Historical Oracle Dorothy Warden says house was used as hospital!! She was born there!!

Barbara, in the olden days when there wasn't much else to do, folks sat on the proch and visited. Even when I was a kid neighbors and relatives would gather on the porch at night when all the chores were done, and visit for hours. Ever heard the old country song "If the world had a front porch" ?

It was where my Mama sat on that old swing with her crochet
It was where Granddaddy taught me how to cuss and how to pray
It was where we made our own ice cream those sultry summer nights
where the bulldog had her puppies,and us brothers had our fights
There were many nights I'd sit right there and look out at the stars
To the sound of a distant whippoorwill or the hum of a passing car
It was where I first got up the nerve to steal me my first kiss
and it was where I learned to play guitar and pray I had the gift

(Chorus)
If the world had a front porch like we did back then
We'd still have our problems but we'd all be friends
Treating your neighbor like he's your next of kin
Wouldn't be gone with the wind
If the world had a front porch, like we did back then
Sung by Arkansas' own Tracy Lawrence

Cliff

I remember the porches on our house.  I spent a lot of good times there when I was a kid.  When I went to town, (walked), you knew everyone you met and people sitting on their porches would talk with you.  I have fond memories, but have to say I don't want to go back to the heat and no air conditioning.  But as I said, those are fond memories.

I've been waiting for someone to talk about the other house Dorothy wrote about...the one "at the top of the hill at Moore and Apple".  That was a story I hadn't heard about before and I can't get a mental pictue of the property.  Wonder if Don can get a Google pictre of it to refresh my memory.

Mary, I've been dying to koow which house that is, too.  (and I"ve asked Barbara to check it out)....guess she's too busy selling houses to work at her other job = keeping us up on Searcy in the good old days.  She will, though...we'll just have to be patient.  Unless Don beats her to it again.  AHEM, DON.

Thanks, Don, for the effort and Anita for the mutual interest.  I guess we will turn it over to Barbara and wait for her to solve it for us.  I would say that the roof line of the structure on the right of Don's picture looks too modern for the building Dorothy wrote about.  I seem to remember that hillside (on the left of Don's picture) all the way down to Moore always being brambles and briars, but I don't have a clue about a structure at the top of the hill.  Maybe it faced the street on top that runs parallel to Moore.

Ouch!  that hurts to bite one's tongue.

Good idea, I'll email Dorothy immediately.