Vaiden, Mississippi

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Where is Vaiden, Mississippi?

 

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Vaiden

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Front Street

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Vaiden’s Front Street – Circa mid-1960s

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Photos courtesy of James Ferguson, Vaiden, MS.

B.F. Wiley’s Service Station and Garage – Circa late-1950s

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Photos courtesy of James Ferguson, Vaiden, MS.

 

Waiting On The Bus – May 1971

Ablena Simpson Pegues (adult) and Wendy Jo Ferguson in front of the Vaiden Bus Stop

Photos courtesy of James Ferguson, Vaiden, MS.

 

Pictures of Vaiden's Front Street Before Demolition

Photo 1 -- Photo 2 -- Photo 3

Photo 4 -- Photo 5

Photo 6

Front Street -- Middle Section

Aerial View of Front Street -- Before 1989 Courthouse Was Added

Northern End to Mulberry Street

Summer Day in Vaiden

Front Street From The Depot

A Better Shot of the Photo Above -- 1905

The Depot -- Established as the Center Point of Vaiden During Vaiden's Incorporation in 1860

Johnnie McCorkle in 1955 With Depot in Background

Front Street in the Snow -- Around 1930

Highway 51 Revisited

The Stores

A Bustling Town

Early Cotton Haulers

Box Car and Wagons

Main Street in 1900

Before Highway 51 -- Looking West Up Magnolia Street

View of the Depot From Front Street

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One Little, Two Little, Three Little Indians

Carroll County Centennial -- 1934

Carroll County Centennial -- 1934 -- View 2

Alpha -- The Beginning

J.G. Fullilove, Grocery -- Inside Photo -- Date Unknown

J.G. Fullilove, Grocery -- Inside Photo -- 1920s

J.G. Fullilove, Grocery -- Inside Photo -- 1952

Omega -- The End -- Before 1989

More Front Street Demolition

Side of the Former Farrish's Grocery

Side of the Former Crook's Grocery

South End of Front Street -- CB Furniture Barn and Vaiden Clinic

North End of Front Street

Rumored to be a House of Ill Repute During WW II

In the 50s

Looking South -- April, 2000 -- Looking North -- April, 2000

 

From the Southeast, First Photo -- April, 2000 -- From the Southeast, Photo 2 -- April, 2000

 

 

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Back of Front Street -- Pictures During Demolition

Buildings Falling

Rear of Cearley's Grocery

Rear of Cearley's Grocery During Demolition

Back of Front Street Viewed from South End -- New Courthouse Visible

Cearley's Grocery -- Only Building Left Standing During Demolition

Last Gasp -- Article

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McCorkle's Grocery

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The Old Walkway Over Highway 51

Image 1 -- Image 2 -- Image 3

 

Image 4 -- Image 5

 

Sidewalk from Front Door of Presbyterian Church (Looking Westward)

Did the sidewalk in the above image cross over what is now Highway 51 to connect with the Northern End of Front Street at a point close to the former Vaiden-Kopperl-Hawkins Store (later known as Braswell's)?
 
New Pictures
Scans Courtesy of Marie Nutt
 
PHOTO 1
The lone man in the middle has been identified as Gaius (Gay) Milton Cain.  The others are unknown.
PHOTO 2
John McClurg Drugs.  Buss Cain is one of the men in the picture, but it is uncertain which one he is.
PHOTO 3
PHOTO 4
PHOTO 3
 

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Credits: Many of the wonderful photographs available from this page, were taken by Dennis Welch.

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