Our town was visited on last Sunday night by a severe storm of wind and rain which played sad havoc with shade trees, window blinds, etc. The walls of the Baptist church which were left standing since the “Sturgis Fire” in 1864, were blown down.

The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.), 03 Nov. 1866, Page 3. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.