Boston and King River Falls

I drove further up into the Ozarks, taking the car down some delightfully curvy mountain roads. Along the way I stopped at this old building, that was sitting behind a thick wall of vines and vegetation.

 

From there I headed to the small community of Boston, which sits in Madison County. The town is much smaller than its counterpart in Massachusetts (with only a population difference of about 654,770 people). The Arkansas Boston contains a small collection of older buildings. This is the old Boston General Store and post office:



I wasn't able to find much information about the old store, since most of the search results were just stores in Boston, Mass. But I did find an old photograph of the general store, taken in 1958, on the Encyclopedia of Arkansas.





Across the road was this old house...







And if you turn onto the dirt road in Boston, you quickly pass by this old building. It was built in 1909 and was probably used as both a school and a church.



That dirt road also leads to the trailhead for the hike to Kings River Falls. The hike is short and easy, and along the way passes by a neat old stone wall that was probably built over a century ago.





There wasn't a lot of water in the creek, so the falls weren't running as much as they have been on some previous visits here over the years. But the falls, which are 10 feet tall, are still a scenic little spot along the creek.



Along the way back to the trailhead, I stopped at this metal footbridge for a few quick pictures...