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Built in 1903 at Pyatt, Arkansas, this depot was part of the Missouri Pacific Line when the railroad first came through North Arkansas. Many of the original artifacts are on display, including the waiting bench by the wood stove, the stove itself and the baggage cart in front of the depot. The depot serves as the entrance to the Village and now houses the main gift shop with a fine selection of Ozark crafts as well as other fine gifts, particularly collectibles of Ty Warner, Beanie Babies and Harmony Kingdom.
The locomotive was the yard engine for the Acme Brick Company at Perla, Arkansas. Engine 7085 was built by the H. K. Porter Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with boiler #450 and Serial No. 369. It is a narrow gauge railroad engine, half the size of engines passing by the depot when it was in operation. The engine has a "cow catcher" on the front – it threw any recalcitrant cows that did not respond to the bell off the track so they wouldn’t be run over.
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