

1962 SHS "Arabs" Basketball
In 1962 the Arabs from Sumner High School were District Champions for the first time in 35 years and advanced to the semi-finals in the...

Lawrence Lore
Dec 28, 20231 min read


SHS "Arabs" Basketball-- 1940s and 1950s
The Sumner High School team of 1948-1949 posted a fine record and turned out one of the finest ball players in Sumner’s history, Jack...

Lawrence Lore
Dec 27, 20231 min read


Sumner High School Basketball
According to a 1962 Yearbook, the Sumner High School sports teams known as the Arabs, received their name in 1910. In that year Sumner...

Lawrence Lore
Dec 26, 20231 min read


Sumner 1911
In 1911 the town of Sumner had: 2 banks 3 hardware stores 2 blacksmith shops 3 harness repair and retail shops 3 poultry houses 2 mills 1...

Lawrence Lore
Nov 29, 20231 min read


Advertising Disaster for Watchmaker
On December 5, 1918, D. Galbreath moved his family from Johnson City to Sumner having leased the D. D. Emerick home. He then advertised...

Lawrence Lore
Oct 16, 20231 min read


Divorces and Photographs
Because the 1890 census was destroyed in a fire, genealogists often have trouble trying to figure out what happened to their families...

Lawrence Lore
Oct 2, 20231 min read


News of Sumner 1902
** We will be cleaning tombstones at Moffett Cemetery 8:00 am Saturday morning Oct 30th. Please come down and help us preserve history...

Lawrence Lore
Sep 29, 20232 min read


Sumner Elevator
We asked George Zwilling to write a history of the Sumner Elevatorand today we are proud to publish it with some photographs. Thanks to...

Lawrence Lore
Sep 26, 20233 min read
Sumner Businesses 1902
Sumner in the 1900's was quite a booming metropolis. Business Advertisers in the Sumner Press May 1, 1902: · H F. Combs sold...

Lawrence Lore
Jun 26, 20232 min read


Maps, Maps, and More Maps
From the Library of Congress “The Sanborn Map Collection consists of a uniform series of large-scale maps, dating from 1867 to the...

Lawrence Lore
Apr 25, 20231 min read



