Turner's Tidbits

This is a photo taken in the corridor connecting the courthouse and the courthouse annex. It captures the season so...

Brothers of the Brush ask men to do their civic duty and grow all or any of the following: mustache,...

This is the starting line up for the 1933 Parsons High School Football Team. The coach of the team was...

This is a photo of a birthday party and from the looks of the candles on the cake it was...

This photo is identified as Franklin “Frank” Cooper (1893-1970). Frank was a son of Valentine and Rachel Bible Cooper; siblings...

This list of students is from a School Souvenir printed in the late 1880’s or early 1900’s. Teacher shad these...

This photo was already identified. The one on the left is identified as Jimmy Armentrout and the one on the...

This is a sheet of stationery from The Blackwater Hotel of Davis. The letterhead reads: The Blackwater Hotel, G. F....

This is a photo of four unidentified men working in the woods. They have a load of logs chained onto...

The last book I recommended was Big Doc Little Doc. That book is proving to be difficult to obtain. I...

This is the front page of the Duncan Telephone Company phone book for 1946. The cost to mail it was...

This is a photo of Richard Chaffey’s Lumber Mill at William. The mill operated from 1900 to around 1907. It...

This receipt was from Arbogast Brothers of Parsons. It is dated October 12, 1929, and was given to Stephen Harvey...

This is the first time I have recommended a book on the site. There have been many books written concerning...

This is a letterhead from P. C. Clark, barber shop and pool room, dealer in tobacco and cigars, Davis. The...

This is a photo of four Vance men who worked in the lumber industry. They are (left to right) Frank...

This is a photo card produced by F. S. Johnston of the Pulp Mill in Davis.  This plant is part...

This is a photo of the Tannery of Parsons. The card was printed in Germany sometime before 1915. Notice that...

This is a sawmill of unknown origins. It could be in Tucker County or the Horton, Whitmer area of Randolph...

This is a photo of Parsons High School (previously known as Black Fork District High School). This building was opened...