractions, and other businesses.

 

 

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