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Historic buffs asking for help finding items
Published Tuesday, July 7, 2009
A small group of Maplesville residents have come together to work on a big project: documenting the city’s long and rich history.
Joel Atchison helped found the Maplesville Historical Guild a few years ago. The organization is now collecting items for a new museum at the Maplesville Depot.
“Our motive is to research and gather all the information we can on this community,” said Atchison.
Atchison hopes the museum will open soon, filled with pictures, historical documents and information about the area called Old Maplesville in West Chilton County. This would include the areas known as Randolph, Stanton, Sardis, Isabella, New Convert and Lawley.
“We want to locate as much historical information as possible,” said Atchison. “We’ll take anything from the early 1900s on back.”
In its heyday, Maplesville was a booming stop for stagecoachs along a mail route and had more than 800 residents, Atchison said.
Atchison said anyone willing to share photos or letters can rest assured that the items would be just copied and safely returned.
“We don’t want to take their photos ... just scan them in our computers and hand them back,” he said.
Atchison said the effort to collect pieces of history is important for the new museum and the town’s bicentennial anniversary in a few years.
For more information, contact Atchison at 334-366-4777 or jaatch@bellsouth.net of Clement Clapp at cclapp@bellsouth.net.
The Maplesville Historical Guild meets the third Tuesday of each month at 5:30 p.m. at the Maplesville Library.
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Posted by nannyof4 (anonymous) on July 7, 2009 at 10:33 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Good luck guys, can't wait to visit the museum. If anyone can do this undertaking it is Joel and Clemm.
Posted by carol (anonymous) on July 8, 2009 at 6:05 a.m. (Suggest removal)
This is wonderful! I have just finished reading the book "Maplesville The Town and The People 1820-1989". I never knew our little town had such a rich and interesting history. I hope we can get an updated book soon. I'm very pleased Joel, with the help of others have decided to do this and I will help any way I can.
Posted by eagle1 (anonymous) on July 8, 2009 at 7:22 a.m. (Suggest removal)
When is Maplesville getting a Walmart?
Posted by bestofchilton (anonymous) on July 8, 2009 at 9:07 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Eagle1 you are hilarious.
Posted by Scarlett (anonymous) on July 8, 2009 at 10:42 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I am excited about this and would love to know where to obtain
the book Maplesville The Town 1820-1989. I believe Carol up there said she just read it. Can someone write me at my e-mail address and tell me how to buy the book. Shirlnbama@aol.com
thank you so very much!
Posted by kwsrgraves (anonymous) on July 8, 2009 at 11:33 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I agree Scarlett. I would be interested in it. I am always intrigued by history especially the 1840's to 1980 era. And old photos of dirt streets, with buildings that were new then are fascinating. I remember seeing some of Clanton when 2nd Ave was dirt and had horses tied to posts on the street.
Posted by mfk2 (anonymous) on July 8, 2009 at 2:11 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I purchased my book from the Library in Maplesville several years ago. I enjoyed reading it since my family was from Maplesville. I would love to see a new updated book.
I was born at Dr. Day's Clinic in Maplesville which was behind the Bank and Baptish Church. It was torn down years ago.
My dad is eighty-eight so I don't have many years left for him to share his memories of growing up in Maplesville. His grandfather owned the land across from the new shopping area on Highway 22 and just up from the Highway 82 intersection.
I use to enjoyed visiting my cousins in Maplesville.. We had so much fun!!!! They were Perry and Goff families. Unfortunately most of my folks are deceased and buried in the Maplesville Cemetery.
Mary mfk2@comcast.net
Posted by carol (anonymous) on July 8, 2009 at 7:04 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I went to the Maplesville Town Hall the other day to buy a book and they no longer had any for sale.( I borrowed one from a friend. ) They tried to order more and found the publisher had gone out of business. Maybe if we show enough interest they will indeed have an updated version printed.
Posted by carol (anonymous) on July 8, 2009 at 7:07 p.m. (Suggest removal)
eagle1............I know you're being facetious! That's okay by me, everybody's entitled to have a little fun :)
Posted by kwsrgraves (anonymous) on July 8, 2009 at 7:22 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Carol, if I had made that comment, the biddie force would be flappin their wings and sticken their beaks in the barrel in huge numbers. Eagle, I had that thought, but quickly quelled it. Your delivery was impeccable, this time. GOOD ONE!
Posted by eagle1 (anonymous) on July 9, 2009 at 7:06 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Well, I did type the question in a most respectable manner with a little curl at the end of my lip (that was because the cat just got out of the litter box). Seriously though, what is a "heyday", not in Webster's terms?
Posted by kwsrgraves (anonymous) on July 9, 2009 at 10:14 a.m. (Suggest removal)
heyday or hayday? Hayday was when neighbors in the midwest plains used to help with each others baleing and storage of hay for winter.
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