Sandra: I thank you and your Dad for the information on the Indian. I have a letterhead from Fiederling's so got it out hoping it had the address, but no luck. It does have a picture of him and the dateline with 1940 and established 1861. So it was there a long time. I just remember that it was on the main street, a little narrow store and I think had a step up at the door. My Mom grew up in Clarksville, and we went there often as children, and some later. My uncle smoked a pipe and we went in there several times.Clarksville just has good memories for me, and am planning to come that way in the spring (soon, I hope!!) and spend some time in your library, and look for Mr. Indian in the Museum. You all do a wonderful job with the local history. Hope you are recovering nicely from the tornado damage. From the looks of it it will certainly take some time. Thanks again. Jo... Sandra Ellis wrote: > Jo, > > I asked my Dad about the cigar store and the Indian. He said that his > bother worked for Mrs. Fiederling when the store closed. From what he > remembers, Carneal Vaughn worked for the Fiederlings, too. Vending machines > were becoming popular and Carneal told several people that he was going to > buy up a bunch of the machines and sell cigarettes from them. Daddy said > that when Carneal bought the machines and stocked them with cigarettes, not > many people went to the cigar store so Mrs. Fiederling closed it. I kept > asking for a time period and the best I could get was between 1957 and 1960 > for the store closing (based on my uncle moving to Utah in 1957). > > Daddy said the Indian is still around. He read something about it and > thinks it may be at the local museum. > > This discussion with my Dad brought up lots of things because I asked for > the exact location of the cigar store! (Daddy loves it when I start wanting > him to get specific!) I think he moved everything downtown to a different > location but I don't know what time period he was refering to. He said that > the cigar store was about where Tommy Meeks law office is now. I said, > "near A.J. Clark's Jewelers and the Pullman?" He said that A.J. Clark was > across the street. I said that Pennebaker's and M. L Cross was across the > street. This went on for about an hour before my husband said that we'd > rearranged Clarksville more than the tornado did! (I guess this means that > we'll have to dig out the photos!) > > Sandy Ellis