A blog about the history of the Ozarks and the people who have lived in the region from the earliest recorded history to today.
![Orval Faubus’s Hat](https://shilohmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Faubus-hat-featured.jpg)
Orval Faubus’s Hat
This circa 1960 hat was made for Gov. Orval Faubus by Harry Rolnick, co-owner and designer of Resistol Hats. Rolnick and E.R. Byer founded Byer-Rolnick Company in Dallas in 1927. Byer-Rolnick specialized . . .
![Fashion Clock](https://shilohmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/fashion-clock-featured.jpg)
Fashion Clock
Complete with Seth Thomas clockworks, this clock was made by Southern Calendar Clock Company of St. Louis in 1877. The upper dial keeps time; the lower dial is a perpetual calendar . . .
![Printer’s Block](https://shilohmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/engraving-plate-featured.jpg)
Printer’s Block
This metal-plated printer’s block engraved with a cow was used by the Prairie Grove “Enterprise” newspaper.
![Egg Basket](https://shilohmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/egg-basket-featured.jpg)
Egg Basket
This basket belonged to Elnora Coralee Webb Fritts (1865-1962). She was born at Durham (Washington County) and lived there always.
![Cardboard Bunnies](https://shilohmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/easter-rabbits-featured.jpg)
Cardboard Bunnies
Bunnies made of molded or pressed cardboard or pulp were popular Easter decorations during the 1930s and 1940s.
![Bisque and Composition Dolls](https://shilohmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dolls-featured.jpg)
Bisque and Composition Dolls
These dolls belonged to Frances Slaughter (b. 1905) when she was growing up in the Washington County community of Goshen.
![“Dazzler” Bicycle Lamp](https://shilohmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dazzler-lamp-featured.jpg)
“Dazzler” Bicycle Lamp
Manufactured around 1910 by Powell & Hanmer of Birmingham, England, the Dazzler is a carbide lamp powered by acetylene gas.
![Transferware Plate](https://shilohmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/cracker-plate-featured.jpg)
Transferware Plate
This plate was manufactured by Dunn Bennett & Company of England for the American market in the late 1880s and early 1900s.
![Vegetable Dish](https://shilohmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/covered-dish-2012-89.jpg)
Vegetable Dish
This dish was given to Orley Tresner and Virginia Chesser as a wedding gift in 1934. Both were from rural communities east of Fayetteville.
![Cottage Cheese Jar](https://shilohmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/cottage-cheese-jar-F.jpg)
Cottage Cheese Jar
Fayetteville Milk Company opened its doors about 1930 and closed in 1974. For a time, the company sold their cottage cheese in glass jars.