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trunks full of sample shoes, hardware, hats or costume jewelry and rent a buggy or dray wagon at the livery stable to transport their goods to outlying towns not connected to the railroad. Eventually six hotels opened in town at one point, which employed many local young people, especially women for cleaning, washing, filling water pitchers in each room, and cooking for boarders.
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Seligman had been mostly rebuilt when another fire, the Christmas Fire of December 25, 1922, decimated the heart of the downtown. The Nesbitt Bros. Meat Market was destroyed along with a restaurant, the livery barn, the Gladden Hotel and Annex, the Frost Restaurant, the Northcutt Store,
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living together, 16.6% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.6% had a male householder with no wife present, and 27.2% were non-families. 22.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size
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came into
Seligman, took rooms at the Gladden Hotel, and charmed the proprietor into endorsing a check for $ 100. The next day, Starr entered the Seligman Bank and approached the teller with the check, which was immediately declined. Mr. Gladden himself stepped forward and informed the teller that
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As many as six passenger trains passed through
Seligman every day, and two of the hotels operating at the time, the Gladden and the Linden, had difficulty serving the large numbers of people who stopped to stay in town. Many of the travelers were salesmen, or "drummers" who would arrive with large
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Arriving trains soon brought a greater number and variety of visitors, traders and salesmen, and one of the first hotels, the Inmon House, was opened in 1881. By this time, the town had also grown to include a number of general merchandise stores, as well as a store for agricultural implements, a
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Harrison for the first time, crowds of people gathered to catch their first glimpse of the railroad engine. The engineer, being something of a practical joker, climbed atop the cab and shouted,
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living together, 12.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.7% were non-families. 22.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.77 and the average family size was 3.23.
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A series of major fires had a disastrous impact on
Seligman, beginning on January 22, 1883, when a fire broke out at the Exchange Hotel which destroyed it completely along with a large part of the town; W. J. Piper's Witchita House Hotel, four saloons, a grocery, a meat market, a barber shop, a
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who had died the previous April. On March 8, 1881, the town was incorporated. In choosing the name
Seligman, the residents recognized that the arrival of the railroad had been a great boon to the small settlement. Apparently as an act of gratitude, Mr. Seligman's widow, Babet Seligman, gave the
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Education and religion were avidly important to the early settlers. Two schools were built in the area for local children, one north of town about which little is known, and one south of town called "Red Chink", named for the red clay that was used to finish the log construction. These were both
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Telephone
Company established an office in Seligman, in 1904 postal rural routes were established, in 1905 the Bank of Seligman was opened by C.C. Fawver, and in 1910 George Finn established the Farmers and Merchants Bank. Also in 1910, the North Arkansas line was extended from Seligman through
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of 2000, there were 877 people, 317 households, and 222 families residing in the city. The population density was 727.0 inhabitants per square mile (280.7/km). There were 377 housing units at an average density of 312.5 per square mile (120.7/km). The racial makeup of the city was 89.85%
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visited
Seligman on a tour, staying at the Linden Hotel. Although there was some concern about how far she would carry her campaign in a town full of saloons, she did not damage any property, but merely presented a female supporter with a tall-necked bottle with an inscription that read
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More recently, Seligman has continued civic development by establishing a community center, playground, public library, and the James L. Bottorff
Memorial Museum, constructed as part of the Duane Corn Municipal Complex. A new fiber optic cable also now serves the area. In December 2014,
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community $ 500 and one acre of land towards the building of a church. Together with $ 300 raised locally, Benjamin McCann constructed the Union Church in 1884. The church still stands and was in continuous use by various
Protestant denominations from the time it was built until 1959.
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The median age in the city was 37.3 years. 27.7% of residents were under the age of 18; 9.9% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 25.8% were from 25 to 44; 26.1% were from 45 to 64; and 10.6% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.8% male and 51.2% female.
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druggist, two hotels, a meat market, a livery stable, a granary, a lumber yard, a billiard hall, a barber shop, a blacksmith, a photographer, a physician, the Cross & Diver of Eureka Stage Line, and seven saloons. In that year a town newspaper was established, the
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Seligman High School enrollment also began to decline after the war, and new state regulations required the formation of the Southwest R-5 School District to include outlying country districts. In 1954, the high school was relocated to
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on the upper arm of Big Sugar Creek north of town, and converted it to steam power. This became an important site for local residents. Before the mill opened, locals had to haul their grain to the site of the nearest railroad in
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went up in flames. Exactly two months later, the stables of the Seligman and Eureka Springs Stage Coach Company also burned down. Then, on January 13, 1884, another fire destroyed part of the remaining town.
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subscription schools, a common practice in which each child paid the teacher a dollar a month. School terms were only six months long, but sometimes semesters were extended if enough students enrolled. A
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and encouraged to commit acts of terror and sabotage to undermine morale. Local government was apparently in disarray—county officials did not hold session from April 1861 to July 1864. During the war,
1918:"Everybody watch out! I'm gonna turn this thing around!" and the crowd scattered in panic, expecting it to turn around like a wagon. Then the railroad crew calmly pivoted the engine on its turntable.
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After the Christmas Fire, the town struggled through most of the 20th century to recapture its former prosperity. This was made particularly difficult by the economic pressures of the
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772:, famous politician and devout prohibitionist, stopped in Seligman on a layover on his way to give a speech in Eureka Springs and spent some time in a Seligman saloon.
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and Cowskin River. Rainfall to the east of Seligman flows to Table Rock Lake by way of Dry Hollow, Blockade Hollow, and Butler Hollow. The region also hosts
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the check was good, and even endorsed it. The next day, Starr and his cohorts robbed the bank of $ 1,200 at gunpoint. They then proceeded to rob a bank at
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opened a neighborhood store in Seligman. Wal-Mart closed the store in August 2015 and remained vacant until August 2016 when Harp's acquired the property.
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water from Radium Springs. A 30-40 acre vineyard was also cultivated just east of Seligman, and the grapes were shipped to
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591:Joseph Seligman (1819 - 1880)
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2226:Cassville
2208:Cassville
1834:April 28,
1140:Education
617:financier
549:gristmill
500:Civil War
494:Civil War
468:St. Louis
352:Geography
290:FIPS code
278:Area code
232:Time zone
202:Elevation
162:Named for
2614:McDonald
2570:Scholten
2530:McDowell
2436:Washburn
2396:Mountain
2381:McDowell
2376:McDonald
2285:Villages
2258:Washburn
2253:Seligman
2048:Archived
1603:June 12,
1576:June 12,
1384:Hispanic
1374:, 0.46%
1370:, 2.96%
1335:Hispanic
1150:Washburn
1014:Average
758:Wal-Mart
669:Setbacks
651:Arkansas
541:Illinois
445:Cherokee
334:Missouri
322:Seligman
294:29-66530
266:ZIP code
134:Township
115:Missouri
2575:Travers
2565:Ridgley
2550:Pioneer
2505:Jenkins
2441:Wheaton
2406:Pioneer
2386:Mineral
2371:Liberty
2361:Jenkins
2263:Wheaton
2146:at the
2104:July 8,
2079:June 4,
1890:region.
1562:"Osage"
1545:July 8,
1325:, 0.4%
1321:, 0.5%
1317:, 1.9%
1083:(44.4)
1009:(45.4)
999:(35.9)
994:(47.1)
989:(57.5)
979:(66.3)
974:(61.9)
969:(53.6)
959:(34.4)
954:(27.2)
949:(23.8)
939:(67.7)
929:(57.8)
924:(70.8)
919:(80.8)
904:(82.8)
899:(75.3)
894:(68.5)
889:(57.8)
884:(49.5)
879:(45.3)
799:Climate
488:Baptist
391:History
346:Yiddish
310:Website
305:2396572
145:Settled
100:Country
2609:Hailey
2545:Pasley
2515:Lohmer
2469:Golden
2391:Monett
2351:Exeter
2236:Monett
2231:Exeter
2218:Cities
1388:Latino
1363:census
1339:Latino
1307:census
1169:Census
1078:(2.6)
1073:(3.5)
1068:(3.8)
1063:(4.4)
1058:(3.4)
1053:(3.5)
1048:(5.2)
1043:(5.3)
1038:(4.4)
1033:(3.5)
1028:(2.5)
1023:(2.3)
830:Month
809:Köppen
807:zone (
647:Helena
358:Ozarks
122:County
2619:Roark
2580:Viola
2520:Madry
2510:Leann
2416:Purdy
2401:Ozark
2248:Purdy
2051:(PDF)
2040:(PDF)
1368:White
1327:Asian
1315:White
1289:−4.5%
1274:−3.0%
1259:47.9%
1244:16.7%
1229:19.8%
1081:1,130
1004:(27)
984:(65)
964:(45)
934:(48)
914:(88)
909:(88)
869:Year
543:in a
271:65745
260:(CDT)
258:UTC-5
237:UTC-6
148:1830s
127:Barry
110:State
2495:Cato
2456:CDPs
2106:2012
2081:2015
2059:2022
1836:2013
1605:2013
1578:2013
1547:2012
1480:2008
1438:2022
1280:2020
1265:2010
1250:2000
1235:1990
1220:1980
1214:9.6%
1205:1970
1190:1960
1178:Note
1173:Pop.
987:14.2
977:19.1
972:16.6
967:12.0
952:−2.7
947:−4.6
937:19.8
927:14.3
922:21.6
917:27.1
902:28.2
897:24.1
892:20.3
887:14.3
866:Dec
863:Nov
860:Oct
857:Sep
854:Aug
851:Jul
848:Jun
845:May
842:Apr
839:Mar
836:Feb
833:Jan
455:or "
300:GNIS
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2326:Ash
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1337:or
1284:813
1269:851
1254:877
1239:593
1224:508
1209:424
1194:387
1127:84
1103:10
1061:110
1046:130
1041:130
1036:110
1007:7.4
997:2.2
992:8.4
957:1.3
882:9.7
877:7.4
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