Every city has its colorful characters with stories of adventures and travels far and wide. When the book “1905 Souvenir History of Williamson County” was being prepared in 1904 one of those Marion characters, George W. Chesley McCoy, was interviewed. The photo accompanying this post was taken of him on that day in 1904 sitting in the stairwell of the A.F. White building that used to occupy a spot on the south side of the public square on the west corner of S. Market in the 800 block, where the Marion Civic Center now sits.  Continue reading →