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10 WHAT'S UP! MAY 16-22, 2021 COVER STORY With the railroad came growth "as the bricklayers and stone masons, such as J. B. Myler and the Matthew Brothers built one building after another," Harris says. "The Oakley family planted some of the first orchards and later joined many other retailers like J.W. Bryant, the Wing Brothers, W.R. Cady, Charles Juhre, W.R. Felker, L.E. Karnes, the Stroud family and Oscar L. Gregory. The Applegate family opened a drug store, and A.D. Callison operated the funeral home business. Erwin Funk editorialized the town's progress in the newspaper as modern miracles such as electricity, indoor bathrooms and telephones became everyday conveniences." Of course choosing who to include in the exhibit was difficult, Harris says, but "working chronologically with historical research helped create a storyline featuring real characters." The biggest problem, she says, was "how few women were acknowledged for their contributions in the old versions of history." It seems only appropriate then that the photograph selected to depict 2021 in the permanent "Rogers Through the Eye of the Lens" exhibit was taken by a woman, Gabrielle Campbell. "It features Campbell standing alone inside the Rogers Towne Cinema lobby and social distancing stickers on the floor, a tell-tale sign of what the current 'normal' looks like in our pandemic-related world today," says Barnett. "The photo was submitted with the following caption: 'Movie Theaters in 2021: The new reality of going to the movie theaters. While movies were limited in showing, theaters rented out their big screens for video game nights. This was the lobby of the Rogers Towne Cinema right before we went inside.'" "Today, cell phones make it possible for everyone to always have a camera at their fingertips," Barnett muses. "This has made taking photos easier than ever before. Need proof? Just look at how many photos you have currently in your camera roll. In fact, there have been more photos taken in the past few years than in the entire history of photography." But she has 140 years all wrapped up. Museum Continued From Page 9 Among the newer photos marking significant events on a timeline of the city of Rogers is this one of the Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion, which opened in Rogers in 2014. (Courtesy Photo/RHM) The timeline of photos that makes up the "Rogers Through the Eye of the Lens: 140 Years of History in Photographs" exhibit is a permanent addition to the Rogers Historical Museum's Key Wing in the Kathleen Dickerson Classroom. (Courtesy Photo/RHM) Also part of the "Rogers Founding Families" exhibit is this motorcar touring duster coat, which was worn in the early 1900s when automobiles were similar to horse-drawn buggies with little protection from the wind and dust as they putted along at 4-5 miles an hour. (Courtesy Photo/RHM)