Fred Cleveland's Pharmacy was located on Main St. in Carthage across from the courthouse.
A law office is presently located in the building. Cordell Hull (Secretary of State under
Franklin Roosevelt) had his law office upstairs over the pharmacy. Hull did not have a
telephone so when Roosevelt called to offer the job of Secretary of State the owners son,
Bill Cleveland, had to go upstairs and get him to the phone.
The Huddleston House was located near the Tennessee Central Railroad tracks in Hickman, Smith
Co.,TN., 58 miles east of Nashville. Rates were $2.00 per day. It operated during the early 1900's.
This postcard was published by H.G. Zimmerman & Co. Chicago.
The Carthage Junction Train Depot was located a mile east of Gordonsville along the
Tennessee Central railroad tracks. This train station is thought to have been built at the
time of construction of the railroad tracks in 1888. It was the center of commerce for
the area with passengers, freight and mail arriving. The train stations along the railroad
were connected by telegraph lines. Soldiers leaving for W.W.I departed from this station.
When it was declared surplus by the railroad it was purchased by John Waggoner and moved 3
miles to the Interstate 40 and Hwy 53 intersection. Since it was moved to that location, it has
been used for an antique shop, a real estate office, a restaurant and is presently used for a car lot.
The Sampson Mineral Well is located approx 8 miles west of Carthage on Lebanon
Hwy. (Hwy70N) in the Rock City community. An artesian well was struck at a depth
of 1300 feet by a oil drilling company in 1936. Virge Sampson developed this into a
physic-therapy sanitarium. The cabins, dining room and mineral springs became a popular
gathering place for many years. Mr.Sampson often stated if you used this water you
would live to be 100 years old. He died at age 102 years 11 months.
Sampsons Artesian Mineral Well - Mfg. by Wayne Paper Box & Prtg. Corp. Ft. Wayne, Ind.
This high school was built on Carthage's eastern border ca. 1914. It was torn down for
construction of a new building on the same site. The first class graduated in 1943 from
this building which was demolished and replaced by another new building in 2003.
The Carthage Christian Church building was constructed on Main Street in the downtown
business area in 1875. The sign at the front of church lists the Minister as Herman Norton.
Title of his worship service was to be "Making Mothers". Building is still used for church
services but the Christian Church was discontinued several years ago.
This church recently burned down and was known as the "Main Street Church Of Christ"
This postcard was printed by W.M. Cline Co., Chattanooga, Tenn. probably in the 1950's.