The first Clinton High School football team was formed during the 1923-24 school year. They were originally known as the Orange and Black “Tornadoes” and then became the “Dragons” sometime before the 1930s. The field was reached by crossing Town…
The second location of the state-sponsored Union Academy was built on this location in 1868 after the first structure on South Main Street was burned during the Civil War. The city of Clinton took over operations of the academy upon…
Gone but not forgotten. On this #ThrowbackThursday, we remember Clinton’s legendary Park Hotel that graced the corner of today’s Market and Cullom Streets. When the 1908 fire destroyed the wooden Southern Hotel located on this corner, owner Samuel Leath had…
It’s HDC’s #ThrowbackThursday! Preservation of our historic buildings is a foundational mission of Historic Downtown Clinton, as well as telling the stories of these buildings and the people who shaped this city. You’ve probably walked by this downtown building many…
Smile for the camera! It’s #ThrowbackThursday time! We are fortunate to have so many historic photos of Clinton, and we owe that to its most famous photographer, Bernie H. Shinlever. Bernie bought his first camera in 1900 from a Sears…
