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Reilly Springs circa 1920 |
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Reilly Springs was named for springs located on land belonging to settler James Reilly. Mr. Reilly moved to the area in 1841. As of the 1850s twelve more families had moved to the community. The first gin and mill was built in 1867. It burned. A second gin, three stories tall, was built. The third floor was the Masonic Hall. This gin also burned. A third gin was then built in the same location.
A post office was established in 1871. It was discontinued in 1906, reestablished in 1906, and finally discontinued in 1940.
Reilly Springs Presbyterian Church was organized in 1870. A Baptist Church was organized in 1897. |
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Reilly Springs School was built in 1903. |
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Reilly Springs School was built in 1916. |
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Reilly Springs Baptist Church was built in 1906. |
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Reilly Springs School students circa 1902 - 1903. |
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This store was built in 1899. The second floor was stocked with coffins and other items used in funerals. The horse drawn hearse was kept at the home across the road from the store. |
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| Reilly Springs Boys Basketball team 1920-1921. This team won the County Tournament. Members (L-R) Hubert Swindell, Elam Caldwell, Lute Gentry, Isam Jones, & Bethel Boggs. |
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A group of men pose on the porch of the Reilly Springs Store. The men are (Back Row L-R) Reilly Springs Druggist George Stone & Dock Williams. (Middle Row L-R) Pal New & Bee Williams. The distinguished gentleman in front, with the pipe, is Winfield Bowie, a longtime member of the Reilly Springs School Board. He was noted for his exceptional penmanship & hand wrote the diplomas for Reilly Springs High School graduates. |
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Mary Anne McKay McDonald, holding a small infant that died. She was the wife of Daniel N. C. McDonald. |
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Daniel N. C. McDonald holding his son, Neil Luther McDonald. McDonald led a wagon train to Reilly Springs in 1866-67 from Neshoba County, Mississippi. |
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Peavine Pinion introduces Earnest Tubb as he appeared in the Reilly Springs Jamboree, circa 1959. The Jamboree founder is pictured on the extreme left, talking to Tubb. |
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The Ed Starrett Store in Reilly Springs. The Reilly Springs Jamboree was launched, from this store, in the 1950s. |
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Do you have pictures, recollections, or stories of historic Reilly Springs that you would like to share? Email or call Bobby McDonald with your photos and recollections!
Some of the text and images on this web site were used with the
gracious permission of the Hopkins County Historical Society.
Thank you! |
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12/30/2012 8:47 PM
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