Aerial view of Wheeler Street. The white loop was the second location of the Portland Planing Mill. The first location was across the street. (Information taken from the back of the photo.)
This picture comes from the box of negatives that was gifted to the library by the John Hinton family. The envelope that the negative is in says that this is the "West Reunion".
This picture is of the 1931 building that was built at a cost of $70,000. It was fashioned after Isaac Litton High School in Nashville. A gymnasium was added in 1948. A new school was built in 1962 and this building became the Junior High…
The gentlemen are unidentified. The building on the left was the original post office, a store and a residence at different times. The building on the right at times belonged to O.O. Massey and Beeler Dye.
The depot is the building on the right with a railroad flatcar and steam roller parked at the loading ramp. The logs that the men are sitting on are black walnut logs.