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Coursey’s Smoked Meats

152 Courseys, St. Joe, AR 72675
Phone: 870-439-2503

About Us:  
A fifty-plus-year-old ham house in the Ozarks of North Arkansas; primarily a mail-order and take-out business, with scarlet hams hanging on a rack in cloth bags, an assortment of jerkies in jars, local jellies, sorghum and honey for sale. Coursey’s has a small counter in back where sandwiches made of ham, turkey, or peppered beef can be purchased.

Big Springs Restaurant

14237 North Highway 65, St. Joe, AR 72675

Phone: 870-439-2900
Website: www.bigspringstradingco.com/

Hours:
Sunday & Wednesday 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Thursday – Saturday 9-8


Ferguson’s Country Store & Restaurant

121 E. Highway 333, St. Joe, AR 72675

Phone: 870-439-2234
Hours: 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. 

About Us:  
Restaurant features home-style cooking and its famous hot, homemade cinnamon rolls; store; factory showroom of solid cherry and oak furniture on-site; gift shop.

The Gilbert Café

#1 Frost Street, Gilbert, AR

870-439-2020
Email: gilbertcafe_2011@yahoo.com
Hours: Monday – Wednesday 7:00 a.m. – 3: 00 p.m.
Thursday – Saturday 7:00 a.m. – 8: 00 p.m.

About us: We serve breakfast and dinner, take reservations, welcome walk-ins, good for groups, good for kids, and take out, or outdoor seating.

C&K Family Market & Garage

205 N. Hwy 65, St. Joe, AR 72675

Phone: 870-429-2096

Hours: Monday - Saturday 6 a.m. – 9 p.m. 

About Us:  No Ethanol Gas
www.facebook.com/pages/CK-Family-Market-Garage
Clowning Around Entertainment of Arkansas 
On a mission to provide quality entertainment to Arkansans at an affordable price.

We specialize in Children's Events
We provide entertainment for parades, fairs, festivals, university and school programs, parties, receptions, and other events.
Our clients include parents, individuals and organizations. 
Our children's services include musicians, balloon and face art, and themed parties! http://clowningaroundentertainment.webs.com/

Singing Telegrams of Arkansas
Singing Telegrams of Arkansas offers delivery of personal singing telegrams for a variety of occassions. We deliver both favorite songs and songs written especially for the recipient. Special costumed performers are also available for your event. Call today at 870-221-3259 for more information!

Singing Telegrams of Arkansas also offers a camp-side service to visitors to the Buffalo National River area. We send a singing guitarist to play you favorites around a campfire. Visit our website at http://singingtelegramsofarkansas.webs.com/

870-221-3259
309 Indian Drive, St. Joe, AR 72675. 
Dry Creek Mercantile
21595 Hwy 65 N., Pindall, AR 72669
Mailing Address: 1501 Dry Creek Rd., St. Joe, AR 72675
Phone: 870-439-8190 
Fax: 870-439-8191
Email: brandt@drycreekhomestead.com or 1brandt42@gmail.com
Website:  www.drycreekhomestead.com
Contact: Rose Marie Brandt
Hours: Wednesday – Monday 7 a.m. – 4 p.m.
About Us: We have a small deli, full menu breakfast, lunch – burgers and cold sandwiches, Grocery – Petit Jean sliced meats. We also have antiques, collectibles, fishing supplies, and fishing and hunting licenses.  

St. Joe Mercantile

100 S. U.S. Hwy 65
Mailing Address: 185 North Main St., St. Joe, AR, 72675

Phone: 870-439-2311
Contact: Janice White 

Hours: Monday – Saturday 6:30 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. 
About Us: General Merchandise - Groceries - Feed - Hardware - Avon - Used Goods - Movie Rental - Vet Supplies


Gilbert General Store

#1 Frost Street, Gilbert, AR 72636
Mailing Address: RT 1 Box 193, St. Joe, AR 72675

Phone: 870-439-2888 or 870-439-2386
Email: riverfun_gilbert@live.com
Website: www.buffalocabins-canoes.com/home.html
Hours: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. daily

About Us: Buffalo Camping & Canoeing was established in 1901 in Gilbert on the Buffalo River, AR. Buffalo Camping & Canoeing offers a wide variety of nightly lodging rentals of cabins and guest houses for those wishing to experience the beauty of the Buffalo National River. Buffalo Camping & Canoeing also rents Canoes, Kayaks, and Rafts for single or multi-day float trips on the Buffalo River in Arkansas. Groups for canoe, kayak, and raft trips are welcome if reserved in advance. 
Buffalo River Motel

14048 N Highway 65, Saint Joe, AR 72675 
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 117, Gilbert, AR, 72636

Phone: 870-439-2995 or 501-658-9479

Website: www.buffalorivermotel.com

About Us: Wi-Fi - Television - Air Conditioning - Refrigerator and Microwaves in room - Picnic Area - Scenic Overlook

Hurricane River Cave
Anything in Stained Glass
23557 N. Hwy 65, Everton, AR 72633
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 163, Western Grove, AR 72685
Phone: 870-439-2424
Email: peruchi@ritternet.com
Hours: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday – Saturday, Sunday 9-3
Contact: Joyce or Vernon Peruchi
About Us:  We are a full line stained glass shop. We have fusing molds, glass, frit, complete line of fusing and kilns. We do custom home and church windows. Supplies, classes, repairs, diamond saws & grinders, hundreds of colors, door and window panels, and warm glass supplies


Blue Grass Café
14189 Hwy 65
Mailing Address: 1501 Dry Creek Rd., St. Joe, AR 72675
Phone: 870-439-2058 or 870-688-7460
Contact: Jimmy R. Moore
Hours: Wednesday – Monday 7 a.m. – 4 p.m.
About Us: 
Ozark Riders Rest @ old Squirrel Trading Posts’ Blue Grass Café. Breakfast anytime! Juicy hamburgers, chicken tenders, etc. Pickers welcome. Bring your own instrument or play one of ours. Listen to Bearwiz on tap while you eat.


Country Cut Hair Salon
19527 Hwy 65 N., St. Joe, AR 72675
Phone: 870-439-2454
Contact: Regina Knapp
Hours: Tuesday - Friday 9:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
About Us: Family Hair Care


Henderson Backhoe Service
325 Hwy 65 N.
Mailing Address: P.O Box 1, St. Joe, AR, 72675
Phone: 870-439-2525 
Contact: Gene Henderson
About Us:  
We lay water lines
Plumbing
Complete septic systems installed
Driveway material
Crushed rock
Creek gravel delivered

Hilltop Upholstery
120 Alarm Rd., St. Joe, AR, 72675
Mailing Address: RR 2 Box 724, St. Joe, AR 72675
Phone: 870-439-2537


J&H Custom Furniture Inc. 
21060 Hwy 65 N., Pindall, AR 72669
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 200, Pindall, AR 72669
Phone: 870-439-2224
Email: jhfurniture@yahoo.com
Website: www.jhchurchfurniture.com
Contact: Jerry Willis
Hours: Monday – Friday 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. 
About Us: We have been in the church furniture business since 1968. We manufacture all types of church furniture, pews, pulpit furniture, etc. We would like to work with you on your furniture needs. Our catalog is on the web at www.jhchurchfurniture.com. The pride and skill of Ozark Mountain Craftsmen combined with modern technology to produce for you furniture of lasting beauty.


Maplewood Motel
325 Hwy 65 N.
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1, St. Joe, AR, 72675
Phone: 870-439-2525
Contact: Dottie Henderson
Hours: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. daily
About Us:  Air conditioned - All electric - Television - Kitchenettes - Canoe information


M&M Electrical
760 Highway 374, St. Joe, AR 72675
Phone: 870-429-2726
Hours: Monday – Friday 4 p.m. – 8 p.m. 
About Us: Residential, Industrial, and Commercial
Master Electrician

MNA Train Depot Museum
110 Highway U.S. 65 South in St. Joe, AR
Phone: 870-439-2012 or 870-439-2369
Contact: Mayor John Henley or Councilman Norman Morrison
Hours: Please call to schedule at 870-439-2012 for Mayor John Henley or 870-439-2369 for Councilman Norman Morrison
About Us: Train museum, a local history museum and an information center. 

Norm’s Locksmith Shop
205 W. Tennyson, St. Joe, AR 72675
Phone: 870-439-2369 or 870-577-2596
Contact: Norm Morrison
Hours: Anytime!
About Us: Emergency opening and unlocking service

Ben Taylor
500 S. Third St.
St. Joe, AR 72675
About Us:  Notary
870-504-2686
bentaylor56@gmail.com

Affordable Flooring
P.O. Box 66
St. Joe, AR 72675
Contact:  Josh Barron
Phone:  870-688-8860
www.facebook.com/affordableflooring
joshbarron@yahoo.com
Hours:  24/7
About Us: We service Baxter, Boone, Fulton, Marion, Newton, Searcy, Carrol, Taney, Sharp, Christian, and Ozark Counties.  We  have ceramic, hardwood, laminate, and VCT flooring.

Mill Creek Outdoors
14158 N. Why 65
St. Joe, AR 72675
Hours Tuesday thru Sunday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
About Us:  Taxidermy 
Phone:
870-448-7007
870-439-2663
millcreektaxidermy@hotmail.com

City Services 

St. Joe Post Office
1 Hwy 65 South
St. Joe, AR 72675
800-275-8777

SPG Water
415 S. Hwy 65, St. Joe, AR 72675
870-439-2500

Entergy
800-368-3749

Searcy County Judge 
Johnny Hinchey
870- 448-3554
searcycojudge@yahoo.com

Trash Pick Up
870-448-3554

St. Joe School
250 Hwy 65, St. Joe, AR 72675
870-439-2213
About us: Where your kids will be educated & prepared for college, and prepared for life!
We are K-12 and located in "The Heart of the Ozarks since 1904"

St. Joe Churches:

United Pentecostal Church
1289 Highway 235 North
St. Joe, AR 72675
870-439-2730

Tomahawk Baptist Church
150 Tomahawk Church Rd
St. Joe, AR, 72675
870-439-2027

Zion’s Light Baptist Church
1148 E. Hwy 333
Gilbert, AR  72636
870-439-2134

Buffalo River Baptist Church
490 Tennyson
St. Joe, AR 72675
870-439-8111

Church of Christ
219 N. Main
St. Joe, AR 72675
870-439-2600

Church By the River
Assembly of God
535 Highway 65 South
St. Joe, AR 72675

First Baptist Church
300 N. Russell
St. Joe, AR 72675
870-688-7462

Pine Bluff Community Chruch
Woolum Road South
St. Joe, AR  72675
870-439-2750

Lighthouse Apostolic Church
Highway 374 West
St. Joe, Ar  72645
870-489-3103



21595 Hwy 65 N., Pindall, AR 72669
585 Impulse Drive, Pindall, Arkansas
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 240, Pindall, AR 72669

Phone: 870-429-6200

Email: cave@hurricanerivercaverns.com

Website:  www.hurricanerivercaverns.com
Contact: Roby

 Open daily, year-round. Hours: 9 a.m. to an hour before dark. Winter hours vary. 
About us: Our regular tour lasts approximately 40 minutes. Three extreme wild cave tours are available, by reservation: they last anywhere from 2.5 hours to 5 hours. We provide the necessary equipment; such as helmets, and knee-pads, etc. See our web-site for all the details. Group rates are available. Rock and mineral shop, and picnic area, on cave estate; as well as a large parking lot, with plenty of room for RVs to turn around on. A scenic overlook of the Ozark mountains ( where you can park ) will greet you on the road coming down. We are just a short drive away from the Buffalo National River. Several camp grounds are nearby: some with hiking trails. We are a half hour drive south of Harrison; or a half hour drive north of Marshall, off of Hwy 65, down Cave road, on 585 Impulse Drive.