Historic Film Competition
The Shiloh Museum of Ozark History will host a showing of the winners of the first annual Arkansas Historic Film Prize competition for high school students, Tuesday, Sept. 8, at 6:30 p.m. The contest, sponsored by the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, the Arkansas Humanities Council and the Arkansas Educational Television Network, gave students the opportunity to create a short documentary about historic sites across the state.
Films to be shown include Headquarters House by Darcy Olmstead, Caroline Wetsell and Maggie Bell of Fayetteville High School; Battle of Prairie Grove by Austin Chitmon and Chanse Harp of Bentonville High School; and History of FHS by Kelton McCarthy, Zaid Martinez and Andrew Trice of Fayetteville High School.
The Shiloh Museum is located at 118 W. Johnson Avenue in downtown Springdale. For more information, call 750-8165 or visit shilohmuseum.org.
War Eagle Mill History
Former War Eagle Mill owner Zoe Medlin Caywood will present, "With My Nose to the Grindstone: The Rebirth of War Eagle Mill," Wednesday, September 16, at noon at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History. In 1973, Caywood and her parents, Jewell and Leta Medlin, rebuilt the mill, the fourth War Eagle Mill to be constructed on the site along the banks of War Eagle River in Benton County. Zoe Caywood owned and operated the mill for over thirty years, until selling the mill in 2004 to Marty and Elise Roenigk of Eureka Springs.
The Shiloh Museum is located at 118 W. Johnson Avenue in downtown Springdale. For more information, call 750-8165 or visit shilohmuseum.org.
Early 1900s Photographer and Newspaper Columnist
Shiloh Museum photo archivist Marie Demeroukas will discuss the life and work of Marion Mason, an early 1900s photographer and newspaper columnist from the Washington County community of Johnson, at noon Wednesday, Aug. 19, in the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History. As a correspondent to the Springdale News for 40 years, Mason, writing under the pen name "Mulkeepmo," recorded the weekly news from Johnson. He was also a remarkable amateur photographer, capturing such things as Frisco train wrecks, strawberry harvests, neighborhood children, Sunday outings, schoolteachers and the goings-on at the lime kilns.
"Mason covered it all, and through his camera lens and fountain pen, we're able to catch a glimpse of small-town life in the early 1900s," said Demeroukas.
Museum to close Saturday morning
The Shiloh Museum of Ozark History will be closed the morning of Saturday, Aug. 22, to allow staff members to attend a long-range planning meeting. The museum will open at 1 p.m. For information, call 750-8165.
Storytellers
The Tellers of Tales storytelling group will meet at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 5, in the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History. All tellers and listeners are invited.
LifeWriters
LifeWriters, a group for people interested in writing the stories of their own lives or those of family and friends, will meet at 10 a.m. Monday, Sept. 7, and Monday, Sept. 21, in the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History. For information, call June Jefferson at 790-2588.
Sacred Harp Singers
The Northwest Arkansas Sacred Harp Singers will meet at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 13, in the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History.
Herb Society of Northwest Arkansas
The Herb Society of Northwest Arkansas will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10, in the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History. For information, call Marci Vaughn at 770-6080 or visit shilohmuseum.org.
Railway Society
The Boston Mountain Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17, in the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History.
Wireless Society
The Ozark Wireless Society will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, in the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History.
Civil War Roundtable
The Northwest Arkansas Civil War Roundtable will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24, in the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History.
Community on 09/02/2015