Kansas City Southern Railway Caboose #383 was placed on the National Register of Historic Places for its local significance and for its engineering as a rare and intact example of a bay window-type caboose still remaining in Arkansas. In 1889, the village of Nebo, which became Gravette by 1894, was a small village with only two or three business houses. The arrival of the railroad line by the late 1890s was an important factor in Gravette's economic development and made it an important rail stop linking Kansas City, Missouri, to the Gulf Coast at Port Arthur, Texas, and New Orleans, Louisiana. Caboose #383 was built in 1952 by the Louisiana and Arkansas Railroad, part of the Kansas City Southern Railroad, and was retired from service on August 2, 1990. It was presented to the City of Gravette, and after two years of work, the caboose and surrounding Centennial Park were dedicated in 1993 as a reminder of the railroad's important role in Gravette's history.