Editing Yellville, Arkansas (section)

==Culture and contemporary life==
{{Main|Culture of Arkansas}}

===Buffalo National River===
Yellville is popular for its proximity to the [[Buffalo National River]], {{convert|16|mi}} to the south via [[Arkansas Highway 14|State Highway 14]]. During the summer, tourists visit the area and Yellville becomes a hub for shopping and lodging for them. The Buffalo Point Ranger Station is located approximately {{convert|17|mi|km}} south of Yellville. Activities and services in the area include horseback trail riding, canoeing, and cabin rentals. Other area attractions include the more than 1,000 caves that exist in Marion County, and the famous "Rush" ghost town located in the Buffalo Point area—a turn-of-the-century [[ghost town]] from the [[zinc]] mining heyday of the area. Abandoned mines are visible along many of the hiking trails at Rush, but are fenced off due to safety concerns.  Recent arson has destroyed a few of the historic buildings of the Rush ghost town.

===Bull Shoals Dam and Reservoir / White River===
Most of northern Marion County is made up of water—most notably, the waters created by the [[Bull Shoals Lake|Bull Shoals Dam]]. Eastern Marion County's border with [[Baxter County, Arkansas|Baxter County]] is marked by the [[White River (Arkansas–Missouri)|White River]]. Water skiing, pontoon boating, and fishing are all popular summer activities at the Bull Shoals Lake and White River areas. Yellville is located approximately {{convert|15|mi}} southwest of [[Bull Shoals, Arkansas|Bull Shoals]] and serves as an alternate housing and tourist destination for those not staying at the numerous resorts in Bull Shoals, along the White River, or at the confluence of the Buffalo and White rivers near [[Buffalo City, Arkansas|Buffalo City]].

===Fred Berry Conservation Education Center on Crooked Creek===
[[File:Yellville, AR 022.jpg|right|thumb|Crooked Creek near the City Park]]
In 1999, Fred Berry, a former counselor and teacher at the Yellville-Summit School District, donated the funding to create an educational center at Kelley's Access on [[Crooked Creek (Arkansas)|Crooked Creek]], located near the Yellville City Park. With additional donations and a "conservation tax", the plan was put into action. On June 17, 2005, the Fred Berry Conservation Education Center on Crooked Creek opened. It is one of four education centers with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. It sits on {{convert|471|acre|km2}} of land along a {{convert|2.5|mi|km|adj=on}} stretch of Crooked Creek that was once a dairy farm.

===Annual cultural events===
One of the longest traditions in Yellville is the annual Turkey Trot festival sponsored by the Mid-Marion County [[Rotary Club]]. Beginning in 1945 with the first turkey dropped from the roof of the Marion County Courthouse, the festival continues today. It is held every second weekend of October with the best-known attraction being live turkeys that are dropped from airplanes over the town square.<ref name="LoweryEmpathy">{{cite magazine |last1=Lowrry |first1=Annie |title=Tossing a Bird That Does Not Fly Out of a Plane: A Thanksgiving story about the limits of human empathy |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/11/yellville-turkey-trot/576184/?silverid-ref=MzIxODYxNjE0ODQ4S0 |access-date=November 21, 2018 |magazine=[[The Atlantic]] |date=November 20, 2018}}</ref> The event has been criticized in the past by [[People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals]] and others. The Turkey Trot festival also includes a pageant, dinners, musical entertainment, a 5 kilometer run, a parade, and a nationally recognized turkey calling contest sponsored by the [[National Wild Turkey Federation]]. Crafts and tools related to the hunting of wild turkeys are also sold in streetside booths along the town square.<ref>{{ cite web |title=73rd Annual Turkey Trot Festival |work=  [[The Mountaineer Echo]] |location= Flippin |date=October 11, 2018 |url=http://1751.newstogo.us/editionviewer/default.aspx?Edition=01d5a3ce-391b-4d46-bb61-755060ac08da |access-date= March 3, 2019 }}</ref>