SWEENY 70 YEARS FROM ABOVE 1944-2014 As seen in aerial photographs & satellite images Google Earth
1944
2014
Cemetery 1944…………………………. Looks like a gate to a primitive road at "Dead Man's Curve" Many teenagers in the 50s/60s risked death trying to get the top speed around that corner. So I heard………………….. CR409 to come later to the left of primitive road. John Sweeny Sr (McGrew) plantation house thought to be here!
Same view 1995…….Rerouted highway in place, cemetery expanded across highway. Primitive road not visable.
Same view November 2014 CR409 in place. New RV park.
1944……………Future streets superimposed
2014
1944 Old high school before classroom wings were added on both sides & back. Buck Manley field not built.
1995 Old high school replaced by new jr high. Gym, old admin office, Elementary school & bus barns appear
2011 Elementary school gone. New bus barns added
1944
2014
1944 Old high school on left.
2014 New high school & jr high on right. New elementary school on left.
1944 Notice empty lots along Main Street, Baptist Church behind present location
1944 Notice empty lots along Main Street, Baptist Church behind present location
2014
1944
2014 Houses across RR tracks
1944 Nothing beyond Hackberry Street
2014 Filled in, hospital appears
1944
2014 Room to grow!
1944 Notice empty lots along Main Street, Baptist Church behind present location
2014
1944 Real estate building on site of city park
1995
2014
1944
2014
Cemetery 1944…………………………. Looks like a gate to a primitive road at "Dead Man's Curve" Many teenagers in the 50s/60s risked death trying to get the top speed around that corner. So I heard………………….. CR409 to come later to the left of primitive road. John Sweeny Sr (McGrew) plantation house thought to be here!
Same view 1995…….Rerouted highway in place, cemetery expanded across highway. Primitive road not visable.
Same view November 2014 CR409 in place. New RV park.
1944……………Future streets superimposed
2014
1944 Old high school before classroom wings were added on both sides & back. Buck Manley field not built.
1995 Old high school replaced by new jr high. Gym, old admin office, Elementary school & bus barns appear
2011 Elementary school gone. New bus barns added
1944
2014
1944 Old high school on left.
2014 New high school & jr high on right. New elementary school on left.
1944 Notice empty lots along Main Street, Baptist Church behind present location
1944 Notice empty lots along Main Street, Baptist Church behind present location
2014
1944
2014 Houses across RR tracks
1944 Nothing beyond Hackberry Street
2014 Filled in, hospital appears
1944
2014 Room to grow!
1944 Notice empty lots along Main Street, Baptist Church behind present location
2014
1944 Real estate building on site of city park
1995
2014
