from the research of Lewis Long Brown, Jr. These pictures were originally photographed by Genevieve C. Bobbitt Brown in 1952 following the devastating tornado that struck Chesterfield and continued through the Bible Hill Community. Lewis Long Brown, Jr. compiled the index and captions for these…
Category: Yesterday’s
by Lewis Long Brown Jr. Sometimes, when my computer monitor and I are sitting alone staring at each other, I try to visualize what life was like for my great-grandfather back in nineteenth century West Tennessee. I imagine the roads weren’t much more than dirt…
Over the state The Milan exchange, Milan, TN, December 3, 1881 The college at Decaturville was burned by an incendiary Friday night. The house was erected last year at a cost of $3,000. from other sources In 1880, the trustees of Decatur County College bought…
from the research of Doris Welch Swindle In 1869 Ruben White in consideration of his desire to promote The Methodist Church South, deeded to trustees: Henry Welch, Corry Pettigrew, George W. Smith, John Coates, and Nicholas D. White, David N. Scott, and George W. Harrell…
Decatur County Herald, November 8, 1957 A large group of parents and teachers gathered at the new school on monday night for the first PTA meeting at the new building. After a tour of the building, the group assembled in the cafeteria for their meeting.…
Fire, Explosion Kills One, Injures Three December 29 The Parsons News Leader, January 11, 1957 A small fire and succeeding explosion killed one person and injured several others, three seriously, in Parsons on Saturday, December 290. Killed when the upper floor of the building occupied…
from the research of Richard F. Butler 1956 was a year of disaster for Decatur County High School as the classroom routine was interrupted by two major fires. The year started with the gym burning in the early hours of January 22, 1956. A dance…
The Alvin C. York Bridge across the Tennessee River at Perryville built so travelers, business men, and the general public might have an easier, more convenient, and safer way of crossing the Tennessee River. This bridge was built in 1930, being opened on July 4,…
Lillye Younger in The History of Decatur County Past and Present provides this history of schools in the Bath Springs Area. The first school at Bath Springs was a log structure located just across from the present Dr. B.M. Brooks home. It was constructed during…