Record Snowfall for Buford

The son of one of my best friends is moving to Kalamazoo, Michigan, to take a new job; and quite frankly, he’s starting a great adventure in my opinion.  He and his wife had a yard sale this past weekend and sold most of the bulky items in their lives. 

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Recently Acquired Historic Photos

Probably the most important part of the Museum’s collection is the photo archive.  Within our fire-rated filing cabinets, we have several thousand photographs from Buford’s past, including families, buildings, schools, landmarks, business operations, and any other aspect that you can think of when it comes to our history.  We are

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Graduation 1935

Since we are now celebrating the Class of 2016, we thought it would be appropriate to write about past graduations and the events surrounding this milestone.  One of the best sources we have documenting school history are the old newspapers from Buford High School.  Usually, the school newspaper is not

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Two Champions in Buford, September 1955

A friend visited the Museum this week, and I felt I should share the story he told about his mother.  Many of us remember hearing about “Miss Myrt” and her success in the summer of 1955 on the WCBS-TV quiz show, “The $64,000 Question.” She won $32,000 with her knowledge

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Fifty-Nine Pupils Take Half-Holiday

One of the highest tributes that can be paid to a pupil is that of being recognized as perfect in attendance at school as well as being punctual.  This year saw almost ten percent of all pupils enrolled having no absences nor tardies accredited to them, despite the epidemic of

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Two New Parade Saddles for Museum’s Collection

TWO…TWO…I need to say it twice to let it sink in.  TWO…Ok, maybe three times.  The Museum was recently contacted by Jan Kay, a resident of Cleveland, Georgia, who wanted to donate a couple of saddles.  She knew a great deal about the saddles that she had recently acquired from

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