A different style for Searcy AR house, now gone.This house at 1302 E. Race in Searcy AR has been taken down and I will miss it. It was the only house in Searcy of this style. Arches, a tower, and when it was built in 1934 it was probably considered "way out in the country." The courthouse says
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03/25/2022
Remember the old depot on S Main Street in Searcy?Most likely you will not see it when you drive by again because it is finally going down. I hear that it has been sold and when I stopped by a few days ago it was almost gone. Its story is rather interesting in that it was owned by a railroad bu
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03/22/2022
Disco Palace!This is a rare photo loaned to me by Beverly McMinn and she gave me a little history about the building. It is located at 101 N. Main in Searcy AR. Note the famous place in the background on the left? That looks like the Rendezvous Restaurant to me! And here is the front of the b
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03/17/2022
Great Picture from 1982 advertisementAnyone who has lived in Searcy AR for many years will remember at least one of these guys and it is the best picture that I have found with the father, V. W. Duncan, on the left and known as PoDunk, and his two sons with him. This ad was in the 1982 Searcy Hi
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03/10/2022
Stop and StareThat's what I did when I saw these in the window of a building at the corner of Beebe Capps and Sawmill Road in Searcy AR. The glare sorta hurts seeing the detail in these pieces of paper that covers the window but check it out for yourself.Perhaps it is intended to be art.....but
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03/09/2022
2022 minus 1982 equals 40. Can't believe these folks are 40! Oops! You mean this was 40 years ago!! So they are a little more than 40 years old!!! My math was never great! I remember them well because I was teaching at the Searcy High School and beginning my real estate career at the same
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03/03/2022
An estate sale visit cost me again. I found several old bound copies of Harding's The Bison newspapers. They were from back in the 70's and 80's. This was an advertisement from September 13, 1985.Click here to see the tribute that I made for her when she passed away in 2013. This little ad a
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02/21/2022
Picture on Feb 2 2022. Another one bites the dust in Searcy AR? Picture from White County Courthouse.Another double-take for me! Passing by this house at 301 East Market today made me stop and stare because there was a huge machine attacking it. I was so sad to see that it is apparently being
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02/03/2022
There is money waiting for some folks......but not for me YET. Therefore, I decided a good name for this blog would be, Give a Gift for Free. That is what I did. This website is easy to find and search. So I decided to search for money that might be for family members.There was money! My dau
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02/01/2022
Dot Beck had a wonderful school for kids!Kids and parents loved the Dot Beck Kindergarten in Searcy AR. My own son, Paul, first on the left front row, loved going there. I seem to recognize a few others of the children but it would be nice if everyone could be named. The second lady on back r
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01/17/2022
