Old Old Hotel. Fireproof Hotel Adrian, Heber Springs, Ark. Did you ever hear of it? Neither had I but here's an old postcard that seems to prove that there was one. Let's read what the nearly worn-out card says. The first picture shows the building and two rooms inside with this written on it.
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02/05/2024
Old Swinging BridgeIn October this old bridge collapsed. It is at Heber Springs AR and had been closed to traffic in 1972, built in 1912, and could be visited as a walking bridge. The report sounds as if several visitors were on the bridge and some youths started swinging it and it suddenly col
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01/28/2024
What a picture! Have you noticed how all the girls now want long hair, usually parted in the middle and hanging down over the chest? Evidently, it was a style many years ago also. I have loads of old pictures and came across this stunning photograph.Condition is not the greatest. On the bac
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01/22/2024
Fifty Years Ago!Fooled you, didn't I. It looks a lot like a week ago in Searcy AR. This picture was taken in our yard many years ago. (The second picture is from the same yard. A good dad did all this!) Dads, at that time, put up tire swings for the kids to play on and in this second instance
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01/21/2024
Nice room, isn't it! Well, it does look a little like snow on the chair and the floor. No, it is not fake snow for atmosphere......it is REAL SNOW! With the temperature in Searcy AR being about 13 degrees over the past hours and expected to be that for several days, one wonders who committed t
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01/15/2024
This could be the young 2024.All the cartoons today are showing the old worn-out 2023 child (now ancient) giving the new 2024 child a welcome and warnings for the new year. This old picture from many years back has the same look as the 2024 child. I wonder if this could be by a photographer in
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01/01/2024
A Least favorite gift through the years!Jokes abound about giving dads a tie for Christmas and how they hate each one because they are so ugly. I think that they may have now rebelled and they no longer wear ties anyhow! All of the folks that I asked if their husband wears ties said, "NO!" I
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12/21/2023
Old Searcy AR fun!What did kids do before they lived with computers and cell phones? Stumbling upon a memory is always fun. That happened to me today. This wonderful aerial view of a husband-built tree house without being attached to a tree is a pleasure. I moved to Searcy in 1967 and lived
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12/16/2023
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
