A Frontier Town Grows Up With AmericaYes, I know. It's a rather ragged book but it IS almost 50 years old. It was written in 1976 by Dr. Raymond Muncy and has received lots of wear and tear from being read and loved the whole time. I was reminded of this while going through a stack of old Whit
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06/02/2024
Mistaken IdentityI stumbled upon these three guys in an antique shop and stared and stared. I thought the one with the bangs was a Beatle. Then the owner said they were the three stooges from way back. A little research tells me that their heyday was in the 1930s and 1940s. So I didn't rememb
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05/26/2024
Searcy AR?This does not look like Searcy AR! Looks like a big city! Definitely Searcy AR is changing. I went to a meeting in this brand new First Security Bank building and was very impressed. We were told to enter the double doors on the west side of the building. We had to check in and the
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05/23/2024
Rediscovered!Here is what has been tucked away in my bookcase for years and years. It is in a shadow box and had things sorta covering it. I thought, "WOW! I forgot this and it has real meaning after all these years!"Here is a close-up of what is in the frame.And here is a closer close-up with
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05/15/2024
I borrowed this picture which was on MLS saying that it has just sold. I did a blog about this house several years ago regarding its history and its changes. Look at these older pictures.All right, the house today is at the corner of Arch and Olive and that is not a sidewalk in front but the st
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05/04/2024
Front of 1855 built home in Searcy ARI wrote a blog a few weeks ago begging for this house to be saved......not bought at foreclosure auction and torn down as so many of our historic houses have been! Click https://activerain.com/droplet/HG5S for blog . It has now been bought by a person w
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05/02/2024
This sign is a recent gift. There was an estate sale at a house near the airport. This sign was part of the sale. No one bought it so it was a gift for this ole blog queen.So now I need some Searcy Sleuths to give me the history of the sign. Searcy had an air taxi? How did it work? Who owne
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04/29/2024
Expertly enlarged picture of a car on Arch Street in downtown Searcy AR many years ago! And here is the original picture. Looks as it there are two car agencies around Peoples Bank which is now First Security Bank. One is Ford and the other looks like K. Elwee Auto Co. Anyone remember it? I
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04/21/2024
Few can remember this.....The Roseann Motel-Restaurant in Searcy AR. was a popular spot and this menu opens and prices the food. Hamburger 35 cents, coffee 10 cents and it goes on and on with those cheap, cheap prices of food. It is now for sale on ebay. If the Historical Society does not have
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04/12/2024
Blogging appreciation from WCHS! Thanks!Searcy has noticed my blog! I have written 2008 blogs since about the year 2008. Activerain is a wonderful blog site and somehow lots of history has gone into my blog. It was a surprise to receive this certificate of appreciation at the last meeting of
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04/04/2024
