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11 Comments on Are you missing me yet? Old Kelso Purina Building has been updated...Oops! Replaced in Searcy Arkansas.
Ms. Barbara...We were here to see this improvement...and I have to admit...I don't mind this one...I even kind of like it....that old building seemed to be not only empty and unwanted...maybe even inviting trouble...someone made a nice investment in Searcy...So long empty Purina building and ...Hello Asset...it sure looks like an "asset" too!
PS. Go Ms. B...not a moment wasted in your day...even utilizing the down time at the stop light!
And before Kelso's feed store, this spot was where the trains on the doomed Missouri & North Arkansas line would stop. The little street parallel to Beebe-Capps, called "Mulberry," was where the railroad was. If you drive along it, you can see some of the old rails poking out of the pavement.
Also notice that some of the warehouses along Mulberry have raised loading platforms, causing me to believe they once served railroad traffic.
Finally, at the end of mulberry, there lies the remains of an old motel that likely catered to MN&A traffic.
The MN&A folded in 1946, but I bet some of you sleuths remember what it's nickname was...
Luke: wasn't it nicknamed "Might Never Arrive" or something like that.
I remember it as "May Never Arrive" but the same thought
I remember that the MN&A tracks where old Hwy 67 crossed it (now S. Elm Street) had the most unusual crossing guard. It was in the pavement and rotated up out of the street, saying "Stop". Wish I had a picture of that unusual crossing guard.
Harold Gene Sullivan
Debbie, this bunch of blog Sleuths won't let me sleep at all! The new building is lovely. Someone questioned its location saying that one big truck running into it will bring it down. Reply was that a big truck never brought down the old building. I do hope it is soundproof, however.
Luke, you probably mean this one. I had it on a blog once. Thanks for the great info on Mulberry Street.
Harold Gene, we really need a picture of that kind of STOP... Are we off on another search.
Anita and Gene, were the trains late? Is that the reason for the name?
Blume's Eat Shop about a year or two ago and one of the tourist courts.
Beautiful! I'd not seen those pictures before.
That motel was more of the type for motorists, but it wouldn't surprise me if some M&NA folks stayed there as well. The old motor courts are really rare nowadays. Unlike 19th and 20th century downtown hotels, they didn't have much use beyond their original and were located along highways that are now backroads, so most of them are abandoned and in bad states.
There's evidence of several along old 67 going towards Bald Knob, though.
And for those who guessed: Yes, the nickname was "May Never Arrive." Another one of the reasons that little railroad disappeared over 50 years ago.
Luke, when I found that card I had no clue as to the location. My real estate neighbor, Jim Baugh Jones, said it was right down there on Elm Street. Further, he said that used to be the main road through Searcy. Truman Baker built a tremendous house near the street on Woodruff and it still stands. I love the old motels between Searcy and Bald Knob because they really do bring back memories.
yes they look so nice but Foreclosures are such tough on to stomach.