A Look Back at Small-Town Wonder in 1910 There are moments in a town’s history that seem to capture its very heartbeat. This colorized photograph of my hometown, Booneville, Arkansas, taken around the turn of the twentieth century, freezes one such day in time — the day the circus came to town. At the time, […]| Jack Ronald Cotner
“In the Ouachita Mountains and Arkansas River Valley regions, stories about fishing, hunting, moonshine, spirituality, and the supernatural abound. Inspired by generations of Cotner storytellers (all colorful characters in their own right) the author has crafted a unique collection of short stories set in Arkansas in the early 1900s and spanning half a century. Each […]| Jack Ronald Cotner