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
Dressed with class. Over 100 years ago?This is an old, old picture but it shows how styles change through the years and how the men and women copied the styles. Women evidently liked the ruffled collar and the fancy sleeves. Note two bracelets alike, two necklaces alike, slim waists and pins!
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04/03/2024
Searcy AR grows. Library grows also.Barbara S Duncan, that's me, presented a lovely drawing of Searcy's first library to Darla Ino, Library Director of the White County Regional Library System. The present library (remember it is moving to a larger one) did not have a picture of the first librar
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03/28/2024
Lovely farmhouse.....now history.This charming house had its space on Country Club Road. Land, barns, storage. It was a typical outside-of-town farm, owned and operated by the same family for so many years. Here is the remaining chimney. The house is gone.And here are a few of the typical farm
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03/27/2024
Remember this? Library in Spring Park, Searcy AR.This card does not have a date on it but the place to put a stamp asks for a one cent stamp. So how long ago was that? Some of the old one cent stamps have become collectible. When I became a Searcy resident, my children and I went to this libr
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03/21/2024
