Friends of Markham Hill Podcast
Listen to stories about historic Markham Hill in the middle of Fayetteville, Arkansas. Markham Hill originally contained over 300 acres of intact, urban forest and natural areas, several Pratt family-built structures, at least two Native American sites, and has a history of cultural importance to the area, including a boys & girls camp from the 1920s-1940s, hippies and students living in the abandoned camp cabins from the 1950s-2000s, over 40 years of University of Arkansas runners on the trails, wildlife studies, horseback riding, bird walks, etc. However, developers have bought almost half of the mountain so far and have started deforesting and developing it. Friends of Markham Hill is a grass roots effort to try to save Markham Hill from deforestation and development. But we need help spreading the word and using public pressure to protect this land. This podcast contains over 80 'Weekly Markham Hill Moments of History' that were initially posted on Facebook, sent to the Fayetteville City Council, and aired on Fayetteville's KPSQ 97.3 FM Community Radio. So far, the developers and Big Money are winning. They have started deforesting. Please share this podcast and help spread the word. Thank you so much. Let's save Markham Hill!
Episodes
Evangeline's Cottage was built in 1929 by the youngest child of the Pratt family that settled on what is now called Markham Hill in 1900. It is now on the National Register of Historic Places.
Pratt Place-Markham Camp. The oldest daughter of the Pratt family, Joy Pratt Markham, ran a camp on their mountain in the 1920s-1940s. The acreage was put on the Arkansas Register of Historic Places in the 1990s. It will be destroyed by the new developer owners if we can't stop them.
Edward Downie is one of those who lived in an abandoned camp cabin on Markham Hill in the 1950s, renting from Joy Pratt Markham. Here is his story.
This story contains Joe Neal's editorial in the Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette on August 10, 2018 entitled, "Markham Hill plans won't help the turtles". He writes, "One thing not widely understood about impacts of development like that now proposed for Markham Hill is that populations of wild animals, like our familiar three-toed box turtles, suffer direct negative consequences, and I don't mean those associated with being run...
Is there evidence of Native Americans on Markham Hill? Is it possible to show respect to Markham Hill's original inhabitants by preserving this land, its trees, its wildlife, its springs?
This story contains a 1941 article in the local newspaper about Joy Pratt Markham and her love of horses. Learn about her horse philosophy!
Joe Neal writes, "Back in the 1960s, I met an elderly gentleman named Ward Pennington, who lived alone in a traditional Ozark cabin in the woods atop Markham Hill ..."
Suki Highers lived in several of the cabins on Markham Hill in the 1990s. This is her story.
Maggie and her husband, Cassius L. Pratt, moved to Washington County, Arkansas from Texas in the 1890s. They had four sons and two daughters, Joy (who later became Mrs. Joy Pratt Markham) and Evangeline (who later became Mrs. Evangeline Pratt Waterman Archer). In 1900, the Pratt family moved to Fayetteville, where they settled on what is now called Markham Hill. This story is about Maggie and her effort to build a road in 1926.
This story is extracted from a 1973 article in the local newspaper on one of Joy Pratt Markham's donations to the University of Arkansas, giving a short biography of her life.
The Girl Scouts had a summer day camp on Markham Hill in the 1950s and 1960s. It was named after Joy Pratt Markham's son Gay in his memory.
Students and residents have been running the trails on Markham Hill for over 40 years. Listen to some of their stories.
Joy Pratt Markham had one child, Gay, who died in 1950 at 22 years old in a plane crash near Drake Field on 71 South. Learn about his short life.
Listen to two real-life stories from Markham Hill Cabin Dwellers. Mary Hughes in the 1960s and Sam Edwards in the 1970s.
This story consists of an historical preservation report on the Pratt-Markham house and property given by four University of Arkansas students in April 1977. It includes the wishes of the Pratt sisters, Joy and Evangeline, for their 200 acres on Markham Hill.
Patsy Galbraith, who lived in the Pratt-Markham house in the 1980s, tells us about life on Markham Hill during that time and what it was like having the movie 'Man Outside' filmed up there.
Learn about the TV miniseries 'The Blue and the Gray' filmed on various locations in Fayetteville, one being Markham Hill where Robert E. Lee informed his soldiers that they lost the war.
Two unique stories: 'Remembering Markham Hill' by Hugh Kincaid, and 'Horses, Pot, and Hiding Out' by Hogeye Bill Orton.
Did you know that Joy Pratt Markham's daffodils were famous?
The dogwood in the Big Meadow on top of Markham Hill was advertised as the largest in the world.
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