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UV Index 0 of Moonset am. Mostly Sunny. Wind NNE 5 mph. UV Index 5 of Sunrise am. Sunset pm. Wind E 4 mph. Moonset pm. New hope Rd, Middleton, TN Keller Rd, Toone, TN We found 4 more homes that match your search in other listings. See the Homes. Affordability of Living in Bolivar, TN. Trends and affordability stats are provided by third party data sources. What Locals Say about Bolivar. Trulia User. Drunken men paraded the streets brandishing weapons and swearing but ordinances were set up for the town, and enforcement, order and peace were restored.
By the year forty new residences had been built, ten business houses, three churches. The Baptist of frame with a beautiful cupola. The Cumberland Presbyterian Church, St. Shade trees were planted on each side of the principal streets, which had been improved. Plank walkways were laid. The United Sons and Daughters of Charity was established in as a local self-help benevolent organization to assist African-Americans during Civil War Reconstruction to attend the sick, the distressed, and to bury their dead.
James Episcopal Church was completed and the Chapel, used as the parish house and Sunday school, was finished. A public well was dug on the southwest corner of the square - 73 feet deep. Lamps were erected on the four corners of the square. Population for the town showed whites and blacks. Of this number. It consumed the whole block of frame buildings west of the square, which was the major site for commerce. It continued to Cornatzer Mansion on the corner of Market and Washington and leaped across Market Street to burn every building on the street.
Volunteers in the bucket brigade were of little use. The shock of this disaster was extended in when the wooden buildings on the corner and in front of Cornatzer Square burned. The clamor arose for an adequate fire department. Hotels until were no more than boarding houses. In this time a three-story hotel was built on the north side of the square and advertised as the tallest building between Nashville and Memphis.
Known as the Bolivar Hotel, this business operated nearly a century. A Town Hall was erected in and many of the business houses in the burned district were brick structures when replaced. Private schools and Academies were being funded for elementary pupils and the slow process to public schools for all children was initiated.
In March a big blaze destroyed twelve buildings. This was the fifth fire in as many years. Marshall T. Six private schools were in operation besides the public school. In Dunlap Springs was re-opened as a resort as it had been neglected after it burned in The Illinois Central Railroad had vacant land across from the depot, which was plowed and seeded to grass for a public park.
Trees and shrubbery were planted in the area in It became a favorite place for the traveling public and town functions. The horse mails went out daily to the countryside from the Post Office. In the business section there were four dry goods stores, one millinery shop, one jewelry store, six family groceries, two drug stores, one dentist, one farm implement shop, two blacksmith shops, two barbers, seven law firms, one newspaper, one livery stable, three saloons, two hotels, two saddle and harness makers, one undertaker, one public school which was in session five months a year, five churches - Baptist, Methodist, Episcopal, Presbyterian, Cumberland Presbyterian; and one tin ship.
Powder and combustibles exploded burning the entire block of buildings. The offices of Dr. Moore and Tate on the north corner were left standing. By August new buildings were going up on the site. In December the Opera House and Post office were situated in the new buildings. The street was named, "Seldom Row" and shade trees were planted in front. In answer to the plea for repaired sidewalks, new wooden ones were laid. Planning and work was begun on Western State Hospital, then outside the corporate limits.
This facility was finished in The Bank of Bolivar was organized in , the first for the county. A summary of the town in showed that there were eleven dry goods and grocery stores, two drug stores, one newspaper, one bank, two public cemeteries, several private schools and one public school. The population was estimated at 1, Support of secondary schools by taxation was well under way.
Travel was still impaired by muddy streets and the roads needed constant repair. The roads into Bolivar were in deplorable condition even though four new iron bridges spanned the waterways. A telephone exchange was started in October with thirty-one instruments, called the Progressive Telephone Company.
A public school building was erected with four classrooms and a chapel hall. The years of reconstruction had been accomplished, and Bolivar staggered from the dilemmas of the Civil War and three major fires.
It was still the progressive town of the county. Education was the order of the decade. Some of the teachers of secondary schools were Mrs. Vernon Hudson. In Bolivar High School had an enrollment of pupils. Several were boarding in town from Saulsbury, Crainville and Middleburg. Charles Mason was Principal. In the County Court established the county high school and incorporated the city until High School opportunities were offered for them at Allen-White school in Whiteville until Bolivar Industrial was founded.
In a school wagon was used and later buses for transporting pupils. Matthew W. Robinson was Principal in In a gymnasium with four classrooms was built across the street from Central High School. He was principal in In J. Bernal Smith was Principal. A cafeteria was added to the facility and a Parent-Teacher Organization was progressing in In work began on a new High School building.
It was located on a acre trace in West Bolivar. A band was organized in Milton Basden has been Principal since Through the years the postmaster and carriers have served as newsman, friend, and delivery boy.
Rural routes to outlying town were established in John Redd was postmaster. Streets were of sand eighteen feet wide and six inches deep and full of mud holes down a favorite place.
In the old plank walkways were being replaced with concrete ones. Streets were graded and improved with fireplugs installed, but funds did not include gravel. Number of convenience stores with gas : 16 Hardeman County : 5. Tennessee : 5. Number of full-service restaurants : 12 Here : 4. State : 6. Adult diabetes rate : Hardeman County : Adult obesity rate : This county : Low-income preschool obesity rate : Hardeman County : Healthy diet rate : Here: Average overall health of teeth and gums : Here: Average BMI : Bolivar: People feeling badly about themselves : Bolivar: People not drinking alcohol at all : Bolivar: Average hours sleeping at night : Bolivar: 6.
Overweight people : This city: General health condition : This city: Average condition of hearing : This city: Here: 5. WYDL Based on the data from the years - the average number of fires per year is The highest number of fires - took place in , and the least - 56 in The data has a growing trend.
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