211 W. Woodruff, Searcy ARIt once was a light color and easier to picture and admire. It is now this dark color and harder to get a good view and picture. The court house says it was built in 1885 and Auction.com says that is scheduled for foreclosure on October 19, 2023. And I say, "Please, re
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09/26/2023
I was given this card with three different views of First National Bank in Searcy AR. The 1904 view is SO different. Correct me if I am wrong but I have been told that it was located at the corner of Arch and Spruce at that time and it burned. In this picture it looks as if it was very fancy a
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09/21/2023
This tiny picture is only 3" x 3" and scanning enlarged it.I glance at it and say, "They look so much like my mom and dad!"Enlarging shows it is not them so I analyze and decide it is the fashion that makes me think it looks like them. Take the lady....dresses only for women way back in the 30's
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09/12/2023
Celebrate! White County Fair week! Go to this address and read a good article about the fair. https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/sep/10/white-county-fair-celebrate-80-year-anniversary/ It gives a good history of the fair.For a few years they gave away cars!! Rodger Duncan, standing b
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09/11/2023
A mystery for Searcy Sleuths!Ok, Sleuths. Go no further. Where was this building in Searcy AR. This postcard was on ebay and I bought it for a member of the (as you can read on the truck and the sign) Quattlebaum family. Searcy had a lot of Quattlebaums and this one was Connie Quattlebaum's b
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09/08/2023
A Great Husband!An even greater golfer!!One year ago, Rodger W. Duncan, my husband, passed away. He is still missed by not just me, but all his golfing buddies. Find in the picture above a lot of his golfing friends, some still playing and a lot of them who are probably playing golf with him i
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09/01/2023
Searcy Arkansas was fortunate to welcome a new family named DeVore to Searcy in 1974. Van DeVore came to work with SW Bell, his wife was Letain and their children were Janet and Roger. Letain had been selling Avon.Did you know? Women real estate agents were almost non-existent back then. Leta
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08/17/2023
This is a picture of an interesting change happening outside my kitchen window. Look how the leaf is forming! It appears as a coiled spiral looking thing. And then! Second picture shows it after opening all the way. What a huge leaf on this fantastic plant that was a gift to me after my husb
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08/16/2023
WOW! Look at that large empy lot! What's wrong with it!! House missing! Searcy Sleuths, have you driven by and missed it....just as I did? So close the next picture and your eyes and think! Where is this lot?OK? Give up? I had to go to the court house files to find a picture of the missing
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08/07/2023
Car colors!Look around you now. White is the dominate color for cars and trucks, or it seems that way to me. Hubby, car dealer, indicated one time that colors on cars made the vehicle cost more. This old 50's post card showing cars, and one truck, parked around one of Searcy's favorite eating
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07/18/2023
