Visiting the De Queen, AR Antique Village Replica - Sevier County Heritage Museum

October 21, 2024 Touring the Sevier County Heritage Museum, a replica village that replicates what life was like in De Queen, Arkansas when it was first founded in 1897. ******************** ....."Built in 2000, the village includes some 10 small, replica structures containing related artifacts that are indicative of the buildings and furnishings found in DeQueen soon after its 1897 founding. Included are the Red Dog Saloon, a millinery shop, a doctor's office (which holds the city's first baby incubator), a church, and the Hotel de Horse, which bears a sign reading "Food for Man and Beast." The hotel, DeQueen's first, originated with Mrs. James Wright's cooking and providing lodging in her home for families camping out on lots in the new town. "Her husband, taking a dim view of all these happenings," explains a museum brochure, "put up a sign...and began to charge for food and accommodations." Now the county seat, DeQueen was created along a railroad begun in the late 1880s from Kansas City to Port Arthur, Texas, to provide rail access to Gulf of Mexico shipping for agricultural goods from the Midwest."..... https://www.arkansas.com/1940s-house-... ******************** #village #replica #museum #alongtheway #antique #church #travel #attraction #arkansas