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Georgetown, Arkansas. You've gotta be going there because you can't drive by!

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 into.....when I taught school I had a few West Point kids in class and they rode a bus to school. When we had flood weather, the road to Georgetown became completely covered in water. If the kids got to school they had to come on a boat or get outa town before the road was flooded and stay with relatives across the flood waters.

It's a long drive down there, about 21 miles, but right now there is a cat fish place that people rave about and flock down there to visit. The cat fish are fresh out of the river and can't be topped. I can't speak from experience yet.

But look here. Pictures of a depot in Georgetown and a railroad bridge!! Aren't they fantastic. Seems every little town had a depot, including this one.

Gerogetown depot

Georgetown bridge

Posted by Barbara S. Duncan ABR, CRS, GRI, e-PRO Searcy AR on 10/22/2009 07:15 AM

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23 Comments on Georgetown, Arkansas. You've gotta be going there because you can't drive by!

OCT

Barbara, our family just came together again and I took the ancestral photo album with my grandma's one room school class in rural Illinois. Also Dad's first grade class and Mom's too. They both still remember the names of their classmates.

That fellow beside the White River railroad bridge looks JUST like one of my grandpas. :) Kate

I just love these old time sepia photos you post Barbara!

And the little history lesson that accompanies them is priceless!

Keep them coming!

Those old depots are very cool----and they are all over the country. These were some of the higest quality buildings of the time and part of why there are so many of them still around. Overall engineering necessary to build bridges and install railroads spilled over into the buildings involved as well.

Barbara, you sure know how to bait me talking about the One Stop Catfish House in Georgetown. Haven't been there for 6 years. The last time was during the class of 53 and 54 mini-reunion in 2003. Many of us met to have a catfish lunch. Needless to say, a good time was had by all. The class of 1954 just had their 55th reunion. Sorry for the erie look of the pic. Some enhancement was necessary because of poor lighting.

Great old timey pictures!

Carfish House Georgetown

Barbara, I can't believe you and Dude have never been to One Stop Fish House. That is the best catfish ANYWHERE....and the "ambience" is something else. Be sure and go into the bathroom when you go.

If you haven't been there by the time Don, Bob, Paula and I are driving you around "old" Searcy, we shall take you there for lunch. Any excuse I can have to go, I'm always ready. And the proprieteress, JoAnn, is one of the nicest people you will ever meet and she works like a dog in that place. She and the "One Stop" have been on AETN, and written up in magazines.

Unfortunately, 3 people in that picture Don posted are not with us any more: Mildred Wilbourn, Tom Brown and my mother.

Anita Fuller

PS....the way it is raining here in Greers Ferry and Searcy, we just might have to take a boat if we try and go any time soon.

The White River is at 20.2 ft. in Georgetown and flood stage is 21 ft. Anita's right, we may need to take a boat.

Here's a pic of JoAnn.

JoAnn

Kate, I'll bet that guy IS your grandpa. Do a thorough search!

Craig, I wish I had the talent to do those funny blogs that you do but as long as a few people like the old pictures, I'm okay. Truth is, I love old pictures!

Charles, it's hard to believe that a railroad actually went all the way to the end of the road to Georgetown. It couldn't have turned around. I guess it backed up to get out of the area. I doubt that this one is still standing.

Don, that's my first view of the interior of the fish house. They have BIG coke glasses!

Anita, I didn't say that Dude hasn't been down there. He gets around more than I do and some of his buddies have gone down there with him. It's just that I haven't been. He says the fish are great but the rest of the menu isn't highly rated. But if the fish is great who cares about the fries. You may have to take me sometime. I did go back to the picture and recognized Mildred and the back of your's and your mom's head.

Don, JoAnn looks like a friendly person. I've got to go meet her.

Guess I'll have to agree about the fries, which are just crinkled frozen.....but the fish is so good you just don't eat the fries. Slaw is o.k. but I'm not a big slaw person. Now if she would serve homemade hush puppies, pinto beans and fish pickles before the meal, it would be PERFECT. Don thinks the river will be flooding, maybe by tonight. But anytime I've been there, she serves PLENTY of fish, and asks if you would like more. Most places just give you two or three pieces.

Anita! What the devil is a fish pickle????? Is this a new blog subject?

Godmother,

My cousin Dingleberry, you remember him from Gunsmoke, used to party there with James Arness.

Nutsy

OCT

Nutsy,

Georgetown welcomed those Gunsmoke people with open arms at first but when they started trying to run the town, the guys on that wagon run them clean outa Georgetown. They were sorry to have Dingleberry leave, though, cause they liked him.

Godmoma Ms Barbara

It's my son who has named them "fish pickles" as they are a special thing served with, as I said, a small bowl of pinto beans, and hush puppies before the fried catfish. I think they are pickles made from watermelon rinds, you probably know them as "watermelon rind pickles".....Later, when the fish is served, one should also have a dish of long, kosher pickles and sliced onion. Anyone who eats fried catfish without eating onion doesn't know what's good.

Anita Fuller

Anita, I think the catfish pickle should be the ones made from green tomatoes. They are delicious. Watermelon rind ones are not as prevalent where I go. I personally like going to Huckleberry's because they are close to Searcy and the fish is always good.

Special to Nutsy....look closely at that man at the bridge. I believe your relative got left behing when the Gunsmoke crew left. Look real close!

My goodness Godmother,

That might be Dingleberry in his later years.

Nutsy

It is, Nutsy, it is!!!!! Add this to your family album!

I stand corrected with a capital C......"fish pickles" are made with green tomatoes, NOT watermelon rinds. The W.R. pickles are sweet. Sorry.

I've never been to Huckleberrys.

Anita Fuller

Barbara great old pics...I don't see any old cars but I do like the train tressel .....peace zane

Anita, I think only my mother and other starving families used watermelon rind to make anything. Tomatoes are a different thing. You need to try Huckleberry's. People flock to it in droves. They are also noted for their cinnamon rolls.

Zane, since you're back I am going to go for old cars again....just for you.

OCT

Now you've done it Anita and Barbara. Talking about all those goodies to be served with catfish. Got to put in a plug for Cock of the Walk in Mamuelle. They serve fried dill pickles, pickled green tomatoes, onions, and goodness knows what else with their fried catfish. Then there's the servers flipping cornbread in skillets.

Those white peacocks are something.

Cornbread Flipping

OCT

Don, that flipping looks hard! The guy appears to be somewhat worried. Wonder what happens if it lands badly. His job disappears, perhaps! I've never been there but it sounds like a great place to eat.

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