PRESCOTT AS I FIRST SAW IT
By C. E. Shankle

This article appeared in the May 17, 1934 issue of The Nevada News.  A note said this was the
third and last of a series of article about Prescott.  I was unable to locate the first two articles. 

J. M. Montgomery was a prominent attorney in Prescott.  He was the father of R. L. and Arthur
Montgomery.

W. E. Atkinson was another lawyer I remember well and always thought he was about the
smartest lawyer in this part of the state.  General Atkinson is still living.

E. A. Lowdermilk lived in the eastern part of town.  He is sometimes called "Dr. Lowdermilk"
because he invented Lowdermilk's compound, a preparation that had large sales in those days.

S. S. Brooks lived a short way south of town.  B. F. Jordon lived in the Hickory Grove
community close by.

Isaac Moore was a prominent citizen who always worked for the good of the community.

I don't remember just when Monroe Denman, Matt Denman, J. K. Hamilton, Sid Woodbury, and
J. E. Portis came to Prescott, but my earliest memory associates them with the business interests
of Prescott.

Charlie Cass and A. H. Allen were citizens about that time and the Edwards place above the
cemetery was a well-known home.  J. L. Duvall was in business and later moved a few miles west
of town and built a handsome home with a tower like ancient castles.  At least, I thought so the
first time I saw it. 

Haley Kershaw had a grocery store and confectionary on West Front St.  Asa Hawkins was a
clerk.  Asa's brother, Iran was a prominent young man.

J. M. Neal was a citizen and P. Norman lived on Rosston Rd.  

The principal cotton buyers in those days were Bully Ferguson and his sons, Wayne and John. 

Adam Frederick was the leading barber in town and Mr. Aburrow was a dealer in fresh meats. 

John Cope was a merchant of West Main St.  A. J. Lavender had a grocery store.

We remember distinctly that most buildings were wooden.  It was in 1893 and 1894 when brick
buildings were first erected.

A branch ran through town about where Buchanan's Drug Store is now, passed through a trussel
under the railroad, crossed the street a few feet east of where Imon Gee's store is now.


A home we remember well was that of McMahan located where Prescott's handsome post office
now stands.

We don't remember when the Presbyterian Church (Old School) was built.  It was about where
the News Printing Co. now stands and was later moved to the present location.  The two
Presbyterian churches-Cumberland and what I call Old School, without any disrespect,
consolidated a number of years ago.  The congregation has a most commodious and conveniently
arranged church houses. 

The Cutter home on West Front St. on present Hwy. 67, where Mrs. Andrews later lived, and the
Brower mill two miles south of the present depot are remembered distinctly, as is the fact that the
railroad station, a wooden structure, was located in the middle of Main St. when I first saw it.