Editing Baxter County, Arkansas (section)

==Culture and contemporary life==
[[File:Cotter, Ark PA240383.jpg|right|thumb|Completion of the [[Cotter Bridge]] brought transportation to an insular area of the Ozark Mountains]]
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Baxter County has several facilities, monuments, and museums dedicated to preserving the history and culture of the area. Perhaps one of the most recognizable and important historic structures in Baxter County is the [[Cotter Bridge]] over the White River. Upon opening in 1930, the bridge opened Baxter County and north Arkansas to economic development and tourism by providing reliable transportation across the White River.

Two facilities interpret the county's history and heritage: the [[Jacob Wolf House]], a historic [[log cabin]] built in 1825, is operated as a [[historic house museum]] by the [[Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism]], and the Baxter County Heritage Center, located in the former [[Rollins Hospital]] in downtown Gassville. Five [[National Register of Historic Places]] (NRHP, [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Baxter County, Arkansas|complete county list]]) properties in the county relate to the history of education: [[Buford School Building]], [[Cold Water School]], and the [[Horace Mann School Historic District]], as well as [[Big Flat School Gymnasium]], [[Old Cotter High School Gymnasium]]. Several buildings are preserved for connections to the county's economic and cultural history: [[Baxter County Courthouse]], the [[Sid Hutcheson Building]] in Norfork, and several structures in the [[Mountain Home Commercial Historic District]].

===Annual cultural events===
Trout fishing enthusiasts visit the White River in Baxter County year-round,<ref>{{ cite web|last=Powell |first=Sam |title=Browns, Rainbows in White Trout Fishing a Paradise On This River in Arkansas |work=Tulsa World |location= Tulsa, OK |date= February 25, 1997 |page= B1 |via=NewsBank |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=NewsBank&docref=news/0EB54939AA895AEE |access-date=September 2, 2023 }}</ref> with several annual events also celebrating trout fishing: the [[Cotter, Arkansas|Cotter]] Trout Festival in Big Spring Park and the Sowbug Roundup at the Baxter County Fairgrounds are held in May,<ref>{{ cite news |title=Great Cotter Trout Festival begins May 4 |work=Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette |date=April 26, 2012 |url=https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2012/apr/26/cotter-host-trout-festival-20120426/ |access-date=September 2, 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{ cite news |title= Arkansas Fishing Report |work=The Courier |location=[[Russellville, AR]] |date=April 21, 2023 |via=NewsBank |url= https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=NewsBank&docref=news/1910F4761A60A7B0 |access-date=September 2, 2023 }}</ref> and the Southern Council Federation of Flyfishers Fair is held on campus at ASUMH in September.<ref>{{ cite news |title=Fly fishermen to gather in northern Arkansas |work=[[The Joplin Globe]] |location=[[Joplin, MO]] |date=September 24, 2006 |via=NewsBank |url= https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=NewsBank&docref=news/1145EC0FCD9036B8 |access-date=September 2, 2023 }}</ref>

The Mountain Home Farmer's Market operates on the downtown square on Wednesdays and Saturdays, April–November.<ref>{{ cite news |first=Julie |last=Stewart |title=Mountain Home looks to separate local, carted-in produce at market |work=Arkansas Democrat-Gazette |location=Little Rock, AR |date=February 24, 2007 |page=13 |url=https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2007/feb/24/mountain-home-looks-separate-local-carted-20070224/ |access-date=September 2, 2023 }}</ref> The Baxter County Fair is one of the most well-attended in Arkansas, and begins with a popular parade through downtown Mountain Home.<ref>{{ cite news |first=Julie |last= Stewart |title=After parade, mayor in lather over manure |work=Arkansas Democrat-Gazette |location=Little Rock, AR |date=September 20, 2006 |pages= 9, 20 |via=NewsBank |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=NewsBank&docref=news/16ACA82DB4E8C4F0 |access-date=September 2, 2023 }}</ref> Norfork Pioneer Days Heritage Festival is held annually on the third Saturday in May at the Jacob Wolf House.

The David's Trail Endurance Run was founded in 2017 as an [[ultramarathon]] around Lake Norfork in January.<ref>{{ cite news |work=Arkansas Democrat-Gazette |first=Byrd |last= Conley III |title=David's Trail runs set for Friday, Saturday |location=Little Rock, AR |date=January 15, 2018 |page=20 |url=https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2018/jan/15/david-s-trail-runs-set-for-friday-satur/ |access-date=September 2, 2023 }}</ref>

===Media===
{{see also|List of newspapers in Arkansas|List of radio stations in Arkansas|List of television stations in Arkansas}}
The county newspaper is ''[[The Baxter Bulletin]]'', a daily newspaper established in Mountain Home in 1901. The first newspaper published in Baxter County was the ''Quid Nunc'', from 1877 to 1880.<ref name="fwa">{{cite book |last= Allsopp |first= Frederick W. |url=https://www.archive.org/stream/historyofarkansa00allsuoft |format= PDF |title= History of the Arkansas Press for a Hundred Years and More |year=1922 |publisher=Parke-Harper Pub. Co. |via=Southern Historical Press |author-link=Frederick W. Allsopp |location= Little Rock, Ark |edition=Reprint |isbn=9780893080730 |oclc=3576168 |pages=59–60 }}</ref> The ''Baxter County Citizen'' was published in Mountain Home from 1880 until 1937.<ref name="harvp">{{cite book |last= Meriwether |first= Robert W. |title= A Chronicle of Arkansas Newspapers Published Since 1922 and of the Arkansas Press Association, 1930-1972 |year=1974 |publisher=Arkansas Press Association |location= Little Rock, Ark |oclc=2146483 |pages=5–6 }}</ref> Mountain Home was also home to briefly operated papers named ''The North Arkansas Herald'' (monthly, {{c.|1890}}) and ''The Arkansas News'' ({{c.|1897}}).<ref name="fwa" />

Cotter has been home to five newspapers over the years, the longest lasting being the ''Cotter Courier'' (1903-c. 1918)<ref name="fwa" /> and ''The Cotter Record'' (1911-1937).<ref name="harvp" /> Publications lasting only a year or so include ''The White River Headlight'',<ref name="fwa" /> ''The Screech Owl'', and the ''Bull Shoals Gazette''.<ref name="harvp" /> ''The Ozark Clarion'' was briefly published at [[Three Brothers, Arkansas|Three Brothers]] around 1912, and ''Norfork Enterprise'' ran briefly at Norfork.<ref name="fwa" />

Baxter County is within the [[Springfield, Missouri]] [[designated market area]] with the following local TV stations: [[KYTV (TV station)|KYTV]] ([[NBC]], [[KSPR-LD|33.1]] [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], [[KYCW-LD|33.2]] [[The CW|CW]] SD), [[KOLR]] ([[CBS]]), [[KOZK]] ([[PBS]]), [[KOZL-TV]], [[KWBM]], [[KSPR-LD]] (ABC), [[KBNS-CD]], and [[KRBK]] ([[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]).<ref>{{ cite web |title=Springfield, MO TV Channels |work=Station Index |url= https://www.stationindex.com/tv/markets/Springfield,+MO |access-date= September 2, 2023 }}</ref>

The county is home to four FM radio stations: [[KCMH (FM)]] (91.5 FM, "Keep Christ Most High"), [[KKTZ]] (107.5 FM), [[KTLO-FM]] (97.9 FM), and [[KPFM (FM)]] (105.5&nbsp;MHz),<ref>{{ cite web |title= Arkansas FM Radio Stations |publisher= [[Federal Communications Commission]] |location= [[Washington DC]] |work= FM Query Results |date= September 2, 2023 |access-date= September 2, 2023 |url=https://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?state=AR }}</ref> and one AM radio station: [[KTLO (AM)]] (1240 AM).<ref>{{ cite web |title= Arkansas AM Radio Stations |publisher= Federal Communications Commission |location= Washington DC |work= AM Query Results |date= September 2, 2023 |access-date= September 2, 2023 |url=https://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?state=AR }}</ref>