ABOUT

HONORING OUR RURAL PAST

This was the Beginning. . .

John and I moved back to Arkansas from Virginia in 2005, but it was actually 2007 before we had the time and resources to begin the farm renovation and restoration. While we hired a carpenter to make major repairs and additions to the manager's home, most of what you now see at the Duncan Farmstead was done by John and myself. Looking back over the last ten years, it's almost overwhelming how much two people with a dream can do. Here are just a few highlights. . .

PLACED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES 2007
PLACED ON THE ARKANSAS REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES 2007

MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATION OF LIVING HISTORY, FARMS, & AGRICULTURAL MUSEUMS SINCE 2005

RESTORED AND/OR RENOVATED NINE BUILDINGS AND OUTBUILDINGS, one of the buildings, C A Smith Grocery, was moved from Dell.
BUILT FIVE NEW BUILDINGS AND OUTBUILDINGS

FEATURED IN 'BACK ROAD BARNS', AN AETN/PBS PRODUCTION and the possibility of another filming in 2018
FEATURED IN CINDY GRISSOM'S 'HISTORY OF DELTA FOOD'
FEATURED IN MOODY'S 'HISTORY OF DELL'
APPEARED IN DELTA CROSSROADS MAGAZINE NUMEROUS TIMES
FEATURED IN NEWSPAPERS ACROSS ARKANSAS

WRITER FOR COUNTRY RUSTIC MAGAZINE, formerly Mercantile Gatherings, a publication based in Humeville, PA
OUR HOME AND FARM to be featured in the Fall of 2019 COUNTRY RUSTIC MAGAZINE

THE COUNTRY FARM HOME BLOG, http://thecountryfarmhome.blogspot.com/
Awarded the TOP FIFTY FARMHOUSE BLOGS
DUNCAN FARMSTEAD BLOG, http://duncanfarmstead.blogspot.com/
DUNCAN FARMSTEAD WEBSITE, http://widner-magers.org/
OUR OLD COUNTRY STORE, ONLINE STORE FOR JOHN'S RAG RUG LOOMS. To date 4000+ handmade looms have been mailed through this country, as well as other countries. http://ouroldcountrystore.blogspot.com/
HISTORY OF DELL ARKANSAS BLOG, http://dellarkansas.blogspot.com/

PARTICIPANT IN ARKANSAS DELTA MADE PRODUCTS

COVER OF JOE CHIPMAN'S CD: KEEPING IT DELTA

BILLBOARD AND AD FOR SEVERAL BUSINESSES, INCLUDING TEMPS PLUS, BLYTHEVILLE, AR

CONSIDERED FOR TOYOTO COMMERCIAL 2017

WORKSHOPS of ARKANSAS NORTHEAST COLLEGE:
Rag Rug Weaving
Medicine Bags and Herbs
Digging in the Past
ANC Reporters
Open Hearth Cooking

WORKSHOPS AND DEMOS AT PARKIN ARCHEOLOGY STATE PARK, Parkin, AR
Territorial Interpreter
Rag Rug Weaving
Fire Cooking
Broommaking
Native American Medicinal Herbs and Medicine Bags

BLACK RIVER TECHNOLOGY COLLEGE, Pocahontas, AR
Living History Interpreter

MEMBER OF ARKANSAS ARCHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Volunteer for Dig at Chickasawba Site, Blytheville, AR
Volunteer for Dig and Documentation of Looney Tavern, Pocahontas, AR
 
SITE OF THREE BARN WEDDINGS

HUNDREDS HAVE VISITED, INCLUDING WOMEN'S CLUBS, SCHOOL GROUPS, TOUR BUSES (as far away as New Jersey), ORGANIZATIONS, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, HOME SCHOOL GROUPS, AND 'DROP-IN'S'

PART OF BLYTHEVILLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SEMINARS

PRESENTED NUMEROUS PROGRAMS TO ORGANIZATIONS

RECEIVED NUMEROUS DONATIONS from those desiring our history to be preserved. Margarite Brownlee and the Brownlee Store, Burdette Plantation, Crossroads Baptist Church, Half Moon Farms, Lammers Farms and Stevens Plantation, memfee, Dave and Shirley Short, Simmons Plantation are just a few of the numerous donated items we now display. For a full list, see DONATIONS page.