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Helena Museum of Phillips County: Historic 1891 Building, Civil War Artifacts & Resident Ghost

Helena Museum of Phillips County: Historic 1891 Building, Civil War Artifacts & Resident Ghost

What to know

Housed in an 1891 National Register of Historic Places building; artifacts include early paintings, Thomas Edison Collection, Native American, letters from General Lafayette, General Robert E. Lee, Civil War; Battle of Helena diorama; bronze statue of Gen. Patrick Cleburne. Be on the look-out for Maybelle, the museum's resident ghost.
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