Old Stagecoach Stop Museum and Foundation

Wishing you all a very Happy Easter via a 1910 vintage holiday post card from Amanda Black's Post Card Collection 1907-1913. Amanda Black (1863-1915) was the daughter of Lewis and Eliza Black. Lewis and Eliza had been in the hotel business in Arlington, Missouri. They bought the Johnson House (aka The Old Stagecoach Stop) in 1894 and changed the name to The Black Hotel. Amanda, who never married, helped with the hotel business and was indispensible to her mother after Lewis... died in 1899. From messages on these early post cards, it seems Amanda was one of the very early post card collectors. Because of that, we find it curious that no post card of the Black Hotel has been found. Amanda died in 1915 from pulmonary tuberculosis. The Amanda Black Post Card Collection was acquired by Virgie Mahan when she operated The Dusty Attic, a flea market on the square in Waynesville. Virgie quickly realized the importance of the collection to the Old Stagecoach Stop Foudation. She donated the collection to the Foundation in 1997, for which we are very grateful. The collection contains 106 post cards. Including: Real Photo Post Cards and Greeting Cards

The article below is from the 2004 Old Settlers Gazette. Take a few minutes and read this well written reminiscence of Waynesville past. I don’t think you will regret it. Oh for those simpler times.

Thanks to Jax Welborn for this latest photo of the OSS! We will be so happy when we can safely open the doors to visitors again.

This article from the Old Settlers Gazette archives is a good one. The authors were two wonderful ladies that were born and raised in Pulaski county. I hope you enjoy it.