Historical Searcy, AR 72143       back.jpg (1233 bytes)



The Rialto Theater





The Hanging Tree


Road Runner


Dinner Theater

Searcy Yesteryear

Historic Old Trees




SearcyAR-CampWyldewood1950.jpg (37318 bytes) 
Camp Wyldewood 1950's

SearcyAR-JoeWebb-RodgersPerfection.jpg (422208 bytes)
 SearcyAR-Bank-ofSearcy1936.jpg (411090 bytes)
Bank of Searcy Founded 1904


An Empress (Princess) Tree


Searcy Branch Railroad
Searcy to West Point
1877-1910

 The Searcy and Des Arc Railroad Company was incorporated to consolidate the Searcy and West Point Railroad Company and the Des Arc and Northern Railway Company to form a continuous line of railroad from Searcy, in White County, to Des Arc, in Prairie County, in the State of Arkansas - 25 miles."

It was eventually sold to the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company on March 24,1904


308 E. Market


Click to enlarge

SearcyAR-JDPopePianos1936.jpg (198443 bytes)
J.D. Pope Pianos 1936		 SearcyAR-Robbins-SanfordMercantile1936.jpg (355139 bytes)
Robbins-Sanford Merchantile		 SearcyAR-BramlettsCafe1936.jpg (271681 bytes)              HeadleeDrugStore.jpg (178664 bytes)
Bramlett's Cafe 1936  Rx Headlee Drug Store

SearcyAR-RichardWootenMotors.jpg (193534 bytes)
Plaza Theater                             Rialto                          Harding Dorm about 1945                      Richard Wooten Motors

SearcyAR-MainStFacingEast1908.jpg (53683 bytes)
Main Street looking East
Now Arch Avenue

SearcyAR-ArchSt1940.jpg (39158 bytes)
Arch St. 1940

SearcyAR-OldWellJuneSkinner.jpg (402570 bytes)
Known by Frankfort (1837), Searcy (1839), Sulphur Springs (1840s) & then Searcy again in 1840s (both of the latter names are shown on maps at that time). It is the county seat of White County, named for Richard Searcy, a territorial judge. Harding University is located here.
© 1996 by Bonnie Baker-Palmer; all rights reserved. This information may be used for research only. Commercial use of this information is strictly prohibited without prior permission. If copied, this copyright notice must appear with the information. Any use via internet links or otherwise by the US GenWeb Project does not give them or any of their representatives the rights to this or any other of my written material , implied or otherwise

iWebTech:  Chird Bobbitt
Copyright © 1997-2xxx All Rights Reserved
Visit