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Built in 1874 by a riverboat captain named Lynch, this house was originally located at the present site of the Marion County Airport. The settlement there, known as Goatsville, predates the town of Flippin.
In 1904, a tornado destroyed all the homes and businesses in Goatsville except this house. The railroad was just about to be finished in the area, so the residents decided to relocate near the railroad. Since the Flippin family, who had married into the Lynch family, was the first in the area, the settlement took the same name.
The furnishings are all original, complete as when the family lived here. Read some of the framed verses on the wall paying tribute to Mother, God and Home. These were traditional in the "Gay 90s." You'll also want to pay particular attention to the canary cage, a sign of an affluent home. Canaries were very expensive at the time because they were shipped into New Orleans, came by riverboat up the Mississippi, Arkansas and White Rivers, then by wagon to their final destination. If those folks lucky enough to have a canary were living today, they'd probably have a Mercedes as those two items are equivalent, depending upon the times!
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