SPRINGDALE, Ark. – The ongoing 50th anniversary celebration of the Buffalo National River will continue with a discussion on the importance of memory work and the preservation of stories of people and places in the Buffalo region in the historic Shiloh Meeting Hall. 

The program will begin with a discussion between Virginia Siegel, coordinator of the Arkansas Folk and Traditional Arts Program with Misty Langdon, owner and operator of Steel Creek Cabins and descendent of the historic Villines family. Langdon is an independent researcher preserving the history of Newton County and the legacy of her family in the region. Langdon is the seventh generation of the Villines family, which has been on the same farm for 131 years and settled on the Buffalo 185 years ago. The family recently received the "Century Old Farm" award. The discussion will be followed by screening of portions of Langdon's documentary "Remnants Project: Stories of the Arkansas Ozarks and Buffalo River."

The University of Arkansas Press will be on hand with books related to the Buffalo River and Arkansas history and preservation. 

This event will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 16, at the Shiloh Meeting Hall at the Shiloh Museum in Springdale. The event is free and open to the public. The event will also be streamed live via Zoom. Register to attend online.

"Preserving Memories of People and Places" is part of the Digital Buffalo project, which has been sponsored by the U of A Chancellor's innovation Fund and is under the direction of the U of A Humanities Center and U of A Libraries. News on upcoming events, as well as videos of past events and a developing library of digital documents, is available at the project website: digitalbuffalo.uark.edu.

To learn more about the Arkansas Folk and Tradition Arts at the University of Arkansas, visit libraries.uark.edu/folklife. 

For more information on the wealth of programming and exhibits offered by the Shiloh Museum and for directions to the Shiloh Meeting Hall, visit shilohmuseum.org.