History on the Walls
James and Mandy Tinker, owners of Black River Beads and Pottery here in Pocahontas, recently bought an old store building just around the corner from the Lesmeister Guesthouse, and today they mounted four large photos on the east wall of their building. The wall used to be shared with “The Old Opera House”, the 3-story building that occupied the corner of Pyburn and Marr Streets for the hundred years before the city sadly tore the opera house down a few years ago to “put up a parking lot”.
The photos, below, are in permanent ink on vinyl, just like our local quilt trail, and should last many years before needing replacement. See the caption below the photo for information on what the four photos show.
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Almost every time we would drive down Pyburn Street with my dad he point out where Schmidt’s brick kiln stood, which was on the opposite side of the street from the cemetery. Is that correct? Is it still there?
xoxo J