Interesting word picture from the LA Times. Rogers is hardly an "Ozark Mountain Town". In the first place, its on a plateau with nary a mountain in sight. And far from being some little hillbilly outpost, Rogers is part of the fastest growing part of the state. Smack dab next to Rogers is Bentonville, home of WalMart, and just south is Springdale, home of Tyson's Foods. Every manufacturer of retail goods in the United States has an office in Benton County, a requirment if you want to do business with WalMart. This was not a bunch of good old boys sittin' around the cracker barrel whitlin' and talkin' about how to deal with them Chicago Union boys.
Go Hogs!
You are exactly right. I lived there for 10 years (in Joplin, MO now) and in the 10 years since I have been gone it has exploded with growth.
If he would have left out the Mountain part of it, he would have been more accurate.
Isn’t that region considered to be a part of the Ozarks? Or is the proper use of the word limited to the Mountain range?
C’mon — you know the press. They had visions of y’all there huddled up under the eaves of your tarpaper shacks, sittin’ in a busted-up rockin’ chair, pluckin’ on a banjo, with a coon dog on your left and a jug of shine on your right.
Rogers, Ak home of Daisey & Avanti. Anyone up for an airgun contest?