Photo of the Month Archive

Welcome to our Photo Of The Month Archives. Each month we feature interesting photos from the Shiloh Museum’s archives. Scroll through to learn about the history of the Ozarks through these pictorial gems.

Heinie’s Steak House

Heinie’s Steak House

Heinie’s Steak House, Springdale, 1962. Located on Highway 71 near the railroad underpass, this legendary local restaurant was owned and operated by Herman Clint “Heinie” Dierich. . . .

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Nick Clemmons

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. . . .

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The Carnahans

The Carnahans

Rev. Peter Carnahan (1838-1926) and his wife, Martha Jane Buchanan Carnahan (1841-1922), at their home in Bentonville, 1890. . . .

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Summers Depot

Summers Depot

Ozark & Cherokee Central (O&CC)/Frisco Muskogee Branch Railway depot, Summers (Washington County), early 1900s. . . .

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Calico Family

Calico Family

Calico family members at the Calico homeplace near Clifty (Madison County), Arkansas, March 1914. . . .

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Fishback School

Fishback School

Fishback School was established in 1885 as Washington County (Arkansas) School District 68. At that time, the school was about two miles southeast of Springdale . . .

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Eaton Family

Eaton Family

Elbie and Lillian Eaton family at the Boston (Madison County) school and church, early 1940s . . .

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Picking Beans

Picking Beans

Picking beans at the McGarrah farm near Siloam Springs (Benton County), July 1, 1955. Standing, from left: Mrs. Bob Anderson, Bob Anderson, Geneva McGarrah Bauer, unidentified, Tom Anderson, Tom...

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J. A. Steele General Store

J. A. Steele General Store

Joseph Albert Steele (1866–1931), a lifelong resident of Elm Springs (Benton County), was a storekeeper and buyer and seller of local farm products. In the May 6, 1917, issue of the Egg Reporter...

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Henbest Sisters

Henbest Sisters

Seven daughters of John and Susan Henbest posed for this portrait around the year 1900. The Henbest family lived on a farm near Mount Comfort . . .

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Parthenon

Parthenon

The group stands next to a school bus for the Parthenon Consolidate School District. Elmer Casey, who taught at Parthenon . . .

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Wadsworth Building

Wadsworth Building

Corner of Spring and Mountain streets, Eureka Springs, circa 1900. The occasion is unknown. At the time of the photo, the building was occupied by . . .

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Sarah Morton

Sarah Morton

According to the 1910 census, Fayetteville resident Sarah Morton was born in 1855 in Tennessee. Her occupation in 1910 is listed as . . .

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Stokenbury Home

Stokenbury Home

Robert Henry Stokenbury and Lydia Johnson Stokenbury of Elkins (Washington County) stand with their children . . .

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Mustain Family

Mustain Family

Thomas and Matilda Burnett Mustain family at their home near the Silent Grove community (Benton County), circa 1910. . . .

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Pumping Water

Pumping Water

Tom Farish and an identified worker at a irrigation pond in Lowell (Benton County), July 1946. . . .

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