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Hancock Street

A photo of looking East on Hancock Street from South Main Street, taken on 2 May 1958.

Second Street View

View of Second Street looking West

300 / 302 N Green

Situated at the NE corner of N Green and Third Streets was this grocery and home. Once operated as H J Berrer Grocery and then Red Front #13….

40 S Ingram

This house sat at the NE corner of Washington and S Ingram Streets and had the address of 40 S Ingram. It was the residence of Mrs W…

Atkinson Street Laundromat

The Laundromat on Atkinson Street between Washington and Clay streets in 1965.

Ernest Beard

1898 – 1976 Ernest Beard was born 16 March 1898 to Solomon Beard (1856 – 1905) and Mary Rebecca Kinnett Beard (1865 – 1940). Earnest married Vayden Moody….

Vayden Moody Beard

1911 – 2004 Vayden (Moody) Beard was born 1911 to Alonzo and Florence Moody. She married Ernest Beard. Vayden and Ernest ran a popular restaurant and store on…

Plat of Suburban Acres Subdivision

Suburban Acres Subdivision plat which is recorded in Deed Book 217, Page 484. Area of Turnagain Drive.

Norris Hardware

Courtesy of Chuck Stinnett: Over the years, it operated under a variety of names, including Norris & Norment; Norris & Lockett; Norris Locket & White; Norris Hardware and…

600 S Main

Charles Kriel had a tavern and grocery at 600 S Main Street as far back as 1880. By 1945 it was T. A. Pryor’s grocery, and then Bryan…

Fred Paff Grocery

Fred Paff (1862-1927) ran a grocery store and saloon at 940 Washington Street. The location is now a parking lot. Mr. Paff was apparently quite a good word…

Santa Letters

Merry Christmas! Below are a few of the hundreds of letters to Santa the Gleaner has published.