What a great picture of a parade in Searcy AR dated Oct 1955 but possibly taken during the Fair Parade in September? There's a police car, a fire truck and folks watching AND remember parking meters? There's one in the background. Most of interest, however, is the old train station that was located at the corner of this Spring Street and Pleasure Street and across from Spring Park. It was reportedly a lovely building. We happen to have an old picture of it, too.
Wasn't it beautiful? Seeing it in this picture makes me wonder about the rail line. Does it end here at the corner? Was it across the street so folks walked across what is now Pleasure Street to get on the train? I am sure some of the Searcy Sleuths know the answer and will comment. One thing we do know now is that this historic structure was still standing in 1955 and perhaps someone will remember when it was taken down. Thanks to Sherry Quattlebaum Person for sharing the 1955 picture.
And the second photo was taken by Paula Windsor Thompson who went around Searcy taking pictures when she was a young girl. Click here to go see the other pictures of old Searcy that she contributed to this blog. She has passed on but we owe her a big, big thanks for recording Searcy landmarks.
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