When visitors step in to the 1895 Hawkins House at the Rogers Historical Museum, they re seeing a small-town holiday celebration as it might have been.
"Immigrants have always had a close connection in the history of Northwest Arkansas," says Serena Barnett, director of the Rogers Historical Museum. "People from many different parts of the world have made the Arkansas Ozarks home since the early days of settlement in the 1830s.
It s the turn of the 20th century, and the Hawkins family of Rogers would like to invite you into their home for Christmas Eve. They re celebrating around the theme of Clement C. Moore s beloved 1823 poem, "Twas the Night Before Christmas," and their 1895 red brick house features scenes from the story plus holiday customs of the period.