Kensett, AR

Front Street, Kensett Arkansas, probably no longer exists. I searched a map of Kensett, which is a small town of approximately 1900 people just a minute away from Searcy Arkansas, and found no Front Street on the map.

I suspect, however, that it was the main drag at some time in the past. I found this picture somewhere and saved it on my computer. Perhaps the Seary Sleuths can tell us more about the photo.

Interesting to me is that it looks so much like a town out of a Western movie and is that man on the porch one-legged?

I just love these old pictures!!

Wilbur D Mills was born in Kensett Arkansas in May 1909 and died in May 1992. Wikipedia says:

Wilbur Daigh Mills (May 24, 1909 - May 2, 1992), was a powerful Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Arkansas. He was chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee in the 1960s, and briefly a candidate for President of the United States in 1972.

Wikipedia has lots more to say about him and also about how his career was almost ruined when he was found with an Argentine stripper named Fannie Fox. Search for that if you like scandal.

He called Kensett home all those years and today I drove by his old house. Here are pictures of the house from many years ago and as it is today. Kensett is just a couple of miles from Searcy.

It hasn't changed a lot. There is a large add on apparent on the side but the folks have maintained the historical character in the front. That's good!