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Cindy Egging helps Amelia Maddox with an art project during the Night Out in Gurley on Sept. 5.
Jeff Hartwig of Great Woods Taxidermy in Dalton, displays the taxidermy process at the Gurley Community Center during the "Night Out in Gurley" Sept. 5.
Thursday evening the traffic through Gurley surpassed normal in both the automotive and pedestrian variety as the village rolled out the red carpet for people to see what it has to offer, and where it started.
The first "A Night Out in Gurley" was held Sept. 5 with sites from the Gurley Jail to the Leyton K-8 school tours.
Visitors from the south were greeted with a stop on the walking historic tour, an example of history in the present day. The Outlaws Cafe has a history longer than many of the homes in Gurley, and Thursday it offered a dinner special of slider sandwiches. Visitors to the cafe could see memoirs and photos of the past. Just a couple blocks away The Dock was also busy with its wing special.
The many stops included the Gurley Jail on the west side of US Highway 385, the Gurley Fire Hall, and Fire Barn. The avid history seeker could see the location of the former Farmers State Bank, the Post Office and Al Kruger Radio Repair from 1915. There is also the location of the hotel that has since been torn down, or the Gurley Lunch Room that opened in 1946.
Participants in the tour had the opportunity to visit several of the historic locations with a punch card. A completed punch card earned the holder a bowl of ice cream at the Community Hall at the end of the night.
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