A Portrait of the Ozarks Part II - Shannon County: Hearts of the Children

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  @dekeg.6795 · 6 years ago

  That 83 year old farmer man is healthier than some 50 year olds I know. He stays active & busy, & probably never has to go to a doctor for much.

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• LI

  @lisamarieva3514 · 7 years ago (edited)

  @ <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ro4nSqls_bs&amp;t=131">2:11</a> Mr. Freeman Hughes at the age of 83 got over that fence quicker than most 30 somethings today could! Staying active is the best way to grow old gracefully.

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• HM

  @hmm3597 · 6 years ago

  Remember riding the back roads with no traffic and heading to the swimming hole, taking long walks down endless roads and long walks in the woods. Yes I miss the country life of the mountain and going to church in a one room old school house.

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• CH

  @Channel4029 · 7 years ago

  It is now November 2018 and I have just finished watching this. I love that I was born in the Arkansas ozarks and was able to return to it to live out most of my life. This brought back a lot of old memories, fond memories, of an era that is long gone. Most of the people in this video are now gone. I guess I am just a sap, but the old ways and the old timers are dear to my heart. I miss them both.

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• RW

  @rw261 · 7 years ago

  &quot;People don&apos;t work like they use to&quot; &nbsp;so true old timer, &nbsp;so so true

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• CU

  @CuzznRickH14 · 6 years ago

  I wonder how many people, like myself, are envious of how these people live. I know that this was made years ago, and I wonder how these folks are and where they are today. I&apos;d love to visit there for a while some day, not as a tourist, but just as a visitor. Blessings to all in Shannon Co. Mo.

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• TH

  @thejerseyj1636 · 6 years ago

  The young people gathering together on Saturday nights makes me remember a time before internet, video games, and cell phones. <br> &nbsp;The late &apos;70s was the last hurrah for the old ways.

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• ME

  @MeredithLovesJesus76 · 3 months ago

  My husband was born in Shannon County. &nbsp;He has such great memories from there. &nbsp;I was born in Howell County. Met in a church youth camp...married since 1977..

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• RO

  @RoseThistleArtworks · 6 years ago

  They have riches that some people with lots of money never know.

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• JO

  @jonmcfarland1171 · 7 years ago

  Times were so much better than. I keep re-watching this because it makes me wish the world was like this today. I know all those older gentleman and women Who have passed on by now I probably turning in their graves at what the world has come to even in their small towns.

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• RI

  @rickymanuel4237 · 7 years ago

  Now that it&apos;s 38 years later wish they would make a follow up video to see how things have changed.. I would rather have the old ways back than now days, I think it was a better life then.

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• RA

  @rainad5482 · 9 months ago

  I come here to hear the sound of the squeaky front, screen door and to remember the smell of bacon and green beans cooking in my grandmother&apos;s farm kitchen. I was born and raised in the Ozarks and love my home, my family and celebrate our heritage here. Much gratitude to those who made this documentary.

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