There’s a place on Lake Ouachita called Shangri La which was named after the fictional location in James Hilton’s novel Lost Horizon. In the novel, people living in Shangri-La didn’t age as quickly as those in the outside world.
This old place isn’t exactly at the Shangri La on Lake Ouachita – but it’s just down the road from it. Or was – this is another old place that’s no longer standing. I think it was either a church, school, or probably both. In any case, it seems the magic of Shangri-La didn’t quite extend to it…
