🌟 Harold Nathaniel Hayes (1942-1962) was a trailblazer, but in basketball. The son of Ralph “Buddy” Hayes and Lola Jean Carr, Harold Hayes was the first known African American 🏀 basketball player to compete against an all-white team after he began playing for Fayetteville High School in 1957. He went on to play basketball for what was then Joplin Junior College in Missouri but his life was tragically cut short when he drowned while swimming. Hayes’ story, and others in his family, are told in Shiloh’s exhibit, One Step Higher: Five Generations of a Black Ozark Family, which will return to viewing by the public once museum renovations are completed in mid-March. Shiloh Museum photo from the Betty Hayes Davis Collection (S-2015-71-41). #BlackHistory Month #BlackHistory #AfricanAmericanHistory #ArkanasOzarks #OzarkHistory

🏚️ What is that big white building, you ask? Find out in our Shiloh Meeting Hall open house, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. March 2-7, 2026 (Monday-Saturday).

Shiloh Meeting Hall Open House

#ShilohMeetingHall #SpringdaleArkansas #OzarkHistory #ExploreSpringdale

😲 Your house or business building may be more interesting than you realize! Learn how to uncover its past in our virtual workshop next week! #ArkansasOzarks #OzarkHistory #thisoldhouse

🌟 Only 11 days until deadline to enter the Our Ozarks 📷photo contest📷 here at Shiloh! We would love to see more photos that were taken in Carroll, Boone, Madison, and Newton counties, though images from Washington and Benton counties are welcome as well. Visit our website to learn more! #ArkansasPhotography #OzarkPhotography