Showing posts with label Old Oaken Bucket. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Old Oaken Bucket. Show all posts

Sunday, July 8, 2018

Old Oaken Bucket

July 6, 2018

This rather unassuming SE corner of  Simpson Door Plant once served as the spot where a two-story wooden structure known as "The Old Oaken Bucket" stood.

Thursday, August 4, 2016

Pony circle

July 21, 2016. The circle left by pony ride for the kids from the McCleary Bear Festival.

In the background, where Simpson's fence now exists, there was a two story structure a century ago known as "The Old Oaken Bucket." In the first floor were business enterprises, such as the newspaper The McCleary Stimulator, founded by the Craft twins, Ray and Roy, with their friend Bob Cooper.  On the 2nd floor was another sort of business enterprise employing some of the "soiled doves" of the town. Another such place was on the now vacant SW corner of Main and Maple, once home to The Pines.