Found in the Archives 

Found in the Archives combs through the museum’s photo archives and features various photographs from the Siloam Springs of the past

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The Old Post Office

This week, we are featuring a photograph of the old post office, located off of S. Broadway Street.

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Siloam Springs and the New Deal

The image featured this week is the American Legion Community Building, which was constructed during the Great Depression. The building continues to stand today on N. Mt. Olive Street downtown Siloam Springs.

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Siloam Springs and the Railroad

This week’s featured photo, donated in 1988, shows one of Kansas City Southern’s early diesel passenger liners pulling into the depot at Siloam Springs and discusses the history of the railroad in our town.

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Gypsy Camp for Girls Passes the Torch

This week’s featured photo shows campers enjoying summer activities at Gypsy Camp for Girls. The camp was operational just south of Siloam Springs on Highway 59 from 1921 until 1978. Click the link to read about the camp’s history and its future.

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The Suttles--documenting for the future

Without photos of historic Siloam Springs taken by J. E. and J. H. Suttle, local historians would find it more difficult to envision downtown Siloam in the early 1900’s. Their work represented a large percentage of the photos taken of Siloam around this time. This week’s issue of Found in the Archives features a photo of one of the Suttle photographers and members of his family, donated to the museum in 1986.

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The Siloam Spring in Siloam Springs

This week’s featured photo shows a large group of men gathered in front of the Siloam Spring for a town advertisement which was published in 1885.

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Dripping Springs (Natural Falls State Park)

This week’s featured photo, donated to the museum in 1986, shows a man standing beneath the 77-foot waterfall at Dripping Springs within what is now Natural Falls State Park.

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J. J. Britt and Son Hardware

This week’s featured photo, donated to the museum in 1986, shows one of Siloam’s early wood frame buildings, J. J. Britt and Son Hardware, and tells about the life of the owner.

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Rapps' Barber Shop, est. 1909

This week’s featured photo shows the inside of Rapps’ Barber Shop, which was open in downtown Siloam Springs from 1909 to the mid 1960’s.

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Downtown Siloam's Oldest Building

This week’s issue of Found In The Archives features a 1930’s photo of the present day Crown Hotel in downtown Siloam and shows the hotel’s evolution since it was built in 1881.

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Museum Renovations: Special Article

This week, we bring you a special issue of Found in the Archives as the museum begins the process of renovating its current space.

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Aerial Photos of Siloam Springs

This week's featured photos were donated to the museum in 1983. They document a private pilot’s flight around the Siloam Springs area and provide a unique perspective on Siloam in the early 1980’s.

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The Hilarious Rev. Lovic P. Law

This week's Found In The Archives features several 1907 photos of Rev. Lovic P. Law and gives information about the Siloam Springs Chautauqua building, at which Law was an occasional speaker.

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