Welcome to a new subdivision coming to Searcy AR. This sign has just gone up at the Corner of Sawmill Road and Country Club Road on the West side of Searcy AR. The land has been in the Phillips family for many years and is now to be turned into a subdivision by Clay Hite, a popular builder in t
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07/26/2021
It could be considered inappropriate of me to have just a week ago put up a picture of the popular Dr. Porter Rodgers and his prized bull. Here it is. Click to pull it up. Someone commented that he was the one who murdered his wife. Just a few days after that blog came out this new book was bro
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07/21/2021
It's collectible now! I mean the chair, not the baby! If you live in Searcy AR, you might recognize this street........if you are pretty darned old....... because the street has definitely changed. What is surprising is that this old chair now seems to be collectible. Why it is so large in t
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07/19/2021
THE CATTLEMAN MAGAZINE a photo by Roger B. LetzThat is the information on the back of the above photo. Searcy residents know the man in the picture, Dr. Porter Rodgers, a popular physician in Searcy AR. He had cattle land and it looks as if he enjoyed his cattle and posed fully dressed up in sui
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07/15/2021
Way back when Searcy probably looked this way......or perhaps didn't exist......I'd never heard of it before but while reading the Democrat Gazette a few days ago and finding an article by Steve Straessle (July 10) where he was reviewing a new book called "Chasing the Thrill: Obsession, Death, a
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07/13/2021
Driving by W. Center St., Searcy AR....OOPS! Vacant lot! What's missing? Oh, another one of my favorite old houses is gone!!This was always one of my favorite houses from the outside view. I loved the porch, the roof, the whole look of it. It was built in 1945 and it came on the market for t
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07/07/2021
I have listed an underground house! It's my first and possibly the first for our MLS in years and years.....if ever. Arkansas Business, a popular publication in Arkansas, asked for a few details from the owner, and published this delightful article this week. We need a buyer! Some say it wou
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07/07/2021
I still use it! But I just checked its age.I knew it was old but didn't realize it was this old! Check the example on how to use this calculator where it says payment. Loan amount was to be $75,000. Interest rate was to be 14.5%. Term was to be 30 years. Payment? $918.41!Then I looked at the
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06/24/2021
This little jewel caught my eye at a recent estate sale. The size is 2.5" by 3" and has a picture of a lady who seems to have on one of those head scarfs that were worn during World War II. So this may have been designed as a locket for wearing around the neck. On the back it has a means to wea
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06/21/2021
Ebay card for sale. East Race Street, Searcy ARThis card has shown up and says it was East Race Street in Searcy AR around 1928. Perhaps some of the Searcy Sleuths will know the exact location. Here is my guess. This house at 402 East Race is on the market for sale right now and one of the p
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06/14/2021
