Rose Schweikhart turned a personal passion for beer in to a driving and thriving brewery and culinary business. It’s the Superior Bathhouse Brewery in the heart of downtown Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas. Rose’s enterprise is the only brewery situated within a National … Continued
When I stopped in to visit with Robin White, Superintendent at Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site, our conversation quickly led to tears. When I interviewed Ms. White a couple years ago, the focus was on the … Continued
Hot Springs, Arkansas–One Time Gangster Hangout Long before the rise of Vegas, gambling, bootlegging, and prostitution was a $100 million dollar a year business in the town of Hot Springs, Arkansas. Even though gambling was illegal, everyone from the … Continued
Thirty-something Rose Schweikhart turned her personal passion for beer in to a driving and thriving brewery and culinary business. It’s the Superior Bathhouse Brewery smack in the heart of downtown Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas. Two distinctive qualities separate Superior … Continued
The town of Hot Springs, Arkansas is also a National Park, and by geographic area it’s America’s smallest National Park. Correspondent, Tom Wilmer, visits with Arrison, CEO of Visit Hot Springs for a discovery of the diversity of attractions in … Continued
Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas is just an hour from the Capital City of Little Rock, but it’s light years away. Native American Indians were here first, but by the 1830s, western migration had brought settlers and attendant out of … Continued
Join correspondent, Tom Wilmer in Helena, Arkansas at the King Biscuit Blues Festival where he visits with blues legend, Kenny Neal. Born in New Orleans and raised in Baton Rouge. Neal was introduced to the blues tradition by his father, Raful, … Continued
Tom Wilmer reports from the Delta region of Northeastern Arkansas. Listen to NPR.ORG podcast Come along and join a journey of discovery of enchanting old style farm-town cafes as well as a taste of rural culture on the Lowell Thomas NPR.ORG … Continued
Ozark Folk Center State Park Discovery Listen to the show on the Lowell Thomas Award winning travel show, Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer: Check out this episode! Located in the heart of Northwest Arkansas, the Ozark Folk Center … Continued
Music–the Heart and Soul of Eastern Arkansas Listen to the interview on the Lowell Thomas Award winning travel show “Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer” featured as a weekly podcast on NPR.ORG Check out this episode! Eastern Arkansas was long … Continued