G.J. Frick Cash Grocery was owned and operated by an interesting man named Gottlieb James Frick. Gottlieb and his wife Pearl appear to have opened the grocery around 1905 and then for reasons unknown moved to New Mexico for a short period around 1910. Continue reading
The following was extracted from abstracts pertaining to the NE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Section 23, Township 9, Range 2. This occupies the space from S. Carbon in the East to Fourth Street in the West and from Cherry Street in the North to Copeland in the South. Continue reading
Chorus Girls in Jail 1957
Six chorus girls thank patrolman Harry Thompson for a night’s lodging. The girls, part of a show troupe taking part in the Williamson County Fair, arrived here to find they had no hotel reservations. The girls were allowed to sleep in the City Jail.
(L-R) Carole Brodine, Chicago; Carol Mattille, Des Moines; Pat Kirk, Chicago; Deanna Hagberg, Chicago; Harry Thompson; Deanna Newman, Chicago; and Carol Frey, Des Moines.
(UPI photo dated 08/08/1957)
1903 Unknown group
This picture was obtained by a member of the Historical Society off of Ebay. It depicts a group of people on a wagon purchased from J.B. Heyde in Marion and was taken in 1903. No other information is known about it. If anyone recognizes anyone in the picture please let us know.
(Photo courtesy of the Williamson County Historical Society)