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Category: Neighborhood and History

The Living Springs neighborhood around Prayer Lake, its history, its people, and nearby towns.

Autumn-colored wooded hillside above a blue lake, with two red-roofed buildings in the distance
October 16, 2026October 20, 2026 Patricia Mikkelson

The Story of the Living Springs Neighborhood

Old-fashioned painting of three generations of a family picking apples and peaches together in a sunlit orchard
October 12, 2026October 20, 2026 Patricia Mikkelson

The Orchard the Town Grew Up Around

Painted illustration of a sunny lakeside park in the Ozark hills with a small dock and kayaks, families picnicking, and a young couple walking with their daughter and a golden retriever
October 12, 2026October 20, 2026 Patricia Mikkelson

The Lake, the Rutz Family, and a Good Kind of Boundary

Illustration of a welcoming small-town clinic in the Ozark hills with a nurse greeting a patient
October 2, 2026October 20, 2026 Patricia Mikkelson

Care Within Reach: Medical, Emergency, and Natural Healing Resources Near Living Springs Log House

Antique hand-drawn map style illustration of the Ozark hills of northwest Arkansas: winding rivers, tiny drawn log cabins, a gristmill, forests, little hills drawn as bumps, a compass rose, aged parchment paper with tea stains, ink and watercolor.
October 2, 2026October 20, 2026 Patricia Mikkelson

Huntsville and Kingston, Arkansas: Small Towns, Big Hearts, and Room for You

Sun breaking through clouds over a dark ridge and a lake at dusk
October 2, 2026October 20, 2026 Patricia Mikkelson

Why “Living Springs”?

The Living Springs Log House from the driveway, with garage door, windows, and stairs up to the deck
October 2, 2026October 20, 2026 Patricia Mikkelson

The Story of the Living Springs Log House

Storybook-style illustration of Ozark homesteaders tending a vegetable garden and young orchard beside a creek, with autumn hills behind.
October 2, 2026October 20, 2026 Patricia Mikkelson

Homesteading in the Ozarks: A Dream That Took Root Here

An autumn overlook above a forested valley with a rock bluff jutting out under blue sky
October 2, 2026October 20, 2026 Patricia Mikkelson

Waterfalls, Wild Rivers, and Places to Restore Your Soul: Discovering Madison County

Illustration of a misty lake at sunrise with a small dock and kayak, surrounded by wooded hills.
August 16, 2026October 20, 2026 Patricia Mikkelson

A History of the Living Springs Log House and Its Relationship to Prayer Lake

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