Riverside High School opened in 1965 as the consolidated county wide high school for Decatur County. It included students from the former Decaturville High School, Parsons High School and Crowder High School. If you have pictures, newspaper articles, yearbooks or other material related to Riverside…
from the research of Dolores Gilbert Keeton This culvert was built at the Pea Vine railroad crossing of Bear Creek just west of Parsons. There is a similar culvert under Kilo Ford near Perryville. Pea Vine Map – 1936
from the research of Jerry McDaniel Nashville Banner, September 29, 1936 Washington, Sept. 29 – (AP) – The Interstate Commerce Commission today authorized the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company to abandon 24.14 miles of a branch line between Lexington and Perryville, Tenn. The order also…
from the research of Jerry McDaniel The Jackson Sun, November 4, 1936 The short line of railroad track, running from Lexington to Perryville on the Tennessee river, which has been abandoned by the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad, will be torn up between this…
from the research of Jerry McDaniel Nashville Banner, November 1, 1936 A new rural mail route between Nashville and Lexington, Tenn., will begin service Monday, going through Centerville, Linden, Pope, Perryville, Decaturville, Parsons, Beacon, Darden, and Chesterville, it was announced Saturday by W. S. McKinstry,…
from the research of Larry Butler The Pea Vine route ran from Lexington to Perryville and returned. It is was necessary to reverse the engine at the end of each run for the return run . The Lexington yards included a wye track to reverse…
from Lillye Younger The History of Decatur County Past and Present (Southhaven, MS: Carter Printing Company, 1978) The building of the railroad in Decatur County contributed greatly to the growth of the county. The Tennessee Midland Railroad Company was chartered December 29, 1886 to extend…