A history of Arcadia,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Arcadia from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Arcadia was platted in 1885 when it was certain that the railroad would soon be extended to that point. The name was apparently chosen by the postmaster, Sarah Coulter Hawthorne, in 1874 in reference to the wild roses which were common to the area as she mistakenly believed the name to mean "feast of flowers."
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Arcadia’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewBusy Saturday, 1908: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Arcadia
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Arcadia, decade by decade
1990s
1 historic place in Arcadia
1 place in Arcadia is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Busy Saturday (1908) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2) and the Library of Congress (8). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.