Artifact of the Month Archive

What Goes with Turkey, Stuffing and Pumpkin Pie? Football!

What Goes with Turkey, Stuffing and Pumpkin Pie? Football!

Football Is a Thanksgiving Tradition When the Arkansas Industrial University Cardinals ran on the football field for the first time in 1894, it did so only 24 years after Congress declared Thanksgiving a national holiday. As new autumn traditions, it was almost...

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Derringer Handgun

Derringer Handgun

This handgun belonged to Ozark folklorist Vance Randolph. His good friend, journalist and historian Ernie Deane, helped Randolph acquire the gun. . . .

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Tap Handle

Tap Handle

Taking a name from a local creek, J. T. Wampler opened Tanglewood Branch Brewing Company in Fayetteville in 2011. . . .

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Easter Egg

Easter Egg

This papier maché egg probably belonged to twins Mary and Ellen Russell of Harrison (Boone County) in the early 1920s. The word “GERMANY” stamped inside the egg helps narrow down when it was made. Up until about 1920 . . .

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Fireplace Tool

Fireplace Tool

Gaines Tucker and his wife, Estelle “Essie” Dill West Tucker, used this handmade fireplace poker at their home in the Dean community near Metalton (Carroll County). . . .

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Hardness Tester

Hardness Tester

This Rockwell hardness tester was used to determine the strength, or “hardness,” of metal. Hardness was measured by attempting to put a dent into metal . . .

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