The Siloam Springs Travelers were a minor league baseball team based in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. The "Travelers" teams were members of the Class D level Arkansas State League from 1934 to 1935 and the Arkansas-Missouri League from 1936 to 1939, winning league a pennant in 1935 and the league championship in 1936. The 1934 team was known as the "Buffaloes." The Travelers were a minor league affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds in 1938. Siloam Springs teams hosted minor league home games at Smiley Park.

Thurman Lowell Tucker was an American professional baseball player. A center fielder, Tucker played in Major League Baseball for nine seasons in the American League with the Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Indians. In 701 career games, Tucker recorded a batting average of .255 and accumulated 24 triples, nine home runs, and 179 runs batted in (RBI).