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April 27, 2007 |
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Added the
Arkansas Gazette articles for 1822.
As I am adding these articles from the
Arkansas Gazette and I find one of them interesting, I am going to
post them here.
and then there is this one:
A NEW-YEAR'S WISH
ONE female companion to soften my cares,
TWO thousand a year to support my affairs;
THREE dogs and a gun when to sport I incline,
FOUR horses and chaise to indulge me and mine,
FIVE jolly companions with whom to make merry
SIX dishes each day, with six glasses of sherry;
SEVEN beds in my house for friends at their leisure
EIGHT something or other to add to their pleasure
NINE pounds in my pocket, when cash I require,
TEN favors are all that on earth I desire,
AND a passport to heaven when from Earth I retire
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April 26, 2007 |
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Added the
Arkansas Gazette articles for 1821. |
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April 25, 2007 |
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Yesterday, my boyfriend Mark retired from 20
years in the Air Force. Congratulations Mark, Kyle, & Whitney
and thank you for sharing your life event with me.
I am going to try and post the rest of the
Arkansas Gazette for 1821 today, but don't hold me to it...I am
feeling a little rusty at the keyboard today.
We will start with these additions and go
from there:
Alan Ginocchio sent me an old menu for the
Brass Rail Restaurant....does anyone else have a pic or
information on it? The location is not even listed on the
menu.
Added the
Hot Spring County Court House and
War Memorial in Malvern and the
City Hall. I was going to do
more but got rained out.
On a footnote, I have a beef and I am just
going to go on and get it out of my system....I have photographed
well over 100 war memorials now, the entire Little Rock National
Cemetery, and several Confederate cemeteries, and it just chaps me
to see a marker or memorial where an organization lists every Tom,
Dick, and Harry on a marker...like the Mayor, the Aldermen, the city
attorney, and even the general contractors....then as a final
footnote...dedicated to the Veterans of World War II, or Korea, or
Vietnam. I guess it is someone's way of getting their name on
a marker...hey lets do a War Memorial. Excuse me...if you want
to be honored, join the service and put your butt on the line.
Stepping off my podium now. |
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April 23, 2007 |
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Teresa Harris sent me a link for a very
interesting story on the Maud Crawford mystery and disappearance
down in Ouachita county.
Maud Crawford.
Lots of updates today...stay tuned. |
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April 20, 2007 |
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Thanks to Sandra Floberg for pointing out that
I had the
Herman Davis Memorial in the wrong
town....it belongs in Manila, Arkansas.
Added to the Arkansas Gazette project 1820 -
July,
August,
September,
October,
November &
December
I only photographed this park because it had a
memorial park. I have no idea who the Butlers are but if you
do, please feel free to enlighten me.
Butler Park in Little Rock.
Old Drug Store in Pine Bluff
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April 19, 2007 |
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Evelyn Brown sent me the following info on the
unknown house in Perry County - This old house on Hwy 60
in Perry County was the home of the McNeal family. Mr. McNeal was a
representative in the state legislature from Perry County in the
late 1930s and early 1940s. Can anyone add to that? I am
still looking for info on the
unknown Bigelow building too while
you are at it.
Henry Marx Company - Pine Bluff, Arkansas
I have decided to put my Arkansas Gazette work
online free in stages starting with 1819. Please do not email
asking me to put up other years, I am only one person and will do it
as I have time but it is my intention to put free online the
articles from 1819 - 1850. Please do not repost my hard work
anywhere else online. You may use up to five articles for your
online website or book with credit back to Arkansas Ties.
Anything else will need to be worked out with me.
Arkansas Gazette - 1819, 1820 -
January,
February,
March,
April,
May,
June
This is for Bill in Florida.....David
O. Dodd Memorial
I had a rough lunch, can you tell?
It involved
&
and resulted in this.
Lorance
Creek and the rest of the story. |
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April 18, 2007 |
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Added a 1918 article on
Arkadelphia located in Clark County.
Pine Bluff has some really nice murals
depicting their history. This could be a really nice town if
they worked on cleaning up what the visitor sees when they drive
through. Here's an idea....with one of the highest crime rates
in Arkansas...kill two birds with one stone and put those criminal
butts to work ....yes I am a proponent of chain gangs, but I do love
the murals. Very nice.
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Oh AND move this sign. The Chief is
behind the sign.
Added the following in Jefferson County:
Mr. Roy in Oklahoma posted this picture of
the Greene County Court House in Paragould, minus the clock tower.
Court House
Greene County, Arkansas courthouse in the 80's,
originally uploaded by
mrroyok.
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April 17, 2007 |
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First Hotze House - National Register of Historic Places,
originally uploaded by
dsimmons2006.
This
picture was taken by David Simmons, a friend from
www.flickr.com.
I am going to try and add some more of his pics. A lot of great
photographers are adding stuff on Arkansas to flickr, check it out
if you like to tote a camera around and want to network with
like-minded people. You can get to it by clicking on David's pic.
Keith
Vincent has a wonderful website at:
http://courthousehistory.com/html/collection.htm
Lots of great postcards and he all of Arkansas covered.
I
have been having a rough couple of weeks so hang in there with me as
I try to get the rhythm going again. Oh, a few prayers my way
wouldn't hurt either.
Added
new pics to the
Jefferson County Court House pages. |
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April 16, 2007 |
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Added the following in Pine Bluff, Jefferson
County, Arkansas
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April 13, 2007 |
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Elizabeth James with the Arkansas Preservation
Program was kind enough to send me her notes from the
"Sandwiching in History" program on the First Hotze house.
I have added them in case anyone was interested in the house.
Thank you Elizabeth, I am sure quite a few people will find the info
interesting. This was the second program that I attended and I
am looking forward to the one next month at the "Ten Mile House."
I am afraid that with everything going on this
week, I deleted 200 pictures and most of what I was going to post
this week. That is so irritating too.....guess I will just
have to go take some more. ;)
David Simmons took this picture of the Sod
Collier house at Tyler Bend...he has more info and history on it at:
Sod
Collier Homestead
Added a pretty boring article on the
Arkansas
Federation of Women's Clubs, but it does list several
people in it from 1918. It would seem that clubs were very
serious business back then. |
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April 12, 2007 |
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Added a page for the
Arkansas
Gazette employees of 1918. |
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April 11, 2007 |
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Added in Perry County, Arkansas
Kim McKinney sent me the best letter on the
history of the
Looney - French house in Randolph
County. I have posted it on the page for anyone interested.
It was nice to know (especially since I walked at least a mile and
back to photograph that old house) that someone liked it. |
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April 10, 2007 |
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Added in Perry County, Arkansas
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April 9, 2007 |
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Added in Pulaski County, Arkansas:
Linda Hatcher sent me word that Cato has
their decoration day on the 1st Sunday in June and Sumner's is
on Memorial Day. Should be easy enough to remember. |
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April 8, 2007 |
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Added in Pulaski County:
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April 6, 2007 |
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I guess I am confused and need someone to line
me out. The sign next to the Beaver Bridge in Carroll County
says Table Rock Lake. The listing for Beaver Bridge on the
National Register says it is on the White river? Drop me a
line if you know the technical answer to this.
ArkansasTies@ArkansasTies.com.
This is a family pic of St. Elizabeth's
Catholic Church taken during the 60's. Maybe my kids will go
photograph it again in another 40 years. You can see the now
pics here -
St. Elizabeth. There have
actually been some changes to it over the years...the roof changed,
the small arched windows have been enclosed. Originally there
was a statue of Christ inside and now it is a statue of St.
Elizabeth of Hungary. Would be interesting if anyone else has
old pics of it? Pat do you have anything in your treasure
chest up there? Added in
Pulaski County:
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April 5, 2007 |
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Still working on Carroll County and wrapping
it up today:
In Madison County:
In Pulaski County:
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April 4, 2007 |
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Added in Carroll County:
Mark Dodson's Stairs -
Opposite the Round House in Eureka Springs
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April 3, 2007 |
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Added in Carroll County:
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April 2, 2007 |
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I have been running the road again and have
lots to add this week.
Added in Johnson County:
In
Franklin County:
In
Benton County:
In
Carroll County:
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March 30, 2007 |
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Added in Pulaski County:
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March 29, 2007 |
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Added in Pulaski County:
In Cross County:
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March 28, 2007 |
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Added in Pulaski County:
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March 27, 2007 |
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Finishing up Mississippi County, I have added:
In Pulaski County, Arkansas, I have added:
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March 26, 2007 |
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This weekend I had the wonderful opportunity
to go out to the Hanger - Ratcliffe Gin and House and photograph it
thanks to Mary Ratcliffe and her daughter and son-in-law, Kathy and
Steve Koehler. Kathy and Steve were so kind to show us around
and share some of the history on this place. It is a wonderful
old place and if I was Oprah Winfrey I would have wrote them a check
on the spot to help with the place. This place is not open to
the public and can only be seen from the road in the winter time.
Gin |
House
Wilma sent me an ID for an unknown house in
Jonesboro. She said it belonged to an attorney named McAdams.
So
McAdams is better than "Unknown."
Working on Mississippi County (which I am
going to try and wrap up by tomorrow) I have added:
The way it should be at
every public facility. |
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March 23, 2007 |
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Added the following in Mississippi County:
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March 22, 2007 |
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First thing going on today....my email is
being bombarded with spam, to the tune of 80 emails every 2 minutes,
so if you don't hear from me, please resend. I am trying to
weed out the real mail from the spam but might miss some in there.
Next thing, Jim Sanders sent me a link for his
Baseball site -
www.hellobaseballfans.com. He is up around Fort
Smith and I thought just maybe I had some baseball fans out there.
Of course, he would get more brownie points if he was a Traveler's
fan but he is stuck on the Orioles......hmphf! :) He did
say he would send some pictures from up that way, so we shall see
what he comes up with.
Back to
Craighead County:
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C.C. "Pop" Craven's Oak Tree on the ASU Campus
<---who was he?
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St. Francis River Bridge
- Black
Oak <--not much here now, but maybe it will be fond
memories for someone from there
- Monette
- This is
a little tour of the town but I am mainly interested in the
dance hall. It was THE happening place Saturday night.
The picture is from Sunday morning. If I hadn't been so
tired, I would have went in and checked it out. Who knows
who might have been there. Couple blocks off the beaten
path, but everyone and there mother was there and it sounded
like they were having a great time. Anyone know the name
of the place or go there? Oh and just in case you didn't
notice it.....Monette is a "Dr. Pepper" town.
Starting in Mississippi County, Arkansas:
Both of these barns are in
Mississippi County, Arkansas |
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March 21, 2007 |
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Starting in Craighead County we have:
and the
Hattie Caraway Memorial <---amazing
sign of the times. First female Senator, a whole list of
accomplishments, and they actually put on the memorial "a Good
Southern Wife." I guess that means she was "bringing home the
bacon and frying up in a pan." Yes... the marker was from the
70's. :)
ASU Pipe Man in Jonesboro,
ca. 1972
Added the following in Jonesboro:
I am sure it won't be too
much longer and that "Smoking" will be covered up or replaced when
Jonesboro starts to become politically correct. :) I
just wonder what the "Standard of the World" was?
Blessed Sacrament Church
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March 20, 2007 |
I found the following in
Marked Tree:
- War Memorial, First Methodist Church,
Building Mural, Delta Area Museum.
In Lepanto, Arkansas:
I seriously think this is one of the best
things I saw all weekend.
Tribute to James R. "Jimmie" Hendrix, painted
by Dale Case in Lepanto. Mr. Case also painted the
turtles on the building in downtown Lepanto....has he painted
anything else? I would drive out of my way to go take a
picture. He is supposedly over in Gosnell now and Hendrix
(Medal of Honor - Battle of the Bulge) is in Florida....living the
good life I hope. Loved it.
I was passing through Cross county (its on
the list to go back to) and photographed
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March 19, 2007 |
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I have lots to load up this week. My
travels took me through Cross, Poinsett, Craighead, and Mississippi
Counties.
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March 16, 2007 |
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Alan Ginocchio has his new website up -
Thru
My Eyes Only. His interpretive photographs are
especially good of local houses.
Added a new page for
William Savin Fulton, Governor of
the Territory of Arkansas. The Tribute of Respect published in
the Arkansas Gazette is an interesting look at the respect death was
given in the early 1800's. Added
Charles
P. Bertrand, Editor and Publisher of the Arkansas
Advocate. |
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March 15, 2007 |
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Added some new people to the "People" list:
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March 14, 2007 |
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Linda Hatcher sent me the following cemetery
decoration days. If you have family buried at these
cemeteries, these would be the days to go visit, tidy the graves,
and chat with living family.
Added the following in Greene County, Arkansas
David Simmons sent me the following trivia on
Walnut Ridge, which I found interesting:
Good morning, Pris! I enjoyed your shot of the
Iron Mountain Depot in Walnut Ridge on Arkansas Ties. It
reminded me of the time my parents took me there in 1988 to see
Michael Dukakis deliver a presidential campaign speech. If memory
serves, Iron Mountain in Walnut Ridge and Union Station in Little
Rock are the only active Amtrak stops in Arkansas. David
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March 13, 2007 |
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Added the following in Faulkner County,
Arkansas:
Shirley Manning dropped me a line and told
me I had the
Lum & Abner store in the wrong
county....so I moved it over to Montgomery County. Hey...it
happens! Second place in 5 years I have been caught putting in the
wrong place. Just testing to see if anyone is watching me.
;)
Mark Dodson sent me a couple of pics for
the
Wye Daffodil Festival and
St. Boniface Church to add to those
pages. To everyone that has been sending me stuff lately,
thank you.....I love looking at other peoples stuff and getting a
new perspective, so I am sure other people do too.
Added the following in Clay County, Arkansas:
Carolyn Depp -
cg.depp @ roadrunner.com
has sent me some info to post on the
Clover Bend Historic District
in Lawrence County and the possible origins of the name
Dardanelle.
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March 12, 2007 |
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Went to the Wye Mountain Daffodil Festival so
have a few pics from Perry County.
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March 10, 2007 |
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Added:
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March 9, 2007 |
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This morning I got a letter from Shirley
Manning with a link to her website....Wow! It only runs on
Explorer 7.0 but if you can get to it, its pretty, pretty, good.
She has a little bit of everything...Montgomery County, Polk
County.....I am STILL digging. I did not have Explorer 7 so I
had to go upgrade to check it out. I hate software that is not
backwards compatible, but since I have been a victim of it too....I
am not saying anything. They don't tell you this when you buy
the software.
Anyway, back on track, here is the link:
Added the following in Randolph County,
Arkansas
Finally, moving over to Greene County,
Arkansas
- Crowley's
Ridge State Park....very nice, I enjoyed camping
there and will probably go back in two weeks.
- Shiloh
Cemetery, burial place for Benjamin Crowley's and
other settlers is located here, inside the Crowley's Ridge State
park.
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March 8, 2007 |
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Cindi Barnes has contributed some great pics
and info on the
Sandlin - Pate log house in
Montgomery County. Located in the town of Silver, it was built by
Obadiah Sandlin and rebuilt by her gr-gr-grandfather James Pate .
Both the town and the house are now gone. Thanks Cindi!
I am still adding stuff from my weekend trip,
but wanted to thank my sister, Tina Ward for helping me find all
these wonderful places I got to photograph. Would be nice to
have an "insider" in every county. Thanks Tina and Jack!
Added the following in Randolph County
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March 6, 2007 |
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Added:
Added a house, maybe the
Smith House in Walnut Ridge?
If anyone knows the name of it let me know. It has one of
those wonderful little campfire stories to go with it. Same
thing on that, if you have more info on it, let me know. - Pris
Added in Randolph County:
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March 5, 2007 |
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I have lots to add this week for Lawrence,
Randolph, Greene, & Clay Counties. I was able to photograph
all of the National Historic Register properties for Lawrence
County, and most of them for the other three counties. If you have
info or something you want to add, drop me a line at ArkansasTies@ArkansasTies.com
Added:
So I am driving through the alleys in
Walnut Ridge and I happen across this cemetery in the backyard/alley
of a house. Whoaaa....I throw on the brakes and get out to
inspect...no way I can just keep going. Imagine that...a tiny little
cemetery in town in someone's back yard. The markers are all
thrown aside, this way and that. The first one is for
Dan Drakulich, World War I & II,
(1896 - 1976.) I get to the second marker, sorry I don't
remember the name but it says, "so and so" was hung as a witch.
I look at the next marker and it has something crazy on it too.
I am like... what in the world.....finally looking at the house, I
see a little sign that says "haunted house." ***Rolling my
eyes*** Hope that gives everyone a little chuckle. Told
ya'll I was too nosy for my own good.
Ok, back to work here.....
Added:
This is a non-discriminating
site....interesting or borrrrrrinnnnnng....Old
Highway 67, which by the way is listed on the National
Register. Doesn't do anything for me, but maybe it floats your
boat.
Added:
- Cloverbend
Historic District in Lawrence County
- Mullins
Insurance - Interesting stained glass
- Portia
High School & City Hall, Lawrence County
- F.W.
Buercklin's House - Grocery & Doctor's Office in
Portia
- Black
River Bridge, Lawrence County
- Ficklin
- Imboden House, Powhatan, Lawrence County
- Powhatan
Court House, Lawrence County, Arkansas
- Powhatan
Jail, Lawrence County
- Methodist
Church, Powhatan
- Post
Office, Powhatan
- Powhatan
Male & Female Academy
- Lebanan
Church, Lawrence County
I have about 5 or 6 more places in Lawrence
County, but this is all I can stand to do today. More tomorrow
and then I will start on Randolph County. - Pris |
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March 1, 2007 |
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