Many of you who read my posts on a regular basis know that I was born and raised in Hackett, Arkansas. Hackett is about nine miles south of Fort Smith, and just about a mile from the Oklahoma border. Many people are of the mistaken opinion that the hill country of Arkansas are all Ozarks, but that is not right.
There are actually two major hill ranges in Arkansas, the Ozarks and the Ouachita (pronounced wash’-a-tah) Mountains. These two ranges are quite different both in geology and in the old language. The Arkansas River is roughly the dividing feature betwixt the two ranges. You might know the Ouachitas because of the excellent natural sharpening stones that are quarried there.