Tupelo Gum Pond's natural features include a 5-acre sinkhole pond with swamp vegetation and ringed with swamp tupelo trees (common to the swamps of the Mississippi Delta) in the Lower Ozarks Section of the Ozark Natural Division. The pond is also surrounded by typical oak-hickory forest.
The final list of distribution locations was:
- Alton Advertiser Office
- Alton Assembly of God Church
- Alton Auto Parts
- Alton Bank
- Alton Burger Palace
- Alton Drug Store
- Alton Florist
- Alton Public Library
- Alton Quick Connection
- American In Home Service Agency
- A Natural Life Massage & Spa
- Bless UR Heart Boutique
- Brad's Barber Shop
- Corn-Fed Rascal
- Farm Bureau Insurance
- Fuel Express
- Harps, Alton
- Jason's Mexican Restaurant
- Oregon Co. Court House
- Piney Creek Farm & Auto
- Regina's Family Hair Design
- S & S Fabric
- Senior Citizens Center
- Simpson True Value
- Southern Bank, Alton
- Southside Tire
- Tammy's Cuts & Styles
- Wright's Station and Garage
- Young's Produce
Thank you to each of these locations for their support during the years Alton Advertiser was published.