William Joseph ‘Bill’ Barnes Bill Barnes practically grew up on Lake Ouachita, where he runs Mountain Harbor resort. And it all started as a fishing trip with his parents. This year the resort marks ...

It's hard to concentrate when visiting with Bill Barnes inside his office at Mountain Harbor Resort & Spa on Lake Ouachita. It's not that Barnes is a poor conversationalist. In fact, we visit for more ...

Bill Barnes remembers well the day he and his family left Denver to move to Arkansas to operate his father's fishing camp along the newly formed Lake Ouachita near Mount Ida. The 7-year-old had just ...