The town of Menlo was founded in 1883 by Captain Andrew Jackson Lawrence on land that belonged to him in order to secure a post office for the area. When Captain Lawrence came to Menlo there were only two homes in the area as more people lived near Alpine. One was his, and
Articles
Growing up at Riversdale in the 1910s by Evelyn K. Stephenson
February 11, 2022Stories about Life in the Early 1900s as told by Evelyn Kellett Stephenson ( reprinted from the 2005 quarterly) I’m sure the way we lived at Riversdale when I was growing up would seem like a hard life compared with the way people live today. There were no modern conveniences; our house was heated
Reminiscing about Trion’s Big Friendly Store in the 1940’s and 50’s
December 16, 2021Memories by the late Gene Massey from his book Our Father God, The Chili Wagon and the Finger Coffin Memories of Life in Trion During the Forties and Fifties At the end of the picturesque, horseshoe-shaped plaza was a large, square, two-story brick and white stucco-finished construction that was arguably the activity center of
The Summerville Post Office, a Trio of Stories
October 5, 2021Jake Moyers, Building the Post Office ,and the Post Office Mural One of the most beautiful historic buildings along Commerce street is our lovely Post Office built in 1937. The site chosen was where the Moyers home sat prominently near the courthouse, businesses and offices and was the intersection for
Memories of Summerville’s Very Early Years by Mrs. J.W. Johnson
July 27, 2021( The following article was printed in The Summerville News in 1923. It was written by 83 year old Mrs. J.W. Johnson who moved to Summerville in 1842. The pictures were added by the Historical Society for this article. The newspaper clippings following Mrs. Johnson’s history are from The Summerville Gazette in 1877. )
