Stone County

Alco (Stone County)
Alco is an unincorporated community in Locust Grove Township on Highway 66 between Timbo (Stone County) and Le...
Alco School
The Alco School, located on State Highway 66 at Alco (Stone County), is a one-story, fieldstone-clad building ...
The Amazing Adventures of My Dog Sheppy
In a 1958 effort to promote economic development and tourism in Stone County, a group of local investors under...
Arkansas Folk Festival
The annual Arkansas Folk Festival takes place on the third weekend in April in Mountain View (Stone County). H...
Arlberg (Stone County)
Arlberg is a remote and sparsely populated community in Red River Township of Stone County on the west side of...
Big Springs (Stone County)
Big Springs is located in Sylamore Township on Big Springs Road just off Highway 66 (West Main Street) about a...
Blanchard Springs Caverns
Blanchard Springs Caverns (BSC) is a magnificent limestone cave system starting more than 200 feet underground...
Joseph Aloysius Bruhin (1953–)
Ceramic artist Joseph Aloysius Bruhin III of Fox (Stone County) was awarded the Arkansas Arts Council Fellowsh...
Skirmish at Buck Horn
On May 5, 1864, Brigadier General Joseph Shelby was ordered from his position south of the Arkansas River to ...
Billy Don Burns (1949–)
Billy Don Burns is a country singer, guitarist, and songwriter. Born and raised in Arkansas, he has made his h...
Chalybeate Springs (Stone County)
Chalybeate Springs (a.k.a. Chalybeate) is located in the township of Arbana about three and a half miles south...
Jimmy Driftwood (1907–1998)
aka: James Corbett Morris
Jimmy Driftwood was a prolific folk singer/songwriter who wrote ov...
Fifty-Six (Stone County)
Fifty-Six is one of two cities in Stone County. It stands on State Highway 14 in the northern part of the coun...
Fox (Stone County)
Fox is located on Highway 263 between Timbo (Stone County) and Rushing (Stone County). Turkey Creek flows a fe...
Connie Franklin (Alleged Murder of)
The alleged murder of Connie Franklin in 1929 scandalized the state and served to reinforce negative stereotyp...
Ollie Eva Woody Gilbert (1892–1980)
Both a local and national celebrity, Ollie Eva Woody Gilbert, known popularly as Aunt Ollie, performed with Ji...
Hedges (Stone County)
Hedges is a historic community located on Gunner Pool Road (Highway 93) about a mile northeast of Fifty-Six (S...
Herpel (Stone County)
Herpel is located in Washington Township off Highway 5 on Herpel Road (64) in Cave Hollow on Rocky Bayou Creek...
Kahoka (Stone County)
Kahoka is in Arbana Township located southwest of Highway 5 (Mountain View Road) on Misenheimer Road (Highway ...
Skirmish at Knight's Cove
In the absence of Colonel Thomas Freeman (CS), who had been captured at the Battle of Pea Ridge, a somewhat di...
Thomas Lewis Lavy (1941–1995)
Thomas L. Lavy was an accused terrorist who committed suicide, hanging himself in his jail cell in Little Rock...
Marcella (Stone County)
Marcella is located on Highway 14 about halfway between Batesville (Independence County) and Mountain View (St...
W. K. McNeil (1940–2005)
aka: William Kinneth McNeil
William Kinneth (W. K.) McNeil was a prominent folklorist and histo...
Morrison Twin Brothers String Band
The Morrison Twin Brothers String Band consisted of twin brothers and fiddlers Abbie Sherman Morrison and Absi...
Mountain View (Stone County)
Situated in the Ozark Mountains of north-central Arkansas, Mountain View is an isolated community that has lon...
Mountain View Waterworks
The Mountain View Waterworks is located on the corner of Gaylor and King streets in Mountain View, the seat of...
Mozart (Stone County)
The community of Mozart is located between Timbo (Stone County) and Fox (Stone County) in Union Township of St...
Newton Sutterfield Farmstead
The Newton Sutterfield Farmstead in rural Stone County near the small community of Alco (Stone County) is an e...
Onia (Stone County)
Onia (pronounced Ownie) is located on Highway 263 three and a half miles north of Timbo (Stone County) near Ro...
Optimus (Stone County)
Optimus is an unincorporated Stone County community in Optimus Township on Highway 5 across the White River fr...
Ozark Folk Center State Park
The Ozark Folk Center State Park at Mountain View (Stone County) may be the only state park in Arkansas dedica...
Pleasant Grove (Stone County)
aka: Redstripe (Stone County)
The community of Pleasant Grove is located along Highway 14 about t...