Though it took some time to build up trust with
prospective interviewees, I now have assembled the needed 35 contributors. The interviewee list looks like
this:
- Director of historical society and museum in Bull Shoals
- Brown trout fishing guide in Bull Shoals
- A bait shop and campground owner in Lawrenceville
- 90 year-old publisher of The White River Journal in Des Arc
- Fish market owner in Des Arc
- Retired game warden in Maddox Bay area
- Commercial catfish fisherman in Clarendon
- Wife of a famous bass boat manufacturer
- Biologist and river rat in Batesville with long family history in region
- Director of the Lower White River Museum
- Farmer and duck hunting guide in Cotton Plant
- River rat retiree in Searcy with long family history on the Red and White rivers
- Curator of museum in Jacksonport
- 80 year-old river rat on the Des Arc Bayou
- An expert on Monte Ne and Coin Harvey
- A White River photographer in Winslow
- Professor of Folk Studies with focus on Civil War along the White River
- Grand daughter of artist/photographer in Augusta
- Father/son river rats in Augusta who have salvaged historical relics from the river
- Circuit judge and early mercantile store owner in Des Arc
- Husband-wife publishers of a newspaper in DeWitt
- River rat in Des Arc who routinely catches 55 pound catfish
- A playright and expert on Civil War battles along the White River
- Curator of the Brinkley museum who spent early years on the Cache River
- Author and photographer of a classic photo book about the White River
- Dam engineer
- Senior retired river rat in Searcy who recalls fishing/hunting before dams
- Director of river conservation group active on Cache and White rivers
- Soybean magnate and barge company owner in Augusta
- Two brothers, a poet and watercolor artist, who create White River-related art
- Well-known historian in Clarendon
- Underwater guide located on Tablerock Lake
- Author of “Rivers To Run” book and other titles
- Director of movie filmed on the White River in 2011
- Longtime musician of Delta Blues in Cotton Plant
