Mountain Home Centennial Time Capsule - Mountain Home, Arkansas
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N 36° 20.076 W 092° 23.178
15S E 555077 N 4021236
This cut stone plinth holding the time capsule is located on the southwestern grounds of the Mountain Home Municipal Building - located at 720 Hickory Street in Mountain Home, Arkansas.
Waymark Code: WM14TDA
Location: Arkansas, United States
Date Posted: 08/21/2021
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This cut stone plinth holding the time capsule is located on the southwestern grounds of the Mountain Home Municipal Building. The plinth is approximately 2 foot square with a 3 inch lip. There is a small metal plate centered in the plinth that reads:
Mountain Home Arkansas
Centennial Time Capsule
(seal of the City of Mountain Home)
Buried 1985
1888 - 1989
I found no information on the time capsule other than this. My guess is that it will be opened in 2089 by the City, and it was the city that that buried it. As the marker states, it commemorate the Centennial of the incorporation of Mountain Home.
The City:
The City of Mountain Home Arkansas first incorporated on July 2, 1888. The incorporation was passed by ordinance and was signed by Mayor W. Brooks and Recorder J.R. Luther. Mountain Home became the Baxter County seat in 1873. Mountain Home was actually not the biggest city in the area at the time. The City of Cotter saw a higher volume of population because of the Missouri-Pacific Railroad. This all changed in the early 40's and 50's when construction began on the Bull Shoals and Norfork Dams. Many of the workers constructing the Dams built houses in Mountain Home because the city served as a neutral location between the two.
- City of Mountain Home