Calico Rock was a major force in the
economic development of the region.
Folks living in more rural areas would
bring livestock, timber, cotton, and other
commodities to the landing at Calico Creek
to barter and trade. When the steamboats
began traveling up and down the river,
merchants traveled from all around to
barter, trade and buy goods to be sold in
their shops in towns dotting the
countryside. The Home was a steamboat
built at Calico Rock.
Electric power was generated in Calico
Rock long before rural electric
cooperatives came along. An ice plant,
tractor dealership, movie theatre, cattle
processing plants, lumber mills, and other
industries and businesses once powered
our community. John Grisham recognized
the impact of the cotton gin in Calico Rock
in his book The Painted House. The White
River brought fishing, hunting and tourism
to play when industry faltered.
Calico Rock is the story of America as we’
ve struggled to shift from an agricultural
society to an industrialized nation and in the
shift to a service economy. The museum
tells this story and how the struggle
through economic changes has forged a
change in our people and community.
economic development of the region.
Folks living in more rural areas would
bring livestock, timber, cotton, and other
commodities to the landing at Calico Creek
to barter and trade. When the steamboats
began traveling up and down the river,
merchants traveled from all around to
barter, trade and buy goods to be sold in
their shops in towns dotting the
countryside. The Home was a steamboat
built at Calico Rock.
Electric power was generated in Calico
Rock long before rural electric
cooperatives came along. An ice plant,
tractor dealership, movie theatre, cattle
processing plants, lumber mills, and other
industries and businesses once powered
our community. John Grisham recognized
the impact of the cotton gin in Calico Rock
in his book The Painted House. The White
River brought fishing, hunting and tourism
to play when industry faltered.
Calico Rock is the story of America as we’
ve struggled to shift from an agricultural
society to an industrialized nation and in the
shift to a service economy. The museum
tells this story and how the struggle
through economic changes has forged a
change in our people and community.
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