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Writing on back:

Mrs Susan Lunciford,
Bolivar.
MO.

Dearest-Cousin Bill:.-
Auntie wrote us that you are not feeling well and we are just as sorry as can be and hope you may soon be well again. We are having some winter weather today but we are well and are getting along nicely. The children are all well. Love and kisses to you also mother and sister. - B.Mc
Sat noon.

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City Park, Jacksonville, Texas.

Postmarked: Jan 13, 1917, Jacksonville, Texas
Type: Divided Back, 1907-1915
Printed: 1913
Publisher: Curt Teich & Co., Inc., Chicago
Card #: R-44409

Notes:
Similar to another postcard by E. C. Kropp Co and another by E. C. Kropp Co. Compare the two to see how this one has been edited.


History:
From Jacksonville: the Story of a Dynamic Community,
1872 - 1972, p. 142, City Park

"A public square, donated by International Railroad when the townsite was laid out, became City Park, through which Kansas and Gulf Short Line Railroad, in 1882, cut diagonally across. Citizens allowed this, but no right-of-way deed was executed.

Historian M. L. Earle related that a water tower, erected in 1906, was removed during tenure of Mayor T. E. Acker [1918-1952]; a small fire station and pine-slab jail stood for a short time. Tree planting began in 1891, directed by Captain H. L. Morris. Many have contributed toward beautification. Concrete walks were laid in 1910; a wood, gingerbread-trimmed bandstand was built in 1907, was replaced in the 1930s with a rock structure built by WPA labor.

In 1928, Mr. Earle stated two Cotton Belt engineers were in his office, and "there was talk of removing the tracks from the park." This Centennial Year "there still is talk" of removing the tracks."



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