Mountain View Arkansas We Live Free Here

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  • čas přidán 13. 09. 2024
  • Mountain View, Arkansas, is a small town located in north central Arkansas, between the Arkansas/Missouri border to the north and Little Rock to the south. Mountain View is like 1000’s of other small towns across the south; full of history, culture, and warm, friendly people.
    Established around 1870, Mountain View is now famous for its amazing connection to folk art and music, and it’s revitalized historic downtown is a great example of what makes this town special.
    We were fortunate enough to stop off in Mountain View during a trip to Little Rock in early June of 2020. After enjoying a wonderful meal of barbecue, much to our delight and surprise, the town square across from the restaurant started to fill up, just as the sun was going down. This video captures just a tiny bit of the charm of the historic downtown, the Stone County courthouse, and some of the wonderful individuals who spontaneously gathered together to play their instruments on a beautiful southern evening.
    If you are charmed by this small town, know that there are thousands more like it in Red states across the south. If you are considering escaping the Blues, visit us at www.Run2Red.com and get started making the move to the Red. We live free here.
    For more info on Mountain View, visit the Chamber of Commerce website at www.yourplacein...

Komentáře • 89

  • @elidames6889
    @elidames6889 Před 3 lety +9

    No matter where I live, Mountain View will forever be my home. Unconditionally

  • @timothybageant7429
    @timothybageant7429 Před 2 lety +10

    I just bought some land in Arkansas. I’m worried these videos will alert everyone how cool it is, and want to move there. Lol..keep Arkansas a guarded secret

    • @mrspleasants8529
      @mrspleasants8529 Před 13 dny

      Mountain View is great; the town can be quiet as a mouse or full of festival goers shopping and playing music.

  • @jerrodlopes186
    @jerrodlopes186 Před 2 lety +10

    This is how my town in Northern California looked 40 years ago. I hope you all keep it like that.

    • @OzarkPrepsteaders
      @OzarkPrepsteaders  Před 2 lety +4

      It’s a fight, lemme tell ya.

    • @mrspleasants8529
      @mrspleasants8529 Před 13 dny

      All the fleeing Californians came and went. It don't change much down here...smile.

  • @JWimpy
    @JWimpy Před 3 lety +13

    Some Saturday nights the square is literally packed with artists and spectators. It's like living in the 50s around here.
    But at 9:00 the town closes, I mean literally.

  • @Real-World-Prepper
    @Real-World-Prepper Před 4 lety +12

    My in-laws have a place there, and we spend a lot of time there. Beautiful place. Bluegrass capital of the world

    • @OzarkPrepsteaders
      @OzarkPrepsteaders  Před 4 lety +2

      We love it. May be taking another trip to Little Rock next week - stopping off in Mt View will be my favorite party if the trip for sure!

  • @debramason6376
    @debramason6376 Před rokem +2

    My mother grew up in Mt View. Mary Simmerman

  • @marioallen6380
    @marioallen6380 Před 2 lety +4

    Very peaceful music I’m thankful to to enjoy it.🙏🏾

  • @gingerliberty7992
    @gingerliberty7992 Před 3 lety +5

    I love these small town communities thanks for sharing

  • @deannawillis9678
    @deannawillis9678 Před 3 lety +9

    This is one of my favorite places to go for a long weekend. Just enough things to do to keep everyone happy, but not so much that you are rushed to see everything. Weekends on the square is absolutely amazing.

  • @SSDirk1976
    @SSDirk1976 Před rokem +1

    One of my favorite places in the world. Love going there every year

  • @guitarbbb123
    @guitarbbb123 Před 2 lety +2

    awesome small country

  • @christopherbennett4559
    @christopherbennett4559 Před 3 lety +4

    I don't know why but this place has been on my mind for along time. I have not heard that song great speckled bird since 1980 . My grandfather loved it. 😥 this just popped up on my u tube . Great video thanks God bless.

  • @mattfeeney5372
    @mattfeeney5372 Před 3 lety +6

    We have friends that retired to Salem last year and they rave about the area. We will be retiring in about 2 yrs and are so tired of the rat race. My wife will be visiting our friends in Salem in July (her hubby is going fishing in AK) and will be checking out the area. Looks like a great little town. We are old school conservatives and are looking for a small town with like minded people. After 35 yrs of LE we are ready for a slower, quieter pace of life!

    • @OzarkPrepsteaders
      @OzarkPrepsteaders  Před 3 lety +1

      Salem is a great little town and a beautiful area. Hundreds of little towns like that across the Ozarks! I predict your wife will enjoy it!

  • @KCkcmcg
    @KCkcmcg Před 4 lety +6

    Hello from Marshall Arkansas.

  • @dougmartin7369
    @dougmartin7369 Před 3 lety +3

    The gentleman singing Your Cheatin Heart looks just like a guy I was stationed with at Ft. Carson back in the late 80's. He played the guitar and sang then.

  • @airforceretired5094
    @airforceretired5094 Před 4 lety +12

    I ate at that BBQ place. Owner wouldn't let us pay for meal. I had my Air Force Retired hat on. Great town, better people

  • @FireManTTSOM
    @FireManTTSOM Před 2 lety +2

    Love it!

  • @tribulationcoming
    @tribulationcoming Před 3 lety +7

    It's fantastic, on a Sat. night I counted nine groups playing. Lasted until about two in the morning.
    If you play or just want to listen, very good place to spend a Friday and Saturday.

    • @OzarkPrepsteaders
      @OzarkPrepsteaders  Před 3 lety +1

      It really is such a special place. I hope to do some videos of a couple of these small towns decked out with their Christmas lights. ❤️🔥

    • @tribulationcoming
      @tribulationcoming Před 3 lety +1

      @@OzarkPrepsteaders Went there almost 25 years ago, brought my guitar and had a very good time.
      I have a prep mind set. Oh yes it's coming, just hope it's a few years off, but things could go south soon. I wrote this article some years ago, got the idea from the old times around here, now I'm an old timer I guess.
      Burning the Field by Marc F. Brocato 2006
      The American Cash Cow - ALL BULLS OUT.
      Back in the old days, before fencing had subdivided and cordoned off the once opened
      areas of land throughout the south, the farmers and cattlemen of the day would burn off
      the fields and woodlands. During the summer, vegetation in the forms of grasses, briars,
      and various shrubs would grow in the open fields and meadows. These plants were a
      source of nutrition for livestock and a major food supply for the herds which where
      allowed to roam freely. In the fall of the year, winter would set in and the summer growth
      cycle would end. With the onset of cold winter weather, the grasses and other vegetation
      would die, leaving the landscape lifeless and brown. The purpose of burning the woods
      were twofold. First, the fire had a cleansing effect by clearing the ground of useless and
      unwanted debris. Secondly, nutrients where returned to the soil, making them available
      for the next succession of growth. One could look north and south, east and west, and see
      the numerous columns of smoke rising into the sky.
      The yearly roundup took place in the fall, at which time the cattle were gathered together.
      The ranchers collected their ( cash ) cows, some were sold at auction and others where
      put in places of safe keeping (Euro’s, Swiss franks, Yen, and gold.... ). Not until all the
      cattle where herded together and relocated were the fields and woods set on fire. This was
      the economic cycle that reoccurred year after year, a necessary evil of the day and was
      eventually outlawed.. Thousands of independent ranchers would be replaced by the large
      cooperate cattle companies. And so it is with food and many other good and services
      today, from the hands of the thousands who established the market, whatever that market
      might be, into the hands of the few who now control it. But that’s not the end of this
      story, it’s far from over. Apply these same principles and methods to the national and
      global economy. It appears as if the industrialists and financiers who control the
      economies of the world have been moving their cash cows out of the U.S. .for a long time
      in advance of a controlled burn or just maybe wildfire. The crash of the ‘30's was such an
      action, however, every major market on the face of the earth will be effected this go
      round. A well planned choreography of events will reshape the global economy in ways
      which the average individual cannot comprehend. When the fires are out and the smoke
      clears, the result will be an empty shell of a country, with an economic landscape barren
      and ready for the next season of growth.
      Enjoy your freedom and rights, savor them as you would your favorite meal. Life in the
      United States and the entire civilized world shall soon go through quiet a transition.
      Similar circumstances have overtaken unsuspecting populations in the past, but never the
      entire world, as it will this time. What shall be used as the form of ignition? Will it be a
      manipulated economic disaster, or some fabricated terrorist act. Perhaps a bonafide and
      unexpected act of God that was not a part of man’s planning. Maybe those in Washington
      will legislate the country out of existence by executive order, it’s amusing to think a thing
      like that is possible. Imagine, a economic system with no exchange rate, a global unit of
      currency. One currency and one governing authority.
      The surest way to prevent seditions is to take away the matter of them; for if there be fuel
      prepared, it is hard to tell whence the spark shall come that shall set it on fire. - Bacon.

    • @OzarkPrepsteaders
      @OzarkPrepsteaders  Před 3 lety

      Thanks so much for sharing. The more we work in this channel the more I realize how so many of us are organically thinking along the same lines. It reminds me of Stephen King’s The Stand where they all were having similar dreams. Think I may opine on that a bit today. 🙏🏻

    • @tribulationcoming
      @tribulationcoming Před 3 lety +2

      @@OzarkPrepsteaders There is a line of thought concerning the future. The so called na sayer, doomsdayers, end timers, and a bunch of other references. What i have studied for the sast 35+ years ain't fiction, it is real time mayhem. The planetary government has plans for the world and I don't think it includes us.
      I have an article named "endtime memorandum", If you want me to place it here let me know. When people start saying that God showed med this or that they get weird looks and usually put at a distance.
      The KJV Bible is the only accurate source of information.Science, math and physics and much more contained in It.
      I think you will agree that the majority of society doesn't have a clue about what's going on and these things are taking place right in front of their faces.
      I can take about this for hours, so let me shut up. will post the article, it's not too long, if you want. Be safe.

    • @OzarkPrepsteaders
      @OzarkPrepsteaders  Před 3 lety

      Yes, please do!

  • @jamiejohnson1498
    @jamiejohnson1498 Před 3 lety +2

    Beautiful place, its on the top of our list for retirement.

  • @larrylucas5731
    @larrylucas5731 Před 3 lety +3

    Ole the good old days!

  • @michellw19
    @michellw19 Před 4 lety +5

    From what I've seen looking at homes there, it's a beautiful place!

    • @derpedlerp1237
      @derpedlerp1237 Před 3 lety +3

      You haven't seen everything yet! Just visit the festivals!

  • @roymullins6348
    @roymullins6348 Před 2 lety +3

    I actually have a book about my great great grandfather about up there called the ghost of the ozarks

  • @tylervanvalkenburg7167
    @tylervanvalkenburg7167 Před 4 lety +2

    Mountain View is fabulous

  • @lisaannaliseworley8224
    @lisaannaliseworley8224 Před 3 lety +2

    My home town I like it there’s more down the road onto the highway 😁

  • @oyenations162
    @oyenations162 Před 2 lety +1

    I just spent a week there. Lots of people from all states are moving there. It's 🤪crazy.

  • @roymullins6348
    @roymullins6348 Před 2 lety +2

    Lives there for a little bit wit a friend I was mostly from batesville though

  • @user-qt1jk5mf1j
    @user-qt1jk5mf1j Před 6 měsíci

    Greatest place 0n 🌎

  • @BitterDemo
    @BitterDemo Před 2 lety +1

    I would like to hear from people from Mt. Home, Arkansas as well as Mt. View, Arkansas

  • @rhwinner
    @rhwinner Před 4 lety +3

    Thank you thinking of moving here, so appreciate the great shots of downtown area.

  • @derpedlerp1237
    @derpedlerp1237 Před 3 lety +2

    If victories in Civ were cities, this would be the culture victory

  • @valeriegriggs7888
    @valeriegriggs7888 Před 11 měsíci

    My kind of place!

  • @amendment1preparedness301

    i'm 25 minutes south.. used to work at a restaurant there, before i took over my current one.

    • @OzarkPrepsteaders
      @OzarkPrepsteaders  Před 4 lety +2

      It’s such a beautiful area! We greatly enjoy the trip from Calico Rock all the way down to Heber Springs. We have met some real nice folks down there! And...are you the same Amendment 1 Preparedness that has the Canned HAM?

    • @amendment1preparedness301
      @amendment1preparedness301 Před 4 lety +2

      @@OzarkPrepsteaders yes. That's me.

    • @OzarkPrepsteaders
      @OzarkPrepsteaders  Před 4 lety +2

      Oh that’s awesome thanks for stopping by our little channel! Randy would love to chat with you; he’s working on a lot of behind the scenes stuff right now and networking with as many Patriots in North Central AR as possible.

    • @amendment1preparedness301
      @amendment1preparedness301 Před 3 lety

      @@OzarkPrepsteaders i'm sorry i didn't see this last reply. I am in the process of doing similar things.. chris@amendment1preparedness.com

  • @richardspurlock8444
    @richardspurlock8444 Před 2 měsíci

    There used to be a beauty shop there called "Linda's Curl up and Dye.

  • @sarimarijime8257
    @sarimarijime8257 Před 3 lety +1

    This is the area I am considering to move to

  • @glenhart7172
    @glenhart7172 Před rokem +2

    Want to visit

    • @michaelhunter3101
      @michaelhunter3101 Před rokem

      Please do. So much to see and do, but in a relaxed environment. My wife and I didn't want to leave.

  • @gsmscrazycanuck9814
    @gsmscrazycanuck9814 Před 3 lety +2

    Nice video. I found your video when looking into Mountain view. We are looking at a property near by to move to and homestead.

  • @richardschnacker9160
    @richardschnacker9160 Před 3 lety +1

    Please show more and another town that is nice is 56 .thank you so much

  • @jaytomson7052
    @jaytomson7052 Před 3 lety +4

    I don't know... Mountain View is turning up to be, a little bit eastward, of me.

  • @Eyes2C.
    @Eyes2C. Před 4 lety +5

    Found you from RWP. Wish I would have known you before buying prop near Buffalo River. We live in commiefornia now. Waiting till hub retires if we can hold out that long. Hate it here! Mom lives in NLV. Shes coming with us. Pray for us please! I want out now! He doesnt see the urgency yet.

    • @OzarkPrepsteaders
      @OzarkPrepsteaders  Před 4 lety +3

      It’s hard when everyone is not in agreement on what’s going on. I think November is going to be the most crazy of all the crazy. Will be praying for you!! 🙏🏻❤️

  • @jasondurenda6454
    @jasondurenda6454 Před 2 lety +2

    But if I pass out hammered on that bench will the sheriff be waking me or a local?

    • @OzarkPrepsteaders
      @OzarkPrepsteaders  Před 2 lety +1

      That’s a tough call - local is probably related to the sheriff, so...🤷🏻‍♀️

    • @localsharona
      @localsharona Před rokem +2

      Born and raised in Mtn. View. It would be the local sheriff! lol 🤣🤣🤣

    • @deberafaulkner537
      @deberafaulkner537 Před rokem

      @@localsharona lol, how would I find a acre of land to put a camper on to live in for awhile. Is there any places like that down there?

  • @ricohernandezjr.2874
    @ricohernandezjr.2874 Před 4 lety +10

    God’s country

  • @pamtanzey8754
    @pamtanzey8754 Před 4 lety +2

    Thank you!

  • @ChrisTian-cb5my
    @ChrisTian-cb5my Před 3 lety +2

    I thought you meant live rent free but I guess you mean in the philosophical sense.

  • @seeyaatthebema
    @seeyaatthebema Před 2 lety +1

    Enjoyed the music and the tour, but how do you live free here as the title says?

    • @OzarkPrepsteaders
      @OzarkPrepsteaders  Před 2 lety +3

      We abide by the constitution and protect our rights and freedoms. 🙂

  • @dsullivan6842
    @dsullivan6842 Před 3 lety +2

    This is a variety show I'll subscribe how much will it cost an ol buzzered

    • @OzarkPrepsteaders
      @OzarkPrepsteaders  Před 3 lety +1

      I’m not sure which variety show you’re referring to, but welcome to our channel! 🙂

  • @susanfarley1332
    @susanfarley1332 Před rokem

    When I visited mountain view people gathered in the town square every evening. People would gather with their instruments and form little groups and play music. They stop in December when it gets really cold. The weekends is when they had a town dance. Are you saying they have stopped doing that? That's a shame.
    Have they stopped allowing people to ride their horses through town too?
    Please don't tell me they stopped the outhouse race in the fall during the festival.

    • @davidwest445
      @davidwest445 Před rokem +1

      The outhouse races, is that also known as the "beanfest", or a part of said race?
      I ask because my parents moved to Mt View in the late 70's.
      Art and Wanda West.
      The beanfest was an idea my dad borrowed from a tradition in Erie Ks. I was born in Erie and although still a toddler when we left Erie.
      I have a few memories of the Erie beanfest...outhouse races...parade.
      A couple of structures in this video were at one time my dad's music store. Signal Hill Music Store.
      Great place ...as a teenager, I hated it. ( finished school in Tx).
      Over the decades of going home to visit mom and dad I began to appreciate why they chose Mt View.
      Hard to go back...in fact I haven't been back.

    • @susanfarley1332
      @susanfarley1332 Před rokem

      @@davidwest445 I never got to see bean fest or the outhouse races they had. I always visited my relatives the wrong part of the year. Summer or Christmas. Haven't been back in years. My ex husband didn't like visiting. And now I don't drive.

    • @OzarkPrepsteaders
      @OzarkPrepsteaders  Před rokem +1

      Everyone still gathers on the square to play music and socialize. Not sure about the dance. Haven’t ever seen horses in town but I’m only there 3-4 times a year.

  • @haroldpepmeyer6626
    @haroldpepmeyer6626 Před 3 lety +2

    Any more info on that bed and breakfast?

    • @haroldpepmeyer6626
      @haroldpepmeyer6626 Před 3 lety +1

      Wow, that's my kind of place and misic.

    • @OzarkPrepsteaders
      @OzarkPrepsteaders  Před 3 lety +1

      I can certainly look into it for you; I believe it was listed at around the $500,000 mark. Please drop me an email with your contact info if you need help with any purchase. OzarkPrepsteaders@gmail.com.