Nick Clemmons
Rev. Peter Carnahan (1838-1926) and his wife, Martha Jane Buchanan Carnahan (1841-1922), at their home in Bentonville, 1890. Both Peter and Martha were descendants of pioneer Cumberland Presbyterian families who founded the Washington County settlement of Cane Hill in 1827. Rev. Carnahan became a minister in 1866 and served congregations in and around Cane Hill. In 1870 the Carnahan family moved to Bentonville, where Rev. Carnahan pastored the Presbyterian church for fourteen years.
Mildred Carnahan Collection (S-98-2-584)
Rev. Peter Carnahan (1838-1926) and his wife, Martha Jane Buchanan Carnahan (1841-1922), at their home in Bentonville, 1890. Both Peter and Martha were descendants of pioneer Cumberland Presbyterian families who founded the Washington County settlement of Cane Hill in 1827. Rev. Carnahan became a minister in 1866 and served congregations in and around Cane Hill. In 1870 the Carnahan family moved to Bentonville, where Rev. Carnahan pastored the Presbyterian church for fourteen years.
Mildred Carnahan Collection (S-98-2-584)
Ozark & Cherokee Central (O&CC)/Frisco Muskogee Branch Railway depot, Summers (Washington County), early 1900s. Constructed 1901–1903, the O&CC connected Fayetteville and Okmulgee, Indian Territory (Oklahoma). The O&CC was leased by the Frisco Railroad in 1903 and merged with the Frisco in 1907. The line became known as the Frisco Muskogee Branch. Passenger service on the Muskogee Branch ended in 1940; all rail operations between Fayetteville and Fort Gibson (just outside Muskogee) ended in 1942 and the tracks were pulled up to provide scrap metal for the war effort.
Jerry Risley Collection (S-87-343-2)
Ozark & Cherokee Central (O&CC)/Frisco Muskogee Branch Railway depot, Summers (Washington County), early 1900s. Constructed 1901-1903, the O&CC connected Fayetteville and Okmulgee, Indian Territory (Oklahoma). The O&CC was leased by the Frisco Railroad in 1903 and merged with the Frisco in 1907. The line became known as the Frisco Muskogee Branch. Passenger service on the Muskogee Branch ended in 1940; all rail operations between Fayetteville and Fort Gibson (just outside Muskogee) ended in 1942 and the tracks were pulled up to provide scrap metal for the war effort.
Jerry Risley Collection (S-87-343-2)
Calico family members at the Calico homeplace near Clifty (Madison County), March 1914. From left: Ulman “Ullie” Calico, Laura Calico, James Calico, Sarah Calico, Mary “Sissie” Calico, Millie Calico, John Calico. Willie Bohannon Collection (S-96-1-200)