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Rackensack Folklore in Mountain View Draws Big Crowds
Susan McMurray profiles the Rackensack Folklore Society in Mountain View Arkansas home to the Mountain View Folk Festival. The 1972 festival drew nearly 150000 visitors over four days as the National Folk Cultural Center opens in 1973. Jimmy Driftwood leads local heritage efforts with AR Parks Recreation and Travel Commission chairmanship. Friday nights at the Stone County Courthouse feature the community Rackensack in a family friendly town gathering with traditional dances and homemade crafts.
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Susan McMurray
State Department of Parks and Tourism
Rackensack
Arkansas
Missouri
Rackensack Folklore Society
North
Hill
Mountain View
Ozark National Forest
National Folk Cultural Center
Jimmy Driftwood
New Orleans
Tennessee Stud
Grand Ole Opry
State Department
Asia
U.C.L.A
Washington, D.C
Nixon
John F. Kennedy Center For
Jimmy
Arkansas Parks, Recreation and Travel Commission
Stone County
Colleen
Ireland
Bookmiller Shannon
Tommy Simmons
Seth Mize
Lonnie Avey
Ed Sutterfield
Floyd Holland