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get thee to The Junk Ranch

October 3, 2015 By Talya Tate Boerner 8 Comments

Yesterday I spent the afternoon at The Junk Ranch in Prairie Grove. If you live in Northwest Arkansas and are looking for something to do today, GO. Admission Saturday (today) is $5. You will find plenty of antiques, vintage, repurposed, primitive and homemade items plus live music and good food spread over 35 acres of pastureland. You couldn’t ask for better weather. If you aren’t feeling the spirit of fall, The Junk Ranch will take you there. And p.s., since today is the last day, vendors will be ready to deal!

A few pics from yesterday…

The Junk Ranch, Prairie Grove, Ar

 

vintage aprons - The Junk Ranch

 

Jacks!

 

having fun at The Junk Ranch

 

Farm Girls Only

 

Kettle Corn

my Junk Ranch treasures

  1. Big red barn.
  2. Vintage apron bunting.
  3. Jacks!
  4. Girls’ shopping trip.
  5. Farm Girls Only.
  6. Kettle Corn—a good/bad idea.
  7. My haul: a) pig wire message board; b) antique luggage rack (a steal at $15!), c) vintage coffee tin for future craft project; d) Junk Ranch t-shirt.

The Junk Ranch
11195 Centerpoint Church Road
Prairie Grove, Arkansas
Admission $5 / Children 12 and under Free
Free Parking

For a great tour of The Junk Ranch check out Junque Rethunque’s periscope broadcast HERE.

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Musical Pairing: (this band is part of The Junk Ranch lineup)

The Squarshers, Never Will I Forget

 

 

Oh Snap! – Vintage Camper Photo Booth

September 9, 2015 By Talya Tate Boerner 11 Comments

Oh Snap!

Oh Snap! is a vintage camper photo booth John and I wandered into Sunday at the Clothesline Fair in Prairie Grove. Besides our schnauzers, this is the cutest thing I’ve seen in a long time. According to the owner (website under construction), her new photo booth concept is available for parties, school and church events, corporate parties, anytime. This is so seriously creative and another one of those things I wish I’d thought of. (By the way, Oh snap! is playful slang for Oh no! or Oh shoot! or as my Momma says, Oh foot!)Continue Reading

ode to the Pay Phone Booth

May 28, 2015 By Talya Tate Boerner 11 Comments

Prairie Grove Phone Booth

When was the last time you made a phone call from a pay phone booth? Heck, when was the last time you even saw a phone booth? While we’ve been busy texting and downloading and surfing the web, phone booths have disappeared right out from under our noses, much like the album store and the electric typewriter and a slew of other things I can’t think of because out-of-sight, out-of-mind. Sigh.

The phone booth in Prairie Grove recently received lots of attention when a lady fell asleep at the wheel and plowed into it. Since it only generated about four bucks in annual revenue, the Prairie Grove Telephone Company (serving the western portion of Washington County), debated about “retiring” it. Forced retirement is rarely a good thing. People took to social media and raised a hullabaloo about their beloved phone booth. It had become a photo op destination and part of what made Prairie Grove special. The phone booth was not only repaired, it’s been nominated to the National Register of Historic Places.

And that’s pretty cool.

Can you imagine all the phone calls placed in this small space since 1959? Words spoken. Promises made. Pleas pled by curfew-breaking teenagers. But mom…

pay phone booth in Prairie Grove, Ar

The Prairie Grove phone booth is located in the parking lot of the Colonial Motel, across the highway from the Prairie Grove Battlefield.

Colonial Motel

There’s a phone book inside, too.

Prairie Grove Phone Booth

According to Smithsonian, the world’s first pay phone was installed at the corner of Main Street and Central Row in downtown Hartford, Connecticut. There’s a plaque to mark the spot. As phone booths become extinct, maybe Prairie Grove’s phone booth will someday be the last working pay phone booth.

Or maybe pay phone booths will become WiFi hot spots. It could happen. Maybe?

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Musical Pairing:

Robert Cray – Phone Booth

 

Talya Tate Boerner


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