The stories of Randolph County, AR
13 narrated audio stories from across Randolph County — hidden history, true crime, food legends, and local lore from its towns, landmarks, and back roads.
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Where the Current Meets the Black
An Ozark river gathers springs, work, and memory before reaching Randolph County.
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A Riverfront Door to Davidsonville
How Spring River gave an early Arkansas town its opening to the world.
Current River Stone Arch Bridge
Where Pocahontas Met the Automobile Age
A stone bridge that turned a river crossing into a statement.
Rice-Upshaw House at Powhatan Historic State Park
Older Than Statehood
A frontier log house that outlasted almost everything around it.
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Where the Rivers Made a County Seat
How river crossings turned Pocahontas into Randolph County’s enduring center.
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When the River Town Became the County’s Center
How a Black River town became Randolph County’s enduring seat of government.
Rice-Upshaw House
Why the Rice-Upshaw House Still Matters
A quiet log house carries Arkansas’s earliest surviving domestic history.
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When a County Outgrew Its Courthouse
How settlement and distance carved Randolph County from old Lawrence County.
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Where the Black River Feeds and Entertains
How one river became both pantry and playground in northeast Arkansas.
Davidsonville Historic State Park
When the River Chose a Town
A frontier town rose on the Black River, then slipped into the ground it once organized.
Davidsonville Historic State Park
A Town Dug Back Into View
How archaeology restored the shape of a vanished Arkansas town.
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How Randolph County Arrived Before Arkansas Did
A new county, a closer government, and a political name in 1835.
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When the Black River Was Randolph County’s Road
How a river carried trade, travel, and connection across Randolph County.
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