A blog about the history of the Ozarks and the people who have lived in the region from the earliest recorded history to today.
Maude Ball and Grandchildren
Lillie Maude Rogers Ball with her grandchildren at the Ball home on Ball Creek (Madison County), 1930s. . . .
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). . . .
Nick Clemmons
Fayetteville resident Nick Clemmons, circa 1910. We find Clemmons on the 1880 census, a 40-year-old widower living in Fayetteville with nine children and grandchildren. . . .
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 . . .
The Carnahans
Rev. Peter Carnahan (1838-1926) and his wife, Martha Jane Buchanan Carnahan (1841-1922), at their home in Bentonville, 1890. . . .
Baptismal Font
This free-standing wooden font originally included a metal water basin housed under the font’s conical lid. Water from the basin was used to perform the rite of baptism . . .
Summers Depot
Ozark & Cherokee Central (O&CC)/Frisco Muskogee Branch Railway depot, Summers (Washington County), early 1900s. . . .
Christmas Mouse
Made by the New York-based Eden Toys, Inc., this musical mouse spins in a circle while playing “Deck the Halls.” It has a copyright date of 1982 and was sewn in Haiti. . . .
Finding Alsey Timberlake
Carnanan Cemetery is high atop a windswept hill in the west Washington County community of Cane Hill. Could this be the final resting place of a Cherokee girl who died on the Trail of Tears? . . .
Turkey Drive
Driving turkeys to market near Kingston (Madison County), early 1920s.