white county ar: Georgetown, Arkansas. You've gotta be going there because you can't drive by! - 10/22/09 07:15 AM
Georgetown Arkansas in White County is the oldest continuously settled area in Arkansas, according to Wikipedia. It was settled in 1789 and overlooks the White River. As of the census in 2000 there were 126 folks who lived there. There were 55 households and 33 families.
Now, more down to earth … (23 comments)
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white county ar: Photo Op at Security Bank, Searcy Arkansas. Two ladies in fashionable attire. - 10/02/09 07:47 PM
Seems as if Security Bank, which is now First Security Bank, was a lovely building where lots of photos were taken. First Security Bank in Searcy Arkansas has just remodeled this bank to look original as in these pictures.
These two ladies are posing at the same spot.
The first lady below in … (28 comments)
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white county ar: Did you notice that little rectangular thing down underneath the picture on the blog? It makes it easy for you to know there is a new blog. RSS Feed. - 09/14/09 04:08 PM
It is just a little obscure thing under the dates for your blogs. To the left here, you see that I did 26 blogs in September 2007, the year I joined activerain. Goodness, I've been plugging and blogging for two years!!! Then you see that little orange and blue thing.
I … (9 comments)
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white county ar: A good rock house may last forever. Here's one in Searcy Arkansas. - 06/06/09 04:54 PM
I had this photo loaned to me. It shows three handsome guys standing in the front entry to this unique rock and brick house. You have to look at the rock and brick carefully and try to figure out how it was done. Did they cut the rock to fit around … (29 comments)
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white county ar: The way to the REALTOR'S heart is through her stomach.....and eyes. - 05/18/09 07:03 AM
What more can be said? This home inspector delivered two of these trays and sat them on our table at our office. If he brought them to us, he must have taken them to all of the real estate offices.
He left his card and I'm putting it on … (25 comments)
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white county ar: Duncan New & Used Cars lot in Searcy Arkansas on a snow day. - 05/16/09 07:19 AM
A recent newspaper article pointed out that cell phones have now surpassed the households opting for landlines. Fewer and fewer families are having landlines. They are dropping the landlines and choosing cellphones only. Verizon Communications Inc reported 39 million landline customers in March 2008 and 35 million … (20 comments)
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white county ar: Armstrong Springs Baseball Team. White County Arkansas 1917!! - 05/03/09 07:04 AM
One of our RE/MAX agents was going through her desk and found several great old pictures of her relatives. She said I could share them on my blog. This first one is the Armstrong Springs Ball Team from 1917. Her dad, Noel Woodson, is the one on the … (9 comments)
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white county ar: Aerial view of Harding College prior to 1951, Godden Hall featured. - 04/08/09 12:09 PM
This picture of the location of Harding University in Searcy Arkansas is fascinating. Trees are small, the space between houses is large and there is this huge building that was Godden Hall, according to Raymond Muncy's History of Searcy published in 1975.
Godden Hall was reportedly torn down in 1951 … (8 comments)
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white county ar: Wordless Wednesday.....my first time to do this. - 04/01/09 07:43 AM
I must admit I'm not real crazy about Wordless Wednesday or Speechless Sunday or Meddlesome Monday or Trecherous Tuesday or any of the others that I've missed.
BUT!
This picture needs no words. My husband comes from a family of cattle lovers. They have cows right in the city limits and … (15 comments)
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white county ar: Skunt hunt continued. This is a smart, bold, beautiful creature. - 01/04/09 08:50 AM
Around Thanksgiving we had several visits by animals coming to eat our cat's food and perhaps a few morsels that we didn't want to throw away when God's critters might be hungry.
We caught two possums and one skunk in a three day trapping. They were taken away and turned loose … (24 comments)
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white county ar: When kids were happy with just a few toys and a friend. Girls with doll. - 12/02/08 07:14 AM
This picture brings back so many memories, doesn't it?
Remember when as a child you really wanted something for Christmas that might just materialize under the tree on Christmas morning and you knew your parents had sacrificed to get it for you and you loved it all year long?
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white county ar: All God's critters have to eat, don't they. - 11/21/08 07:22 PM
We live on the edge of the wilds. Actually we live with the golf course behind us but trust me, there are some WILD WILD people out there, real people swinging golf clubs with uncontrollable balls!
Lots of critters come up to our yard. Since our cat lives on the … (36 comments)
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white county ar: Girls in short shorts! A real blast from the past! Searcy Arkansas. - 11/12/08 07:29 AM
Summer is on its way out! Or gone!
I remember summers being so hot that all girls wore short shorts! It was the only way to stay cool. Houses didn't have air conditioned spots to sit and watch TV all day!
Boys must have loved all the short shorts!
This … (18 comments)
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white county ar: Pershing Highway Service Station, Searcy Arkansas - 10/24/08 07:38 PM
Old pictures of your home town are so much fun! We drive through the four lane new highways and love the convenience but it is still heart warming to look back in time to "how it used to be."
Here's an old service station picture. Looks like there's the White … (5 comments)
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white county ar: Getting ready for Halloween costumes? Look at some old ones. - 10/08/08 08:55 PM
Some folks think that Halloween is a great time to have a party. There are no gifts expected, no crass commercialism (at least there used to be none....times may be changing) and no big meals to prepare. All one has to do is welcome little kids at the door and … (28 comments)
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white county ar: The copper thieves are still out there. - 09/25/08 09:27 AM
The latest copper theft was a surprise in Searcy Arkansas. The house had been remodeled by investors and they had found a buyer. The house was in city limits and not isolated. One of the investors had been in the house a few days before the close and flipped on the lights and they … (24 comments)
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white county ar: Truman Baker Chevrolet. A big name in Searcy Arkansas for years. - 09/24/08 09:21 AM
Here's another one of friend Paula's pictures. She won a camera and went around town snapping pictures for a Girl Scout project. It was sometime in the 40's.
This was the Truman Baker corner at the corner of Race and Main. The Truman Baker Chevrolet dealership took up this corner for … (10 comments)
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white county ar: Mansion in Judsonia that survived the 1952 tornado - 08/29/08 07:34 AM
I blogged a few weeks ago about the vicious tornado that killed so many people in Judsonia Arkansas and left fear in the hearts of all survivors. I had to go to Judsonia this week and because of blogging interest decided to drive by and see the mansion that survived … (32 comments)
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white county ar: Look what those little brats did! Bad kids! - 08/22/08 08:38 PM
On my way to work, I thought I saw birds on the power line. Look again! Not birds. Shoes! Two pairs of shoes wrapped around the power line. Little brat kids have been throwing shoes up in the air!
BUT THEN....BUT THEN....I started thinkin'.....little brat kids playing outside!! HOORAY!!
They … (21 comments)
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white county ar: Railroad station in Searcy Arkansas - 08/06/08 07:22 AM
A day or two ago we put up a picture of the bus stopping in Searcy AR for passengers to board, alight, or have a rest stop. Lots of us boarded buses to get around.
Here's an old picture of the train depot in Searcy AR. I think it may be … (16 comments)
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