Petersburg ~ Belleville ~ courtney
OUR GOAL ~~ PRESERVE & PRESENT
For historic preservation of our local communities we wish to bring home to one central archive valuable photographs and stories that are quickly disappearing. Family photographs taken in our communities are tucked away in boxes and scattered across the country.. With each passing year photographs that once sparked a familiar remembrance to a loved one fall silent and unidentified. We wish to create a central archive to house a few of your choice photographs to preserve for future generations. Play a role and share your photos as we build a pictorial history of Petersburg, Belleville, and Courtney.
It is my intent to produce a book The Story of Courtney Flats combining my research on the early history of the community with the more recent history provided by participating viewers like you through photo and story contributions. Chapters from. Enjoy the site.. Read on and see how you can Help Save Our History! Scott Black - Courtney Historian
It is my intent to produce a book The Story of Courtney Flats combining my research on the early history of the community with the more recent history provided by participating viewers like you through photo and story contributions. Chapters from. Enjoy the site.. Read on and see how you can Help Save Our History! Scott Black - Courtney Historian
We Need Your Help. Eighty years of schools and teachers educated children in our communities from 1877 to 1957. Sadly, we have only a hand full of photos of the "old" Courtney School, 2 photos of Belleville, and only 1 of Petersburg. Many students have already been identified by viewers on this site by viewers like you!
Do you have Yearbooks from Courtney Consolidate Schools 1929 - 1957? We would like to make arrangements to make copies at no expense to you.
If you know of someone who has photos and unable to provide a photo copy please let us know and we will make arrangements with no costs to you. To contact us simply click on Contribute!
Do you have Yearbooks from Courtney Consolidate Schools 1929 - 1957? We would like to make arrangements to make copies at no expense to you.
If you know of someone who has photos and unable to provide a photo copy please let us know and we will make arrangements with no costs to you. To contact us simply click on Contribute!
The 1901 photo of the Green Cook family and home captures the typical style of the homes in the late 1800s with rough picket fences. Photos of homes, barns, buildings, cars, wagons, horses, animals, crops, and other activities provide a window into our past. Often times buildings in the far background can be enlarged and provide a panoramic view of the community. Whether the 1890s, the 1930s, or the 1960s, if your family lived in the Courtney Flats area take a moment to share your photo and HELP SAVE OUR HISTORY!
Farming activities like this one taken about 1914 capture the Carnahan family in the fields picking cotton.
From Petersburg to Courtney a rich history exists in the individual photos tucked away in boxes. A photo "is" worth a thousand words! One hundred years ago as "Kodaking" became popular in the 19teens, teenagers especially delighted in recording their activities on film. Kodaking took photography out of the studio and on to the farms. We want "your" photos of "every day life", from every decade; farm work and chores, animals and autos, horses and houses, barns and buildings, tractors, wagons, and churches and more!.
From Petersburg to Courtney a rich history exists in the individual photos tucked away in boxes. A photo "is" worth a thousand words! One hundred years ago as "Kodaking" became popular in the 19teens, teenagers especially delighted in recording their activities on film. Kodaking took photography out of the studio and on to the farms. We want "your" photos of "every day life", from every decade; farm work and chores, animals and autos, horses and houses, barns and buildings, tractors, wagons, and churches and more!.
About This Site
Within this website you will find five tabs across the top: Our Goal (current page), Research Resources, Family History Contributions, Photo Contributions, and Contribute.
The Research Resources page presents much of the data I have collected on the Courtney Flats communities and includes links to various resources sites.
The Family History Contributions focuses on gathering, archiving, and presenting histories and stories about families that lived at Petersburg, Belleville, or Courtney.
The Photo Contributions focuses on gathering, archiving, and presenting photographs of residents and scenes throughout the communities. We have attempted to the best of our ability to present the photos in the decade in which they were taken.
The Contribute tab provides instructions on how you can easily contribute your photos and stories to HELP SAVE OUR HISTORY. Tell your friends, relatives, and classmates about this site! If you know someone you would like us to contact let us know by clicking on Contribute!
Hope you enjoy our site! Live Dec 23, 2014.
The Research Resources page presents much of the data I have collected on the Courtney Flats communities and includes links to various resources sites.
The Family History Contributions focuses on gathering, archiving, and presenting histories and stories about families that lived at Petersburg, Belleville, or Courtney.
The Photo Contributions focuses on gathering, archiving, and presenting photographs of residents and scenes throughout the communities. We have attempted to the best of our ability to present the photos in the decade in which they were taken.
The Contribute tab provides instructions on how you can easily contribute your photos and stories to HELP SAVE OUR HISTORY. Tell your friends, relatives, and classmates about this site! If you know someone you would like us to contact let us know by clicking on Contribute!
Hope you enjoy our site! Live Dec 23, 2014.
Seek out those in your family; parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and siblings that may have photos of residents and scenes of our communities. Contact your classmates and friends. Tell them of our website and encourage contributions. We all have a role to play.
HELP SAVE OUR HISTORY!
Contributors to "help save our history"
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Janice Sneed
Max Brown Roy & Pat Williams Oscar & Charlsie Carnahan Minnie Carnahan Black Ramona Hogue Blankenship Sandra Wickham Marie Grant Dewbre Linda Orr Myrtle Tucker Evie Downs Eubanks Grossie Dorsett Joachim Dovie Dorsett Jones Harvey Rabb Paul B. Hammons |
Tankie & Peggy Spivey
Cotton and Jacqueline Grant Deanna Grant Henry Heidleburg Margreet Pinnick Willard Earl Tisdell Sylvia Faye Davis Durr William Elms L.J. Chapman Tottie Watkins Spivey Ruby Watkins Tom Hancock Alec Hammons Fan Burns |
Gale & Charlene Black
Candace Gregory Bonnie Parsons Sheryl Winn April Gardner Eula Huff Grant Ruth Robinson Thomas Daisy Carnahan Robinson Beedie Hancock Allred Dorothy McCarty Beulah Hammons Evelyn Reynolds Cora Hancock Alta Faye Beavers Cox |
Steve Longest
Lyndal Fox James and Pat Fox Mattie Meekins Bourland Clifford & Cleo Baxley Clearance McCarty Dorothy & Loyd Jackson Nat & Pennie Mitchell Tom Hammons Oneta Riggs Wavie Dorsett Stanford Doris Sigler Bethana Jones Billy Joe Watkins |