The entire side of this department building in Hughes Springs is used to tell of the town’s founding history story which involved the search for “Trammel’s Treasure.”
Right in the middle of downtown Hughes Springs is a flower-filled gazebo that provides a place to rest and relax as well as greet the public.
A little off the main street in Hughes Springs, but this wall of a building is used to display a comforting scene. The butterfly, green hills and lake are features of life here.
From left, Melba Johnson and June Higgins of the Hughes Springs Sesame Literary Club are making this book of history of Hughes Springs available to everyone who comes by the outdoor gazebo.
Around 1st Street in Hughes Springs ...
In Hughes Springs, State Highway 11 is also 1st Street in the downtown area, the busiest in town. So, citizens and businesses like to show off here. They paint mostly, but whatever a store owner wants to put in the window or out on the sidewalk for display is OK.
It’s worth a trip just to walk up and down East and West 1st Street, as State Highway 11 is also called. Even the antique stores have interesting windows.
The banks, insurance companies, barber and beauty shops, flower and gift marts, restaurants and library, musical repair and auditorium are all so close together as to compete with one another for the best attention grabber.
And attention must be paid along this short stretch of highway, particularly when trying to walk across or park along its shoulder. It’s as busy as a big city street and sometimes just as fast.
An interesting feature about downtown Hughes Springs is that while it’s compact and crowded there are parks, homes and railroad tracks and trains nearby. Churches and schools are not far away either.
But 1st Street is the heartbeat of Hugh Springs. This is why it’s fun just to walk. Maybe stop and talk. Do it at the start or end of the day, however, when things are not too busy. That’s what the photographer did recently. Here are some of the walls and creative decorations he saw.