A blog about the history of the Ozarks and the people who have lived in the region from the earliest recorded history to today.
![Stokenbury Home](https://shilohmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/2001-27-3-featured.jpg)
Stokenbury Home
Robert Henry Stokenbury and Lydia Johnson Stokenbury of Elkins (Washington County) stand with their children . . .
![Powwow Souvenir](https://shilohmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/powwow-medallion-1-F.jpg)
Powwow Souvenir
In October 1907, Collinsville, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma), was the site of an event billed as “the last great powwow before [Oklahoma] statehood.” Hosted by Shawnee chief Henry Spybuck, tribal members . . .
![The Greek Connection](https://shilohmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2012-137-557-featured.jpg)
The Greek Connection
The family joke is that when the first Greeks immigrated to the U.S. they had one of three occupations—restaurateur, . . .
![Wesley School Lunchroom](https://shilohmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/84-166-28-featured.jpg)
Wesley School Lunchroom
Audie Sharp and Rhoda Mitchell await hungry school children at Wesley School (Madison County), 1950s. . . .
![Handkerchief](https://shilohmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/handkerchief-93-146-16-featured.jpg)
Handkerchief
This handkerchief belonged to Alpha Williams, who was born near War Eagle (Madison County) in 1907, the youngest of eight children. The Williams family moved to St. Paul . . .
![Window](https://shilohmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/stairwell-featured.jpg)
Window
I imagine that very few visitors realize that beneath their feet lies a subterranean world where folks toil with the museum’s unseen internal workings. . .
![Home Legion Medal](https://shilohmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/2001-35-1-featured.jpg)
Home Legion Medal
In 1944, homemakers across America joined the Betty Crocker Home Legion, an outreach project offered through the Betty Crocker Radio Cooking School. . . .
![Strange Happenings](https://shilohmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/2000-106-13-featured.jpg)
Strange Happenings
Growing up in the south, I came to appreciate the art of embellishing a story. You never outright lie; you simply over-emphasize . . .
![Child’s Rocking Chair](https://shilohmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/2005-37-14-featured.jpg)
Child’s Rocking Chair
This child’s rocking chair first belonged to Netia Burkett Elzey (1888-1965), who lived her whole life near the Madison County community of Marble. . . .
![Mustain Family](https://shilohmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/2014-74-7-featured.jpg)
Mustain Family
Thomas and Matilda Burnett Mustain family at their home near the Silent Grove community (Benton County), circa 1910. . . .