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Original gravestone of Ransom (Ranson) Bettis, founder of Pocahontas.
The Bettis family plot in Pocahontas' Masonic Cemetery was renovated in 2006. Since the old Bettis gravestone was deterioriating, a new replica gravestone was placed at the cemetery and the original stone was moved to our museum for safekeeping. |
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The Reynolds Family Button Jug
In the 1880s, Mrs. Dennis W. Reynolds (Mattie), wife of the founder of Reyno, took this earthenware jug (manufactured locally) and decorated it with some of her best buttons from her millenary shop at Old Reyno.
To the jug, she first applied a glue which she made herself from bees wax before attaching the buttons.
The jug has remained in the Reynolds family ever since, passed down through several generation. It’s considered the family good luck charm.
On loan from Ann B. Carroll, great-granddaughter of Dennis Reynolds. |
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Keith Richardson and Dr. Harris with alligator gar caught locally in the 1950's.
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Photo of the record gar Rudy Gazaway Sr. caught at Shaver's Eddy on Black River near Biggers in the 1950's.
The mounted alligator gar and details of the catch are now on display in the Museum's River Room along with artifacts and pearls from the Great Pearl Rush that attracted pearlers from all over the nation in the early 1900s. Also displayed are many artifacts and information about activities on local rivers over the years. |
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Original Wonder Horse, invented by William Baltz of Pocahontas.
Named for Arkansas' former nickname as "The Wonder State," Mr. Baltz built the first Wonder Horse for his own children, by removing the rockers from a rocking horse and suspending the horse from springs held be a wooden framework. |
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1933 Pocahontas Phone Directory
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Displayed in the main gallery of the Museum are shoes manufactured locally by Brown Shoe Company.
Brown Show employed 1,000s of Randolph County citiens while operating here in Pocahontas. The display also includes a history of the company and photographs of local operations. |
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Buttons were made from Black River muscle shells.
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Flour Sack Dolls Collection
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Medical Room
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Old St. Paul's Church organ.
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Gift Shop
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Gift Shop
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