The Parker - Hickman Homestead
by Priscilla Burgers
Title
The Parker - Hickman Homestead
Artist
Priscilla Burgers
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
The Parker-Hickman Homestead is a historic homestead in Erbie, Arkansas at Buffalo National River. The farm includes the oldest standing log structure in Buffalo National River. It was homesteaded in the 1840's by settlers from Tennessee. Unlike most farms in the Ozarks the landscape is remarkably intact and provides insights into two centuries of Ozark history. Parker-Hickman was an agricultural enterprise that continuously operated until 1982. Clustered around the farmstead are several structures: barns, sheds, smokehouse, privy, fences, stock feeders and a house that represents a cross-section of rural vernacular architecture still in its original location. Although other farms in the Ozark-Ouachita region had similar origins, with settlement patterns that evolved from subsistence to commercial agriculture, the Parker-Hickman farm is important because it survived intact. Until purchased by the National Park Service the Parker-Hickman farm continued uninterrupted as an agricultural enterprise for more than one hundred forty-five years, a rare intact survival of a typical southern upland farm in the Ozark-Ouachita region. There used to be a school and a general store in the area too, but a couple of old homesteads and the Old Erbie Church across the river are all that remain of this historic community. Buffalo National River is America's first national river. Beautiful any time of year, it is especially beautiful in the fall.
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Lorna Rogers Photography
Lorna Rogers Photography posted this image on a friend's FB that loves rustic scenery. L/V/FB
Jean OKeeffe dba Macro Abundance Art
Nice image, congratulations for your home page feature in Excellent Self Taught Artists! v
Priscilla Burgers
Thank you very much, Teresa, Mike, Sorin, Medicine Tree Studios, Leif, Kandy, Deena, and RC.