Folk Medicine in the Ozarks: Trusting Old Remedies

Some families never left the Ozarks — and it wasn’t because they were stuck. The Ozarks raised generations of resilient families shaped by rocky soil, long winters, Civil War survival, timber work, and self-reliance. Ozark women held farms together. Timber workers built livelihoods from the forest. River families learned to survive without help. This is Ozark history. This is Ozark culture. And this is why mountain roots run deep. If your family has been in the Missouri Ozarks or Arkansas Ozarks