Finding The Best Small Town Relics of Southern Arkansas - Road Trip Day Five / 9 States In 9 Days
Day 5 of my cross country road trip thru the backroads and small towns of America . Arkansas is full of amazing nostalgic relics .
Day 1 Florida
https://youtu.be/H9fmgbaMYvo
Day 2 Alabama
https://youtu.be/LzjX_cD4CeE
Day 3 Mississippi
https://youtu.be/i7pGKf_MU1k
Day 4 Louisiana
https://youtu.be/nSA369kb7n0
Transcript
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the Sun is rising just over that tree
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line
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perfect in the home man you could just
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see it in real time as it just eats up
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there were the branches in the horizon
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just a little foggy crossing over the
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welcome everyone Adam is the woo here
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today number five of my cross-country
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journey where I'm taking only the road
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less traveled
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no major freeways interstates heavily
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trafficked thoroughfares also no theme
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parks and no no attractions of any sort
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just Americana small-town life soaking
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in the ambience the sights and the
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sounds I'm inviting you to join me shall
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you to give a perspective of the route I
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will be taking making my entry point
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right down here and we'll be moving
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along the southernmost point going west
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in most cases I will use a water tower
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as the signage for the entry point into
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a community they're all different in
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their own little ways
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look closely you can make out where it
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says produce stand and the window
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the vintage Little Debbie sign I really
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like this
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obviously this section has been
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destroyed or removed but it graved up
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top and painted trees along the brick
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line very creative the smaller section
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wedged in the middle has pillars as part
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of the facade got some cotton fields
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here as well
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think about fog it provides a nice layer
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of ambience for the drive
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quaint little town square with a gazebo
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directly in the middle the shops
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definitely have that old-school feel to
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them
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the first courthouse in Ashley County
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was erected on the site in 18-49 and no
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longer exists I can almost picture it
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and see it in my mind right here makes
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sense it's a pretty good-sized plot of
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land down the ways a bit too fountain
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hill population of less than 200 folks
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in later years this building was used as
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general merchandise and farm supplies
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but even that has since closed up and
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moved to the old school cafeteria the
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post office down to the left and the
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bank established in 1913 based on that
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engraving been cruising down this path
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for a while but kind of skipping all
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over the place to see one particular
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turnoff a fork in the road and I take it
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as long as I'm heading in the same
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general direction everything is okay
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this is the saline River s al ine
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doesn't look like this railroad cuz he
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used any more of these tracks weeds are
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growing up through it
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one day I want to climb a water tower
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it's frowned upon and not allowed but
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maybe I can get permission one day
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corner of 2nd Street and main something
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incredibly peaceful about standing here
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local mail delivery and a service
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station mechanic shop right over here
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that's a bamboo off to the right over
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there
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I think that was bad there's a metal
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rope going over the water there
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something hanging from it that noise is
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this pump
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doing this job
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smack / you're reading that correctly
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that's what it says smack over Arkansas
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an interesting setup downtown for the
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light system in the middle of the road
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it's also a oil rig placed here it's not
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working but it's also at the
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intersection
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the book deposit box is no joke that is
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highly secured and heavy-duty in front
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of the library a closer peek at this
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this traffic light here going from
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yellow to red artistic representation of
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the train station some of the other
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local establishments a pool hall over
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there drug store and the theater and
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even more paintings on the opposite side
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of the park on this brick
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there's a lot of detail a lot going on
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in this mural
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rose drug company established in 1922
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and unavoidable there on the left that
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classic symbol of beverage goodness I
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get really excited when I find these
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notice the cross perched up there the
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tower
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it's barely peeking through some wording
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here best flower this advertisement and
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then faintly below it please everybody
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got it
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gosh I nearly missed this one on the way
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out town
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doesn't get much more backroads than
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this
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it's not even paved
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I ended up making it back onto pavement
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and driving for about another 45 minutes
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or so have not passed one car nor had
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one coming from the opposite direction
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you're just zipping along and there's no
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no other traffic no other cars no other
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pedestrians just the open road
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and woods lots and lots of woods the
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bridge that automobiles used to use to
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get into Stevens has been rerouted what
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you're seeing straight ahead
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it's downtown
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it's happened it's finally happened I'm
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happy to announce for those who've
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always wondered Where's Waldo the answer
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and not too far from there not a bad
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commute is the historic district of
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Louisville
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this place is a veritable treasure trove
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when it comes to promotional material
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painted on the side of brick totally my
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wheelhouse
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yes help some hardware company they
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would buy sell new and used furniture
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and antiques luster Higgs department
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store to the right of the general
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dentist
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so good Lafayette County drug company I
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can easily make out the rest of it not
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so much your guess is as good as mine
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that's a toughy here's another angle
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a few open establishments including
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possum Bob's live bait
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just a snippet of the neon remains
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very little remains
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oh my goodness
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vintage Pepsi machine alert but first
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that's not a train on the tracks
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that's something else
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all right back to this beauty goodness
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gracious
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they don't make them like this anymore
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at the 7up emblem a dr. pepper sticker
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50 cents
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gotta be moving on but this place was
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top-notch
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Louisville Arkansas that's gonna do it
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