Do you ever miss Cotham’s Mercantile in Scott? Known for Hubcap Burgers, home cooking, and its unique location along a slough not far off the Arkansas River, this landmark is now lost to time.
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Cotham’s Mercantile burned to its stilts early the morning of May 29th, 2017. The building and the business both trace history back to 1917, when it served as a general mercantile store for the town of Scott. Over the years, it spent time as a military commissary and even once served as Scott’s local jail…