Beautiful old doors! Blog repeated.Some interesting Searcy AR history has just surfaced and there are beautiful antique doors for sale. At the corner of Market and Gum in Searcy stands Bliss Salon in an old building that the court house says was built in 1884 and was renovated a few years ago b
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12/13/2023
Santa is tired!Antique chalk decoration for Christmas.I drag him out every Christmas and enjoy my sleeping Santa. I bought him at a garage sale several years ago and he is a delight to have around.....so different! I don't know how old he is but the original price is on the bottom Let's look.T
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12/10/2023
Bobby Petrino is back in the news because he is back in Arkansas. I am not a football fan so why did I save this Arkansas Democrat Gazette news article? One reason! An adorable red headed young fan was in the picture. Let's blow it up!Here is the enlarged picture of Tyler getting his shirt aut
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12/04/2023
Did you read the above ad that was in the 1972 Searcy High School yearbook? Well, read it again and see if you can believe that J. C.Penney was saying that each Senior girl would get a free blouse.That was my interpretation. So I did a little counting. I looked at the Senior girls and started
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11/25/2023
Photographers! Look at this great historic picture. It shows probably all of the employees of Wood Freeman Lumber in Searcy AR. On the trucks it gives the phone number as 446, Searcy and looks as if E. W. 's was 3200 and O. W. 's was 5000. Last names must be provided by Searcy Sleuths. See
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11/17/2023
About 37 years ago.My mother-in-law, Wyndelene Holmes Duncan, got this hand-done birthday card from me. I had forgotten that I did it but it just popped up a few days ago. We all called her Winnie but she preferred the real version of her name. She is also part of Searcy's history. She grew u
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11/16/2023
Old! I think so! Looks old, feels old with such precision in the making. I found it in a closet in my house! Look at all the detail and leather. And look at a name hand-written on it. Do you know him? He might have precious memories to share with us.It is a Revelation Western Auto Store ba
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11/15/2023
Is it still there?This West Point ARK old sawmill post card showed up for sale on ebay and has no date on it. I wonder how old it was and if the sawmill is still working. West Point is a neighbor to Searcy AR and was once a thriving lovely place to live. It is on the Little Red River and steam
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11/11/2023
Gone! No need to drive by. I went to the internet and found this rather old picture but not as old as the one above. I really like the way the rock has been put on....kinda creative. Through the years of blogging, I have done this eat shop at least two other times. Let's research. Click on
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11/01/2023
Old postcard for sale on ebay.Look at this fascinating picture of the old Morning Sun Tourist Cottages in Searcy AR. Morning Sun corner offered a lot. I thought it was just a filling station but here is what was offered according to the back of the card. Restaurant, Gas Service, Bar-B-Q, Sandw
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10/30/2023
