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White man with long beard in suit jacket

"Nashville Packet Saladin" newspaper advertisement

Saladin Article

Large kettle pot standing vertically on base with "Salt Kettle" plaque outside brick building

Grave marker bearing the inscription "Sarasen, Chief of the Quapaws, Died 1832, Age 97 Years, Friend of the Missionaries, Rescuer of Captive Children"

Sarasin's Tombstone

"Sawdust Bridge" historical marker

Sawdust Bridge Sign

Older white woman wearing a bonnet and dress with collar

White man in suit and cravat

Henry Schoolcraft

White man with long white hair in suit and bow tie

Side view of single-story house with telephone pole outbuilding and power lines

Front view of single-story house with four front columns sidewalk and mailbox in the foreground

Portrait white man suit bow tie solemn expression combed hair over ears blank photo backdrop

William Sebastian

White man with beard in suit and white shirt

William Sebastian

"Letter to the editor" newspaper clipping

Selby Murders Letter

Native American man in a turban with a pipe holding a tablet with letters on it

White man with dark hair in suit and white shirt

White man with hat and vest standing amid uprooted tree trunks next to another white man in suit with steamboats behind them

"Negroes for sale" advertisement

Slave Auction Notice

Drawing in black on white paper of Snag boat patent

Snag Boat Patent

Newspaper front page "Southern Shield"

Southern Shield

Political map of Arkansas and neighboring states showing historical trail routes with dotted lines

Southwest Trail

Tall castle like building with arched windows and small shed

St. Johns' College

"Dreadful steamboat explosion" newspaper clipping

St. Joseph Steamboat Article

"Steamboat Explosion" newspaper clipping

St. Joseph Steamboat Article

"The steam-boat Arkansas" newspaper clipping

Steamboat Arkansas Article

"Loss of the Steamer Arkansas" newspaper clipping

Steamboat Arkansas Article

White woman in fancy bonnet and dress

Maria Stevenson

Portrait of white woman in yellow dress with girl in a white dress

Portrait of white man with curly hair in white robes with white collar and black stole

William C. Stout

Broken stone marker laying in the grass "Rev. William C. Stout"

William Stout Grave

"The Execution" newspaper clipping

Strickland Execution Story

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