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| Don't forget to count the coon dog! |
In Pope County on Scenic Arkansas Highway 7, Booger Hollow trading Post was built in 1961. It has been closed for a few years now, but in its heyday, it was quiet a tourist attraction. It consisted of the post itself, which featured hillbilly themed knick-knacks like corncob pipes, polished rocks, painted handsaws, hand-made quilts, and hand-carved walking sticks. It also sold hand-crafted items and goods like honey with a piece of the comb in the jar, sorghum, and lye soap. Items like the "Hillbilly Chicken Dinner" (a wooden box you opened to find only a piece of corn glued inside) and the "Hillbilly Lighter" (a wooden box which contained a match) were popular sellers. It also held a post office and sold fishing bait.
Next door to the post was a restaurant called The Chuckwagon which featured high-browed fair like the Boogerburger, the Boogerdog, ham sandwiches and frito chili pie. There was also a small store that sold cured hams. The main attraction though was the two story outhouse. The lower level was a real working outhouse, but the upper level was always closed with a sign on the front which said, "Upstairs closed until we figure out plummin."
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| The famous double-decker outhouse |
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| Bygone times |
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