A blog about the history of the Ozarks and the people who have lived in the region from the earliest recorded history to today.
![Ballot Box](https://shilohmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/ballot-box-F.jpg)
Ballot Box
This is believed to be one of the first ballot boxes used in Madison County. It was discovered in a barn on the east side of Huntsville.
![1888 Presidential Campaign Button](https://shilohmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/1888-campaign-featured.jpg)
1888 Presidential Campaign Button
Benjamin Harrison and Levi Morton distributed badges like this during their 1888 bid for the White House.
![Dulcimer](https://shilohmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dulcimer-F.jpg)
Dulcimer
L. O. Stapleton of Springdale made this dulcimer for his daughter Linda in 1980. He dubbed the style “Ozarkian Weeping Heart.”
![“Dutch Mill” Wine Bottle](https://shilohmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/wine-bottle-F.jpg)
“Dutch Mill” Wine Bottle
Benjamin H. Van Gundy (1892-1964) was a farmer and sometimes winemaker who lived in southeast Washington County.
![Radar Unit](https://shilohmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Radar-84-133-3-49705_1000x675.jpg)
Radar Unit
The Springdale Police Department used this Dominator radar unit to catch drivers exceeding the speed limit in the mid-1960s.
![Indian Clubs](https://shilohmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/indian-clubs-featured-1.jpg)
Indian Clubs
From the mid-1800s into the 1930s, Indian clubs were a popular part of exercise routines in physical education classes.
![B-flat Cornet](https://shilohmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/cornet-F.jpg)
B-flat Cornet
John Preston Smith (1855-1941), a merchant in Farmington (Washington County), played this cornet in the 1880s with the town band.
![“Mountin Dew” Jug](https://shilohmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/mountin-dew-jug-F.jpg)
“Mountin Dew” Jug
This ceramic jug was used in the 1940s and 1950s by Dupree Deaver, a member of Springdale’s Skunk Hollar Hillbilly Band.
![Grape Carrier](https://shilohmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/grape-carrier-F.jpg)
Grape Carrier
Grapes became a major crop in Northwest Arkansas in the early 1900s thanks to the Italian settlers of Tontitown (Washington County).
![Apron](https://shilohmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/apron-F.jpg)
Apron
While in Europe as a soldier during World War I, Nathan Bickford sent his wife, Naomi, this apron.