Editing Mountain Home, Arkansas (section)

=== Founding and early days ===
Mountain Home was originally known as Rapp's Barren. The land was owned by Simeon "Rapp" Talburt, who built the first home in the area in the early 1830s.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Garr |first1=Gene |title=First residence in Mountain Home found Historical Park Under Construction |url=https://thelibrary.org/lochist/periodicals/wrv/V33/N2/w94f.html |website=The Library |publisher=White River Valley Historical Quarterly |access-date=January 30, 2020}}</ref> Rapp and many of his family members are buried in a small cemetery in the Indian Creek subdivision of Mountain Home. The original cabin was found in 1990 and is on display in Cooper Park in Mountain Home with other homes of historic value. The name of the town was changed to Mountain Home in 1856.<ref>{{cite web |title=How did Mountain Home Get its Name |url=https://www.baxterbulletin.com/story/news/local/2014/11/02/mountain-home-get-name/18373759/ |website=Baxter Bulletin |publisher=Gannett Publishing |access-date=January 30, 2020}}</ref> A post office was established in 1857. The Mountain Home Male and Female Academy was opened in 1853 and provided much needed education in the absence of accessible public schools.