Groups come from all over to see America's only freshwater pearl farm

Vans and buses of all sizes bring groups to visit

Resort owner Bob Keast welcomes a group from Piggot State Bank in Arkansas to the pearl tour

Memphis area Convention & Visitors Bureau hosts and hostesses were our guests recently

The arriving group is served refreshments by the Pearl Tour staff

Bob explains the story of the pearl and the many articles written, including the National Geographic

Tour guide Bob Keast explains all about pearls

Bob has many pearl items that help in his visual presentation

Bob holds up a mussel basket that is used in the pearl farm operation

Bob hops on board a tour bus as the group rides down to the pearl farm

Bob brings a basket of mussels up to the shore for a group to see

Bob then opens a mussel for the pearl harvest

Bob shows the group the various parts of the live mussel

Bob stands on the bank of Birdsong Creek overlooking America's only freshwater pearl farm. The tubes that suspend the mussel baskets are stacked behind him. The current inventory is attached to the tubes floating in the background